Top 5 AI Gateways for Optimizing LLM Cost in 2026
Comparing the top 5 AI gateways for optimizing LLM cost in 2026: Bifrost, Cloudflare, LiteLLM, Vercel, and Kong.
TL;DR
* An AI gateway cuts LLM cost through four levers: caching (exact and semantic), fallback and cost-aware routing, budget controls, and observability, all applied in one layer the application does