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Gateway pricingLiteLLM Pricing Explained
What LiteLLM really costs, from its own pricing page, and what that means for your LLM bill.
Free to self-host under the MIT license. An enterprise tier with SSO, audit logs and custom SLAs is priced on request.
What LiteLLM charges
Free to self-host under the MIT license. An enterprise tier with SSO, audit logs and custom SLAs is priced on request.
An open-source LLM proxy and SDK that you host yourself.
What LiteLLM costs at your spend
LiteLLM doesn't charge a percentage of your model spend. Your costs are the plan price, the infrastructure you run it on and the engineering time to maintain it, plus the full price of every token at your model providers.
What the price doesn't include
- The tokens themselves, at your providers' prices.
- The engineering time to set up caching, routing, batching and limits, and to keep them working.
- Any guarantee that your total bill goes down.
LiteLLM vs apicuts on cost
LiteLLM is priced for platform teams that want to own and customize their gateway. apicuts is priced on results: 10% of the savings we verify, and if your all-in bill isn't at least 20% lower after that fee, you pay nothing. See apicuts pricing or APIcuts vs LiteLLM.
Frequently asked questions
How much does LiteLLM cost?
Free to self-host under the MIT license. An enterprise tier with SSO, audit logs and custom SLAs is priced on request.
Does LiteLLM mark up model prices?
No. It charges for its plan, not a percentage of your model spend.
Sources: LiteLLM's pricing page. Checked October 30, 2026.
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