Spro vs Bifrost

Compare Spro, Bifrost on routing, caching, guardrails, observability, hosting and pricing.

Overview

Best for

Teams that want one API for every model with security guardrails, tracing and cost controls included, not bolted on.

Best for

Teams that want to run their own gateway and keep the infrastructure in their own network.

Summary

Spro is an OpenAI-compatible API gateway for hundreds of models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Mistral, Groq and more. It handles fallbacks automatically and adds security guardrails, usage tracking and observability on every request.

Summary

Bifrost is an open-source AI gateway from Maxim AI. It gives one API across providers, with fallbacks, caching and virtual keys in the open-source tier, and guardrails and cluster features on the enterprise plan.

Category
Hosted gateway
Category
Open-source proxy
At a glance
Hosted · OpenAI-compatible · 0% token markup
At a glance
Open-source tier · Self-hosted with Docker, Kubernetes or a Go binary · Enterprise VPC and on-prem options
Hosting
Hosted
Hosting
Self-hosted, with an enterprise VPC or on-prem option

Pricing

Starting price
Free trial · 0% markup on tokens
Starting price
Free open-source tier · enterprise custom
Pricing model
Usage-based plans
Pricing model
Open-source tier free · enterprise custom
Fee on tokens
0% markup on tokens
Fee on tokens
Provider charges apply; no markup stated
Free plan
Free plan
Free trial
Free trial
Plans
  • Free · $0 (Free trial included · 0% markup)
  • Paid plans · See pricing (Usage-based)
  • Enterprise · Custom (Contact sales)
Plans
  • Open source · $0
  • Enterprise · Custom
Pricing page
Pricing page

Capabilities

OpenAI-compatible API
OpenAI-compatible API
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Automatic fallbacks
Automatic fallbacks
Load balancing across providers
Load balancing across providers
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Response caching
Response caching
Content guardrails
Content guardrails
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Request logs & analytics
Request logs & analytics
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Bring your own provider keys
Bring your own provider keys
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Zero data retention option
Zero data retention option
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Self-hostable
Self-hostable
Open source
Open source
Free tier
Free tier

Frequently asked questions

Route every AI request through SPRO.

One OpenAI-compatible API for 350+ models, with intelligent routing, 29 built-in guardrails, observability, and automatic failover.

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