OmniRoute / Documented comparison
Compare the controls that matter.
Review common gateway failure modes and a dated comparison sourced from public project documentation.
Common failure modes
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See which control addresses each common failure mode.
Without routing
With OmniRoute
Quota expires unused
Track and drain the allowance you already have
Rate limits stop you mid-task
4-tier auto-fallback in milliseconds
Tool output burns tokens
12-engine compression, 15–95% on eligible content
Expensive APIs add up
Cost-optimized routing can pick the cheapest eligible target
Each tool needs its own setup
One endpoint and one dashboard
A provider is unavailable from your network
Proxy scopes and client-fingerprint controls
One dead key breaks a provider
Breaker, cooldown and lockout isolate the failure
A team shares one subscription
Key pools and fair-share quotas
You need local control of routing data
Local-first storage with encrypted credentials
No spend or health visibility
Usage, quota, savings and latency analytics
1. Subscription2. API key3. Cheap4. Free
Documentation snapshot
How the gateways compare.
Checked 2026-08-30. Verify the linked sources before choosing a gateway.
| Capability | OmniRoute (opens in a new tab) | 9Router (opens in a new tab) | LiteLLM (opens in a new tab) | CLIProxyAPI (opens in a new tab) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providers | 352 | 40+ | 100+ | 8+ upstreams |
| Routing strategies | 19 | 3-tier | retry / priority | round-robin / fill-first |
| Tiered fallback with UI | Yes | Yes | Manual policy | Multi-account |
| Token compression | 12 engines · 15–95% | RTK / Headroom / Caveman | No built-in pipeline | HTTP compression |
| Capability | OmniRoute (opens in a new tab) | 9Router (opens in a new tab) | LiteLLM (opens in a new tab) | CLIProxyAPI (opens in a new tab) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built-in MCP server | 110 gateway tools | No | MCP client / gateway | No |
| A2A protocol | Server · 6 skills | No | A2A client / gateway | No |
| Cloud agents | Codex / Cursor / Devin / Jules | No | No | Sidecar integrations |
| Capability | OmniRoute (opens in a new tab) | 9Router (opens in a new tab) | LiteLLM (opens in a new tab) | CLIProxyAPI (opens in a new tab) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Failure-isolation layers | 3: provider / connection / model | Cooldown | Cooldown / retry | Cooldown |
| Persistent memory | FTS5 + vector | No | Semantic cache | No |
| Guardrails | PII / injection / vision | No | Yes | Cloaking controls |
| Eval framework | Built in | No | No | No |
| TLS fingerprint controls | wreq-js | No | No | uTLS |
| Capability | OmniRoute (opens in a new tab) | 9Router (opens in a new tab) | LiteLLM (opens in a new tab) | CLIProxyAPI (opens in a new tab) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dashboard stack | Next.js 16 | Next.js 16 | Next.js | Next.js / React |
| UI locales | 42 | 10 | Not documented | 3 |
| OAuth providers | 25 | 6 | SSO | CLI auth |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT + enterprise | MIT |
Public README and official documentation snapshot; verify linked sources before purchase or deployment decisions.