A LiteLLM Alternative Without the Ops Burden or License Tiers
Gateway as a product, not a project
LiteLLM earned its place: an open-source proxy that puts 100+ providers behind one OpenAI-style API. But running it in production is your project — you deploy it, scale it, patch it, and monitor it. Riven takes the same one-endpoint idea and offers it two ways: a fully managed gateway that is simply there, or a self-hosted single-tenant deployment we stand up and keep healthy. Either way, the gateway is a product with an SLA mindset, not another service your team is on call for.
Governance included, not licensed
With LiteLLM, the features production teams end up needing — SSO and SCIM, JWT auth, audit logs, secret-manager integration, multi-region control — live in an annual Enterprise license sized to your request capacity. Riven Control ships virtual keys, per-key budgets and rate limits, routing rules, model governance, and usage accounting as part of the product. There is no second tier to negotiate when your rollout succeeds.
Flat, metered pricing when we run it
The managed gateway bills a flat $3 per million tokens on pay-as-you-go — metered after use, no prepaid credits, no platform fees, every model at the same rate. For batch and agent workloads where token volume is the whole cost story, one number is easier to budget than a spreadsheet of per-model list prices plus your own infrastructure line.
One key, frontier models, real product on top
One Riven key unlocks GPT-5.6, Kimi, GLM, Qwen, Llama, and more from a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint. And unlike a bare proxy, the same account carries a complete workspace — grounded chat with citations, coding and agent surfaces, and business tooling — so the gateway your applications use and the tools your people use share one bill.
How Riven compares to LiteLLM
| Feature | Riven | LiteLLM |
|---|---|---|
| Managed hosted option | Yes — flat $3/1M tokens | Self-host (OSS) or annual Enterprise license |
| SSO, audit logs, JWT auth | Included | Enterprise license |
| Virtual keys, budgets, rate limits | Included | Included (OSS) |
| Who runs it | Riven (managed) or Riven-deployed single-tenant | Your team |
| Endpoint compatibility | OpenAI-compatible | OpenAI-compatible |
| Chat, agents, and business apps included | Yes | API gateway only |
FAQ
How does Riven compare to LiteLLM on price?
LiteLLM open source is free to self-host, but you run and scale the proxy yourself, and features like SSO, SCIM, audit logs, and JWT auth sit in an annual Enterprise license sized to request capacity. Riven offers two paths with no license tiers: a fully managed gateway at a flat $3 per million tokens, or a self-hosted single-tenant deployment where governance features are part of the product.
Is Riven OpenAI-compatible like LiteLLM?
Yes. Riven exposes an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so applications written against the OpenAI request format work by changing the base URL and key — the same switching path LiteLLM users already know.
Does Riven support virtual keys and budgets?
Yes. Riven Control includes virtual keys, per-key budgets and rate limits, routing rules, and usage governance in the core product rather than behind an enterprise tier.
Can Riven run in my own environment?
Yes. Riven deploys self-hosted and single-tenant for enterprises that demand control, compliance, and performance. Your infrastructure or ours.