Zero ops, ever
No proxy to deploy, scale, or page on at 2 AM. We run the gateway, keep provider SDKs current, handle rate limits, and absorb upstream outages where we can. You ship product.
See the pricing calculator →LiteLLM is a great open source gateway. ScopeVeil is the managed alternative with native Stripe billing, transparent markup, and a cost dashboard out of the box. Here is the unvarnished comparison.
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baseURL and apiKey. Your OpenAI SDK does not change. Updated for what each platform actually shipped as of May 2026.
| Feature | ScopeVeil | LiteLLM |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI SDK compatible | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment model Different bets. LiteLLM hands you the binary. ScopeVeil hands you a URL. | Managed SaaS; self-host on Enterprise | Self-hosted; you run the proxy |
| Software cost LiteLLM is genuinely free as software. The cost shows up as infra and on-call. | Usage-based: upstream cost + 5 to 15% markup | Free, open source |
| Ops burden | None. We run it. | You run it, scale it, patch it, page on it |
| Native billing with prepaid credits | Yes, Stripe-backed credits with transparent markup | Not native; you build billing on top |
| Cost analytics dashboard | Built-in, per-request, with XLSX export | LiteLLM Proxy ships a UI; deeper analytics require setup |
| Provider catalog LiteLLM covers more providers. ScopeVeil curates first-party providers to keep cost accounting honest. | Curated set: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, Cohere, Groq, plus 9 more | 100+ providers supported |
| Support and SLA | Email and dedicated channel on paid tiers | Community support; commercial support via vendor |
| Self-hosted option | Yes, on Enterprise (full stack in your VPC) | Self-hosting is the default |
| Observability without the proxy Two valid paths. ScopeVeil bundles it; LiteLLM lets you bring your own stack. | Yes, free up to 500k events/month via SDK | Integrates with external observability tools |
Highlights mark areas where ScopeVeil has a clearly different posture today. LiteLLM is excellent open source. It is a different bet on who runs the gateway.
No proxy to deploy, scale, or page on at 2 AM. We run the gateway, keep provider SDKs current, handle rate limits, and absorb upstream outages where we can. You ship product.
See the pricing calculator →Top up credits with Stripe, set hard caps, give clients or projects their own budget. The dashboard shows every request with upstream cost and your markup. No SQL, no Looker board to build first.
Read the security posture →Paid tiers come with email and a dedicated channel. When a provider has an incident or a token counter drifts, you have someone to ping. Useful when your customers are waiting for the answer.
Quickstart in 60 seconds →If you are already on a self-hosted LiteLLM proxy, here is the diff.
import OpenAI from 'openai';
const ai = new OpenAI({
- baseURL: 'https://litellm.internal.acme.com/v1',
- apiKey: process.env.LITELLM_MASTER_KEY,
+ baseURL: 'https://gateway.scopeveil.com/v1',
+ apiKey: process.env.SCOPEVEIL_KEY,
});
// Same SDK. Same model strings. Same response shape. No proxy to run.
const r = await ai.chat.completions.create({
model: 'openai/gpt-4o-mini',
messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'hello' }],
});That is the whole migration. You can decommission the LiteLLM deployment and its Postgres once you cut traffic over.
For the common case, yes. Chat completions, streaming, tool calls, and embeddings all work through the OpenAI-compatible surface. LiteLLM has more providers in its catalog today; if you depend on one we have not shipped, check the catalog first.
LiteLLM is free as software. It is not free as ops, infra, or billing engineering. ScopeVeil charges a transparent markup on upstream cost in exchange for the gateway running, the cost dashboard being there, and Stripe being wired up. If your team prefers to own the gateway, LiteLLM is a fine choice.
A managed gateway adds a small fixed overhead on top of the upstream call, similar to a self-hosted proxy. For streaming requests we forward bytes as they arrive, so time-to-first-token tracks the upstream provider closely.
Yes. Many teams keep LiteLLM for niche providers and route the high-volume providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) through ScopeVeil to get the billing and dashboard. Use both behind a feature flag while you compare.
The Enterprise plan ships the full stack as a docker-compose bundle that runs in your VPC. You get the same product, deployed the way LiteLLM users prefer. Pricing on the bundle is flat, not per-request.
For the hosted gateway, request and response bodies are read in-memory for token counting and discarded. We persist metadata only (model, tokens, latency, cost, your tags). For the self-hosted bundle, nothing leaves your VPC.
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