# Vercel AI Gateway alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 229 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Vercel AI Gateway 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/vercel-ai-gateway/alternatives

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

- LiteLLM: 57
- Portkey: 52
- Bifrost: 28
- Helicone: 8
- FastRouter: 5
- OpenRouter: 5

## LLM gateways and observability

**Small business**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Vercel AI Gateway (Vercel AI Gateway is #7 of 9 at 2%).

- LiteLLM: first choice in 27 of those 74
- Portkey: first choice in 23 of those 74
- Helicone: first choice in 6 of those 74
- OpenRouter: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Langfuse: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Anthropic: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Bifrost: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Vercel AI Gateway (Vercel AI Gateway is #9 of 9 at 0%).

- Portkey: first choice in 18 of those 73
- LiteLLM: first choice in 17 of those 73
- Bifrost: first choice in 6 of those 73
- Helicone: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Braintrust Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Envoy AI Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 73
- FastRouter: first choice in 1 of those 73

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Vercel AI Gateway.

- Bifrost: first choice in 21 of those 82
- LiteLLM: first choice in 13 of those 82
- Portkey: first choice in 11 of those 82
- FastRouter: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Kong AI Gateway: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Azure API Management: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Confident AI: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Langfuse: first choice in 2 of those 82

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