LLM Providers & Gateways

Where an AI system's reasoning actually happens. This covers first-party model APIs, the gateways that put many models behind one interface, and local runtimes for open models — the layer you swap when cost, latency, or privacy needs change.

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Foundation Model APIs

First-party APIs for frontier models

Frontier LLM API with strong tool-use and long-context reasoning, ideal as an agent's core model

APIProprietary
Paid

Google's Gemini models via the AI Studio API — long context, multimodal, with a free tier

APIProprietary
Free tier Paid
Groq

Groq

Groq

Ultra-fast inference API for open models on custom LPU hardware

APIProprietary
Free tier Paid
Mistral AI

Mistral AI

Mistral AI

European model lab with strong open-weight models and a hosted API (La Plateforme)

APIProprietary
Free tier Paid
OpenAI

OpenAI

OpenAI

OpenAI's GPT models via the API — function calling, structured outputs, and the de-facto API shape

v2.47.02026-07-22APIProprietary
31.2k Paid

Gateways & Routers

One interface that unifies many providers

LiteLLM

BerriAI

Call 100+ LLM APIs through one OpenAI-style interface, plus a proxy with routing, fallbacks, and cost tracking.

v1.93.02026-07-19PythonMIT
54.4k Open source Paid

OpenRouter

OpenRouter

One OpenAI-compatible API to 300+ models across providers, with routing and fallbacks

APIProprietary
Free tier Paid

Local Models

Run open models on your own hardware.

LM Studio

LM Studio

LM Studio

Desktop app to discover, run, and serve local LLMs with an OpenAI-compatible server

AppProprietary
Free tier Paid
Ollama

Ollama

Ollama

Run open LLMs locally with one command — an OpenAI-compatible API for offline, private agents.

v0.32.12026-07-16GoMIT
176.7k Open source Free tier Paid
vLLM

vLLM

PyTorch Foundation

High-throughput serving engine for running open LLMs with an OpenAI-compatible API

v0.25.12026-07-14PythonApache-2.0
86.9k Completely free Open source