Ficelle vs LLM Gateway

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Ficelle compared with LLM Gateway
Detail	Ficelle	LLM Gateway
What it does	OpenAI-compatible router that puts free LLM models from 13 providers behind one endpoint with automatic failover	One OpenAI-compatible API for 250+ models across 40+ providers
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	FR	US
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free: open core under BSL 1.1, no account or card required. Pro: 12 € monthly (or 9.08 € per month billed annually at 109 €/yr), or 199 € for Lifetime license (one payment, no renewals, limited to first 200). 14-day free trial for Pro requires a card.	Free: Access all 200+ models with bring-your-own provider keys, or pay-as-you-go on credits. Credits: 5% platform fee on top-ups. Enterprise: Volume discounts, custom routing, full request and response retention (30 days), and 99.9% uptime SLA. Data retention: $0.01 per 1M tokens for Retain All Data
Key features	Automatic failover across 13 free LLM providers OpenAI-compatible API endpoint Model capability testing for tools, JSON and vision Hardcoded zero paid model fallback Local router with keys staying on your machine Model fusion and answer synthesis in Pro Custom virtual model profiles in Pro Native prompt compression to reduce tokens Automatic model cooling and recovery probing Support for Cursor, Continue, Open WebUI, LangChain and Claude Code	Route requests to 250+ models across 40+ providers OpenAI-compatible API endpoint Real-time cost and latency tracking Automatic failover between providers Request caching Prompt injection and PII detection guardrails Self-hosted or cloud deployment SSO and SAML integration Spend caps and budget controls Audit logs and compliance tracking
What makes it different	Structured inability to spend money on paid models, enforced in code not configuration No middleman: keys stay local, prompts go directly to providers Benchmarked quality parity with gpt-5 for classification, extraction and reasoning Millisecond failover when a model rate-limits or fails	Full self-hosting under AGPLv3 open-source license Bring-your-own-keys free forever Flat 5% platform fee with no minimums or seat charges Unified analytics across all providers and models 99.9999% effective uptime with automatic provider failover
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	59 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	11
Citation Flow (Majestic)	12	45
Referring domains (Majestic)	1	860

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