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    Best AI gateways and routers

    Route across models without vendor lock-in.

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    Best AI gateways and routers

    Route across models without vendor lock-in.

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    1. 1

      Lovable AI Gateway

      Bundled with the platform

      Unified API across frontier models.

    2. 2

      OpenRouter

      Broadest model catalog

      One API key, 200+ models.

    3. 3

      Portkey

      Reliability layer

      Fallbacks, caching, guardrails.

    4. 4

      Vercel AI Gateway

      Vercel-native

      Cheap for Vercel-hosted apps.

    5. 5

      LiteLLM

      OSS proxy

      Self-host, model-agnostic.

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    Build on Vibe Editorial (2026). Best AI gateways and routers. Build on Vibe. Retrieved from https://buildonvibe.site/listicles/best-ai-gateways
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    @misc{bov-listicles-best-ai-gateways,
      title  = {Best AI gateways and routers},
      author = {Build on Vibe Editorial},
      year   = {2026},
      url    = {https://buildonvibe.site/listicles/best-ai-gateways},
      note   = {Build on Vibe}
    }
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