LiteLLM vs Cloudflare AI Gateway
Two of fourteen models named LiteLLM first on the direct prompt; zero named Cloudflare AI Gateway. Both were named by all fourteen models and LiteLLM carries 58 labels and Cloudflare AI Gateway 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the LLM gateways and observability page.
By framing
LiteLLMFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCloudflare AI Gateway
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, LiteLLM and Cloudflare AI Gateway were named in the same answer seventy times, of the 193 answers naming LiteLLM and the 78 naming Cloudflare AI Gateway. In those answers Cloudflare AI Gateway took the first choice eight times and LiteLLM twenty-eight.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | | |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
LiteLLM Cloudflare AI Gateway first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, LiteLLM on the left and Cloudflare AI Gateway on the right.The direct prompt
LiteLLM first, Cloudflare AI Gateway an alternative
2 of 14 modelsCloudflare AI Gateway was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
11 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
LiteLLM31%#1 of 7Cloudflare AI Gateway7%#4 of 7LiteLLM31%#1 of 8Cloudflare AI Gateway2%#6 of 8LiteLLM26%#2 of 8Cloudflare AI Gateway0%#7 of 8What the models said about LiteLLM
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“High Caution/Avoid if Possible: LiteLLM (especially older/self-hosted versions): Suffered a major supply chain attack” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid: - LiteLLM in its current state (until security issues are fully resolved)” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid LiteLLM unless you have dedicated security engineering” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“For the most budget-conscious, LiteLLM (free, open-source) and OpenRouter (low-fee pay-as-you-go) are top choices.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“If you are a Platform Engineer: Use LiteLLM. It allows you to standardize on one API key for the whole company” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“If your engineering team is already familiar with Docker and prefers open-source, deploy LiteLLM + Langfuse.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Cloudflare AI Gateway
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Insanely fast, great for basic caching and logging, but lacks deep enterprise budgeting/RBAC controls.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“The safest bets are Cloudflare AI Gateway for hosted, or Kong self-hosted for enterprise compliance.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“For most budget-conscious companies, I'd start with Cloudflare AI Gateway” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.