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title: "OmniRoute vs Alternatives"
version: 3.8.1
lastUpdated: 2026-05-15
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# OmniRoute vs Alternatives

Objective feature comparison vs popular open-source AI routers.

> **Methodology**: Public repos audited 2026-Q2. Versions as listed.
> Submit corrections via PR — we want this to be accurate.

| Feature                                            |       OmniRoute 3.8        |  LiteLLM 1.x   | OpenRouter (SaaS) |   Portkey   |
| -------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------: | :------------: | :---------------: | :---------: |
| **Providers**                                      |          **207+**          |      ~100      |        ~50        |     ~30     |
| **Self-hostable**                                  |             ✅             |       ✅       |        ❌         |   ⚠ paid    |
| **OAuth providers (Claude, Codex, Copilot, etc.)** |          **15+**           |    partial     |        ❌         |     ❌      |
| **Auto-fallback combos**                           |     **14 strategies**      | priority-based |    tier-based     |  weighted   |
| **Tier 1/2/3 fallback (subscription→cheap→free)**  |          ✅ + UI           |     manual     |        n/a        |   manual    |
| **Token compression**                              | RTK (47 filters) + Caveman |      none      |       none        |    none     |
| **Built-in MCP server**                            |   ✅ 37 tools, 13 scopes   |       ❌       |        ❌         |     ❌      |
| **A2A protocol**                                   |        ✅ 5 skills         |       ❌       |        ❌         |     ❌      |
| **Memory (FTS5 + vector)**                         |             ✅             |       ❌       |        ❌         |     ❌      |
| **Guardrails (PII, injection, vision)**            |             ✅             |    partial     |        ❌         |   ✅ paid   |
| **Cloud agent integrations**                       |    Codex, Devin, Jules     |       ❌       |        ❌         |     ❌      |
| **Circuit breaker per provider**                   | ✅ 3-state, lazy recovery  |     basic      |        ❌         |     ✅      |
| **TLS fingerprint stealth (JA3/JA4)**              |         ✅ wreq-js         |       ❌       |        ❌         |     ❌      |
| **Eval framework**                                 |        ✅ built-in         |       ❌       |        ❌         |   ⚠ paid    |
| **MITM proxy (intercepts Cursor/Antigravity)**     |     ✅ cross-platform      |       ❌       |        ❌         |     ❌      |
| **CLI with system tray (no Electron)**             |             ✅             |       ❌       |        n/a        |     n/a     |
| **CLI machine-ID auto-auth**                       |             ✅             |       ❌       |        n/a        |     n/a     |
| **Dashboard**                                      |         Next.js 16         |     basic      |    proprietary    | proprietary |
| **i18n**                                           |      **40+ locales**       |       ❌       |        ❌         |      ⚠      |
| **Public agent skills (SKILL.md)**                 |           ✅ 10            |       ❌       |        ❌         |     ❌      |
| **Tunnel support (Cloudflared, Tailscale, Ngrok)** |             ✅             |       ❌       |        n/a        |     n/a     |
| **License**                                        |            MIT             |      MIT       |    proprietary    | proprietary |

## When to choose OmniRoute

- You self-host and want **maximum provider coverage** (207+)
- You need a **built-in MCP server** (LLM tools, memory, skills exposed as tools)
- You need **A2A protocol** for agent-to-agent workflows
- You want **fingerprint stealth** (JA3/JA4) to avoid detection by upstream CAPTCHAs
- You need **enterprise features** (guardrails, evals, audit trail) without a SaaS bill

## When to choose LiteLLM

- You're **Python-first** and need tight integration with `litellm.completion()`
- You need **mature production deployment recipes** (k8s, Helm charts)
- Your team already runs Python microservices

## When to choose OpenRouter (SaaS)

- You don't want to self-host
- You're fine paying per-token at SaaS markup
- You need a **single payment method** across all providers

## When to choose Portkey

- You need a **commercial SLA** with uptime guarantees
- You prefer a **managed dashboard** without ops overhead
- You need **enterprise compliance** features out of the box

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_Last updated: 2026-05-15. Submit corrections via PR to keep this table accurate._
