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OpenLIT vs OptScale AI

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OpenLIT compared with OptScale AI
DetailOpenLIT logo OpenLITOptScale AI logo OptScale AI
What it doesOpen-source agent harness engineering platform built on OpenTelemetry Intelligent AI gateway for cost control, access governance, and data sovereignty across LLM and MCP interactions
StageStartup Established
Founded2024 2016
Based inIN Not given
Pricing modelOpen source Freemium
PricingOpen source (Apache 2.0): Free self-hosted with unlimited usage. Enterprise Edition: Contact sales for pricing. Cloud: Coming soon. Not given
Key features
  • OpenTelemetry-native LLM tracing for every call, tool, and retrieval
  • Agent evals with LLM-as-a-judge and heuristics
  • Prompt Hub for versioning and deployment without code changes
  • Guardrails for prompt injection, jailbreak, and sensitive topic detection
  • Vault for encrypted API key management
  • OpenGround for side-by-side LLM model comparison
  • GPU monitoring for utilization, memory, temperature, and power
  • Coding agent observability for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor
  • Cost tracking and latency monitoring
  • 56+ integrations with LLMs, frameworks, and vector databases
  • Intelligent gateway with smart routing across LLMs, local models, and MCP servers
  • Role-based access control and department-level billing
  • AI ROI & Impact: connect spending to business outcomes through outcome connectors
  • OpenAI API-compatible drop-in integration with less than 2ms overhead
  • Local model hosting and data residency controls
What makes it different
  • Self-host free forever under Apache 2.0 with unlimited usage and no per-trace fees
  • OpenTelemetry-native traces exportable to Grafana, Datadog, or any OTLP backend
  • Zero-code instrumentation with eBPF controller, native SDKs, or GPU collector
  • Unified platform for traces, evals, guardrails, and prompts on the same production data
  • Full data ownership and no vendor lock-in with exportable OpenTelemetry traces
  • Built on 10+ years of FinOps expertise with proven enterprise trust (Airbus, Nokia, T-Systems, DHL, PwC)
  • Sub-2ms gateway overhead with no code changes required via OpenAI API compatibility
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)65 no change since last check15 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)2314
Citation Flow (Majestic)3925
Referring domains (Majestic)48322

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