APIMaster vs LiteLLM

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Free plan: Only LiteLLM (APIMaster has paid plans only)
Public API: Both have one
Higher Trust score: LiteLLM — 87 vs 69 for APIMaster
Best fit: APIMaster: indie developers and small teams optimizing LLM API costs · LiteLLM: Platform teams giving many internal developers governed access to several LLM vendors
Status: Both up at our last check — APIMaster Sep 1, 2026, LiteLLM Oct 2, 2026

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

APIMasterPay-as-you-go gateway that resells GPT, Claude, and DeepSeek access through one OpenAI-compatible API.

LiteLLMOpen-source gateway and Python SDK that put 100+ LLM providers behind one OpenAI-style API, with keys, budgets and spend tracking.

Side by side

Fact	APIMaster	LiteLLM
Category	AI Gateways & Routing	AI Gateways & Routing
Pricing model	Paid	Freemium
Public API	Yes	Yes
Trust score	69 / 100	87 / 100
Platforms	API	Linux, API
Company	APIMaster.AI	Berri AI (LiteLLM)
Launched	2026	2023
Last verified	Sep 1, 2026	Oct 2, 2026

What our research says

APIMaster

APIMaster sits in front of GPT, Claude, and DeepSeek and claims to route each call to the cheapest verified provider, which can meaningfully cut API spend for teams already paying full price. Ownership is anonymous, the domain is only months old, and payment runs through crypto or Epay rather than a card, so it carries more counterparty risk than a first-party API key.

Pros

Single endpoint covers multiple model providers with OpenAI-compatible calls
Automatic failover between providers if one channel goes down
Claims substantial discounts against official per-token pricing across GPT, Claude, and DeepSeek

Cons

No company name, founders, or address are disclosed anywhere on the site
Payment is crypto (USDT) or Epay only, not a standard card
Domain registration is only months old with privacy-protected ownership, so there is no track record to check

LiteLLM

LiteLLM is the default pick for a platform team that wants one OpenAI-compatible door to many model vendors, with per-team budgets and keys, without paying a hosted router a margin. The SDK is just as useful to a single developer who wants to swap providers with a one-line change. Running the gateway reliably, including its database and scaling, is your job, and the governance features that large companies ask for sit behind the Enterprise licence.

Pros

One OpenAI-style interface to 100+ providers, in an SDK and a self-hosted proxy
Virtual keys, spend tracking by key, user and team, budgets and rate limits in the free gateway
Retry and fallback routing across deployments, plus MCP and agent gateways
Self-hosted, so traffic and keys stay in your own environment

Cons

You run and scale the proxy yourself, including its database and upgrades
SSO, SCIM, audit logs and SLAs require the Enterprise licence, priced only by quote
The unified format can lag behind provider-specific features on new models

Which one fits

Choose APIMaster if you need

indie developers and small teams optimizing LLM API costs
projects already built against the OpenAI SDK format
users comfortable prepaying a balance instead of per-call card billing

Choose LiteLLM if you need

Platform teams giving many internal developers governed access to several LLM vendors
Developers who want to switch or fall back between model providers without rewriting code
Organisations that must keep prompts and keys inside their own infrastructure