Cloudflare AI Gateway
Free edge gateway peer to Portkey/OpenRouter. Depot llm-ai-gateway pick stays Portkey for virtual…
Free edge gateway peer to Portkey/OpenRouter. Depot llm-ai-gateway pick stays Portkey for virtual keys/fallbacks/budgets; use CF AI Gateway when already on Workers and want $0 analytics+cache. Strengths: Free core multi-provider gateway on any CF account; Edge caching/rate limits + DLP/guardrails hooks; BYOK avoids the 5% Unified Billing tax.
Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.
Free edge gateway peer to Portkey/OpenRouter. Depot llm-ai-gateway pick stays Portkey for virtual keys/fallbacks/budgets; use CF AI Gateway when already on Workers and want $0 analytics+cache.
Strengths
- · Free core multi-provider gateway on any CF account
- · Edge caching/rate limits + DLP/guardrails hooks
- · BYOK avoids the 5% Unified Billing tax
Weaknesses
- · Deeper virtual-key/budget/guardrail UX still trails Portkey
- · Log retention tied to Workers plan limits
- · Unified Billing 5% surcharge if you buy credits through CF
Pricing notes
As of 2026-09-14 (developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/reference/pricing, updated 2026-05-19): Core gateway (analytics, caching, rate limiting, DLP profiles) free on all Cloudflare plans. Persistent logs: Workers Free 100k total; Workers Paid 10M/gateway. Unified Billing adds 5% fee on prepaid credits (provider token rates pass through, no markup). Guardrails billed as Workers AI tokens (Llama Guard). Logpush Workers Paid 10M req/mo then $0.05/M. Distinct catalog entry from cloudflare-workers-ai.
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