The fastest open-source AI gateway for LLMs, MCP and agents
Africa's AI Infrastructure
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Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Pricing
Bifrost OSS is free forever. Bifrost Enterprise has custom pricing; contact sales for a quote.
Developer plan with free usage tier and pay-as-you-go pricing; Growth plan with higher rate limits and access to all 6 models; Enterprise plan with custom contracts. New accounts receive $50 in starter credits. Pricing available in NGN, KES, GHS, ZAR, UGX, TZS, and EGP with no conversion fees.
Key features
Drop-in replacement for any AI SDK with support for OpenAI, Anthropic, and LiteLLM
Model catalog providing access to 1000+ AI models from 8+ providers
Automatic provider failover for 99.99% uptime
Budget management and rate limiting across virtual keys and teams
Built-in OpenTelemetry observability
MCP gateway for centralized tool connections and governance
Real-time guardrails for blocking unsafe model outputs
Virtual key management with independent budgets and access control
Semantic caching to reduce costs and latency
Enterprise clustering with high availability and zero-downtime deployments
Wakanda agentic developer workspace with code generation and command execution
REST API with chat completions and streaming support
Tera intelligent routing layer that matches requests to specialist models
Rantera Kasi stratospheric AI infrastructure at 20km altitude
What makes it different
50x faster than LiteLLM with P99 latency of 20 microseconds at 5k requests per second
Zero-touch in-VPC deployments ensure no data leaves your infrastructure
Free and open source with Apache 2.0 license
Works seamlessly with all major LLM frameworks including OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, and LiteLLM
Enterprise-grade governance with SSO, RBAC, and audit logs included in Enterprise tier
Models trained on African context and languages, not adapted from elsewhere
Pricing denominated in local African currencies with no conversion fees
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