BerriAI/litellm vs QuantumNous/new-api
Compare BerriAI/litellm and QuantumNous/new-api using the current verified snapshot: positioning, license, deployment, use cases, limitations, and original sources.
BerriAI/litellm
LiteLLM is an open-source AI gateway and Python SDK that provides a single OpenAI-format interface to over 100 LLM providers. It centralizes routing, cost tracking, virtual keys, and guardrails, making it useful for enterprise teams and developers managing multiple external or self-hosted models.
- License
- License pending
- Deployment
- Python environment
- Use cases
- Enterprise teams, developers, and AI engineers who need to standardize API calls, manage costs, and apply consistent routing rules across multiple external LLM providers. · Teams requiring an admin dashboard and virtual keys to manage multi-tenant LLM usage.
- Updated
- 2026-07-17T06:30:35Z
QuantumNous/new-api
An LLM gateway and AI asset management system that unifies access, authentication, and billing across multiple large language model APIs. It supports cross-conversion between OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini formats and requires authorized upstream API keys and endpoints for operation.
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Deployment
- Refer to project documentation
- Use cases
- Enterprise teams and developers who need to manage access, format cross-conversion, and billing across disparate large language model APIs from a private deployment. · Teams requiring user-level model rate limiting, token grouping, and a visual statistical analysis console for model usage.
- Updated
- 2026-07-17T07:40:21Z
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