Crazyrouter vs LiteLLM: Managed Gateway vs Self-Hosted Proxy (2026 Comparison)

Dev.to AI
AI Business

Should you use a managed AI API gateway or self-host your own? I've used both Crazyrouter (managed) and LiteLLM (self-hosted) in production. Here's the real trade-off. The Core Difference Crazyrouter: Fully managed., key, start calling 627+ models. Zero infrastructure. You deploy it on your own servers, bring your own API keys for each provider.