Comparison
Gatekeeper vs the rest
Compare governed keys, role budgets, routing controls, observability, and assisted launch scope against current public vendor plans.
GA
Gatekeeper
recommended
LI
LiteLLM
PO
Portkey
Cloudflare AI GW
HE
Helicone
OP
OpenRouter
Gatekeeper
RBAC scoped
Validated during assisted setup
LiteLLM
Plan review
Check current access-control terms
Portkey
Plan review
Check current seat and feature terms
| Feature | Gatekeeper | LiteLLM | Portkey | Cloudflare AI GW | Helicone | OpenRouter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI-compatible API | ||||||
| Providers supported | Target providers | Broad catalog | Broad catalog | Target providers | Custom | Broad catalog |
| Ollama (local models) | Planned | |||||
| Custom HTTP endpoint | ||||||
| RBAC | Enterprise | $49+/seat | ||||
| Team management | Enterprise | |||||
| Per-key budget limits | ||||||
| Per-user cost tracking | ||||||
| Provider failover | ||||||
| Load balancing | Enterprise | |||||
| Request caching | Enterprise | |||||
| Streaming validation | Assisted proof | |||||
| Audit logs | Enterprise | |||||
| Audit log retention | Unlimited | 30 days | 90 days | N/A | 1 year | N/A |
| Request tracing | ||||||
| Self-hosted | ||||||
| Kubernetes operator | ||||||
| AISP protocol | ||||||
| Blackhole mesh native | ||||||
| Launch pricing | Assisted first | Review | Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Starter price | Post-proof | Review | Review | Review | Review | Review |
| Pro price | Post-proof | Review | Review | Review | Review | Review |
| RBAC price | Assisted scope | Review | Review | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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