6 AI Gateways Compared for 2026: Routing, Governance, Caching, and Observability

TL;DR An AI gateway is one control plane for every LLM request your application makes, regardless of which provider serves it. Without one, the pieces scatter: provider keys in one place, rate limits in another, caching somewhere else, and separate homes for permissions, spend reporting, and logs. T…

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