Why Choose LLM Gateway Over LiteLLM?
Compare our managed gateway with prepaid credits, analytics, routing and enterprise features against LiteLLM's self-hosted proxy, which shipped compromised releases twice in 2026.
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Why choose LLM Gateway?
LiteLLM was compromised twice in 2026
A self-hosted proxy holds every provider key you have. Each incident left teams to find every install, rebuild and rotate their keys.
March 24, 2026
litellm 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 on PyPI
An attacker published two releases with a maintainer's PyPI credentials, linked to the Trivy CI compromise. A credential stealer harvested environment variables, SSH keys, cloud credentials and Kubernetes tokens.
Live for about 40 minutes. The official proxy Docker image was not affected.
October 21, 2026
litellm 1.107.0 on PyPI and Docker
The release pipeline was compromised. All seven wheels and the official Docker images shipped an infostealer that read the provider keys stored in the proxy database, plus a remote access trojan that ran attacker code every hour.
About 2 hours on PyPI and 2.5 hours on Docker, including the latest, main-latest and main-stable tags.
What to check and rotate: LiteLLM compromised again. How we handle it: How we keep LLM Gateway secure.
LLM Gateway
MANAGED & PRODUCTION-READY
From $0
Free core; hosting costs separate
LiteLLM
SELF-HOSTED ONLY
Free
Open source (MIT)
Managed infrastructure
Fully managed, production-ready deployment
Time to first request
What you set up before the first API call
Self-hosting option
Deploy on your own infrastructure (See license)
Auto-scaling
Automatic scaling based on traffic
Support and SLA
Contractual coverage depends on the plan
Compromised releases in 2026
Malicious versions published to official registries
Gateway code on your hosts
A package or container that runs next to your secrets
Where provider keys live
Where stored provider credentials sit
Patching & supply-chain upkeep
Who pins versions, applies fixes and responds to a bad release
SOC 2 Type II
Independently audited security controls
One balance for every provider
Prepaid credits for 200+ models, no provider accounts
Pricing model
How the gateway itself is paid for
Coding agent plan
Monthly subscription for coding agents
Billing integration
Built-in billing with Stripe integration
Real-time cost analytics
Detailed cost tracking for every request
Latency analytics
Real-time performance monitoring with visualizations
Request-level insights
Granular analytics for each API call
Model usage dashboard
Comprehensive model usage metrics and trends
Budgets and spend tracking
Track usage and configure spending controls
Team collaboration
Multi-user access with role-based permissions
Project isolation
Separate projects with individual API keys
Priority support
Dedicated support for paid plans
SSO integration
Enterprise single sign-on support
OpenAI-compatible API
Drop-in replacement for OpenAI API
Browser model playground
Test models directly in the browser
API key management
Create and manage multiple API keys
Request caching
Built-in Redis caching for responses
Comprehensive docs
Detailed documentation and guides
No credit card required • Self-host option available • Enterprise support available
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