# Gateway-LLM: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/gateway-llm/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLM gateways and observability | 2% | 9 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "start with Gateway-LLM or LiteLLM if you have engineering capacity to self-host" (MiniMax M2.5, LLM gateways)
- "Gateway-LLM (Ultra-High Performance) - Free forever under MIT license" (Kimi K2, LLM gateways)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- LLM gateways and observability: 0% to 2%, +2. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 9 of 69.

## In its own words

What Gateway-LLM's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Open-source, high-performance LLM gateway with <11µs overhead, smart routing, virtual keys, cost governance and semantic caching for production AI apps. (https://gateway-llm.com/)
- For: teams under audit (https://gateway-llm.com/)
- Price stated: Free self-hosted $0 forever; Custom annual or % of savings; managed cloud Pro tier starts at $49/month and includes a 14-day free trial (https://gateway-llm.com/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://gateway-llm.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Free self-hosted $0 forever; managed cloud Pro tier starts at $49/month and includes a 14-day free trial (https://gateway-llm.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA-ready, GDPR DPA, ISO 27001 in flight

## What it publishes

Every page gateway-llm.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 21 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-26
- comparison: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-22
- glossary or explainer: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-29
- Recent: 2026-04-29 glossary or explainer: What is an llm gateway https://gateway-llm.com/blog/what-is-an-llm-gateway
- Recent: 2026-04-26 blog: Cut llm costs with smart routing https://gateway-llm.com/blog/cut-llm-costs-with-smart-routing
- Recent: 2026-04-22 comparison: Litellm vs gateway llm https://gateway-llm.com/blog/litellm-vs-gateway-llm
- Recent: 2026-04-18 blog: Virtual api keys for llm governance https://gateway-llm.com/blog/virtual-api-keys-for-llm-governance
- Recent: 2026-04-15 blog: Semantic caching for llms https://gateway-llm.com/blog/semantic-caching-for-llms
- Recent: 2026-04-12 blog: Multi provider llm failover https://gateway-llm.com/blog/multi-provider-llm-failover

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.