What AI recommends for llm gateways
When developers ask “What LLM gateway should I use?”, this is what Claude · Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude · Claude Opus 4.8, Claude · Claude Sonnet 4.6, ChatGPT, Gemini, Venice · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, Venice · Gemini 3.6 Flash, Venice · Kimi K2.6, Venice · Qwen 3.7 Plus and Venice · GLM 5.2 answer. An LLM gateway is how teams route across providers with one key, add fallbacks, and track spend. This board tracks which gateways the models recommend, a young category where the answers are still settling.
Standings frozen August 2026 · methodology · View as Markdown
AI share of voice · August 2026
668 sampled answers · 10 models
- 1LiteLLMnew25.5%Claude Haiku 4.5 · Claude Opus 4.8 · Claude Sonnet 4.6 · GPT · Gem · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 · Gemini 3.6 Flash · GLM 5.2—
- 2OpenRouternew22%Claude Haiku 4.5 · Claude Opus 4.8 · Claude Sonnet 4.6 · GPT · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 · GLM 5.2· quiet
- 3Portkeynew21.9%Claude Haiku 4.5 · Claude Opus 4.8 · Claude Sonnet 4.6 · GPT · Gem · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 · GLM 5.2—
- 4Cloudflare AI Gatewaynew14.1%Claude Haiku 4.5 · Claude Opus 4.8 · Claude Sonnet 4.6 · GPT · Gem · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 · GLM 5.2—
- 5Heliconenew11.3%Claude Haiku 4.5 · Claude Opus 4.8 · Claude Sonnet 4.6 · GPT · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 · GLM 5.2—
- 6Kong AI Gatewaynew11%Claude Haiku 4.5 · Claude Opus 4.8 · Claude Sonnet 4.6 · GPT · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 · GLM 5.2—
Share of voice weights each compared model equally: it is the average, across the models, of how often each one named the tool in its own answers, so a model probed more than another can't skew it. Model chips list which AI models named it this month; the pulse is the sentiment of that month's developer mentions across Hacker News, Reddit, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Bluesky and more.
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Averaged equally across 10 AI models, LiteLLM is named in 25.5% of answers about llm gateways (8 of 10 name it).
The 3 prompts behind these standings
- ›What LLM gateway should I use? (recommendation)
- ›What are the best LiteLLM alternatives? (alternatives)
- ›Which AI gateway is best for routing across models? (recommendation)
Each prompt is sampled several times per model per probe because answers vary run to run; 668 answers across 8 probe runs fed this month.
Frequently asked questions
How is the llm gateways ranking computed?
BackTalk asks Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity a fixed set of buyer questions about llm gateways, several samples per prompt because answers vary run to run, then extracts which tools each answer recommends. A tool's share of voice is the percentage of all sampled answers that name it. The prompts, sample counts, and models are published on every page; the raw method is the same probe engine BackTalk customers run on their own brands.
How often do the standings update?
Monthly. The current month is a live preview that updates as new answers come in; once the month ends its standings are finalized and never change after that, so a cited number stays exactly what it was when you cited it. Past months keep their own permalink in the archive, and month-over-month deltas track who is rising and falling.
What does the developer pulse column mean?
BackTalk also listens where developers actually talk: Hacker News, Reddit, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Bluesky and more. The pulse column summarises the sentiment of that month's developer mentions for each ranked tool, which is how the board can show AI recommending a tool developers are souring on, or overlooking one they praise.
Is AI recommending your tool?
BackTalk runs these same probes for any product: your prompts, your competitors, your share of voice on your own keys, next to every public developer mention of your brand.
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