# Bifrost alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 203 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Bifrost holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/bifrost/alternatives/

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

- LiteLLM: 51
- Portkey: 49
- OpenRouter: 29
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: 9
- Helicone: 8
- LangSmith: 4

## LLM gateways and observability

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Bifrost (Bifrost is #6 of 7 at 2%).

- LiteLLM: first choice in 22 of those 77
- OpenRouter: first choice in 22 of those 77
- Portkey: first choice in 20 of those 77
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: first choice in 7 of those 77
- Helicone: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Vercel AI Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 77
- FreeLLMAPI: first choice in 1 of those 77
- LangSmith: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Bifrost (Bifrost is #5 of 8 at 4%).

- Portkey: first choice in 17 of those 69
- LiteLLM: first choice in 16 of those 69
- OpenRouter: first choice in 7 of those 69
- Helicone: first choice in 4 of those 69
- Cloudflare AI Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Kong AI Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Gateway-LLM: first choice in 1 of those 69
- LangSmith: first choice in 1 of those 69

**Enterprise**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Bifrost (Bifrost is #3 of 8 at 15%).

- LiteLLM: first choice in 13 of those 57
- Portkey: first choice in 12 of those 57
- Arize AX: first choice in 2 of those 57
- LangSmith: first choice in 2 of those 57
- Azure API Management AI Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Azure OpenAI Service: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Confident AI: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Future AGI Agent Command Center: first choice in 1 of those 57

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