# OpenRouter alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 178 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where OpenRouter holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/openrouter/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Portkey: 35
- LiteLLM: 31
- Bifrost: 26
- Helicone: 6
- Langfuse: 4
- FastRouter: 3

## LLM gateways and observability

**Small business**: 42 of 84 answers did not name OpenRouter (OpenRouter is #4 of 9 at 7%).

- Portkey: first choice in 10 of those 42
- LiteLLM: first choice in 8 of those 42
- Helicone: first choice in 4 of those 42
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 42
- Bifrost: first choice in 1 of those 42
- LangSmith: first choice in 1 of those 42
- Langfuse: first choice in 1 of those 42

**Mid-market**: 57 of 84 answers did not name OpenRouter (OpenRouter is #6 of 9 at 2%).

- Portkey: first choice in 14 of those 57
- LiteLLM: first choice in 10 of those 57
- Bifrost: first choice in 4 of those 57
- Helicone: first choice in 2 of those 57
- Braintrust Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Envoy AI Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Langfuse: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Orq.ai: first choice in 1 of those 57

**Enterprise**: 79 of 84 answers did not name OpenRouter (OpenRouter is #10 of 10 at 0%).

- Bifrost: first choice in 21 of those 79
- LiteLLM: first choice in 13 of those 79
- Portkey: first choice in 11 of those 79
- FastRouter: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Kong AI Gateway: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Azure API Management: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Confident AI: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Langfuse: first choice in 2 of those 79

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