Why use an AI gateway?
Compare managing direct API connections with using SoxAI as your unified AI infrastructure layer.
Managing 5+ API keys
One key, all providers
Provider goes down at 3AM
Auto-failover in milliseconds
No idea who spent what
Per-team billing & quotas
Feature comparison
| Feature | Direct API | OpenRouter | SoxAI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | |||
| OpenAI-compatible API | |||
| Number of providers | 1 | 20+ | 40+ |
| Auto-failover across providers | |||
| Session stickiness | |||
| Priority-based routing | |||
| Team & Billing | |||
| Per-team / per-user billing | |||
| Multi-window quota control | |||
| Multi-tenant / white-label | |||
| Usage dashboard | |||
| Security & Ops | |||
| Self-hosted option | |||
| AES-256 key encryption | |||
| WebAuthn / MFA | |||
| Row-Level Security isolation | |||
| OpenTelemetry traces | |||
| Per-request audit log | |||
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