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LeanCTX vs Kaeso

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LeanCTX compared with Kaeso
DetailLeanCTX logo LeanCTXKaeso logo Kaeso
What it doesThe Context Gateway for AI systems Open-source AI gateway you run yourself
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Pricing modelFreemium Open source
PricingCommunity: Free (open-source, local use). Pro: $9/month or $90/year (personal cloud sync, 1 GB hosted index). Team: $29/month per seat or $290/year per seat (team server, shared workspace, 20 GB index, 1-25 seats). Enterprise: Contact for pricing. Not given
Key features
  • Source selection and retrieval with task-relevant context at configurable depth
  • Access controls via PathJail boundary enforcement and role-based permissions
  • Read-time content filters for injection patterns and personal data detection
  • Memory and continuity to retain findings and connections across sessions
  • Evidence and outcomes recording with source references and usage audit trails
  • Integration with AI tools via SDK, MCP, hooks and supported client adapters
  • Local, VPC, on-premises and offline deployment options
  • Optional production intelligence for planning, ranking and routing enhancements
  • SDK with five stable primitives and six Agent Tools language contracts
  • Context cache, reference routing and usage accounting
  • Single sign-on with OpenID Connect and two-factor authentication
  • Format translation through KPP canonical format, allowing any SDK to call any model
  • Spend and token budgets with hard limits that are never skipped
  • Complete request logging with status, tokens, cost, timing and content when permitted
  • Encrypted provider key storage with AES-256-GCM
  • Web console for managing organizations, projects, members, roles and request logs
  • Stateless Rust gateway for horizontal scaling
  • Support for 14 built-in AI providers
  • Docker Compose deployment with Caddy, PostgreSQL, Valkey and ClickHouse
  • Error reporting that names unsupported fields instead of silently dropping them
What makes it different
  • Deterministic, model-agnostic context processing independent of AI provider choice
  • Governs context without controlling model calls, keeping AI decisions under user ownership
  • Records measurable impact with 64.1% reported context reduction in field use
  • Open-source core (Apache 2.0) with commercial tiers for teams and enterprises
  • Transparent governance with separate evaluation of task outcome from context delivery
  • OpenID Connect single sign-on and two-factor authentication included in the open-source code, not an enterprise edition
  • Hard budgets with worst-case reserves for every request to prevent burst overruns
  • Single MIT-licensed repository for gateway, console, KPP and UI library with no separate enterprise version
  • Rust gateway architecture with no interpreter on the hot path for performance
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)42 no change since last check20 +17 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)34
Citation Flow (Majestic)3519
Referring domains (Majestic)21215

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