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Litellm vs Nexos Ai (2026)
Both put one endpoint in front of many models and they sell to different buyers.
LiteLLM is the open source standard, one OpenAI compatible interface across more than a hundred providers with keys, budgets and routing, free to self host and enterprise from around 250 dollars a month. nexos.ai, from the Nord Security founders, pairs an AI Gateway routing more than two hundred models with caching, fallbacks, RAG and spend controls, plus a governed AI Workspace where employees chat and build reusable agents under guardrails and full logging, documenting 9.5 of 14 against 7. Gateway for engineers against gateway plus a workspace for everyone else.
Choose Litellm if
- Open source and self hosted is the requirement, and you want to read the routing code.
- Your users are engineers calling an API, so a workspace adds nothing.
- Provider breadth and community adoption make this the safe default.
Choose Nexos Ai if
- Employees outside engineering need a governed place to use AI, not just an API.
- Documented coverage is broader and caching, fallbacks and RAG come with the gateway.
- Full logging and guardrails across the whole organization is the governance ask.
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