Model
AssemblyAI LLM Gateway
LiteLLM
Pricing
0% markup, fully managed
Free OSS + your own infra cost
Deployment
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Self-hosted proxy (Postgres, Redis, ops)
Models
25+ curated production models
100+ providers
Speech-to-text
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Proxy to third-party ASR
Automatic fallbacks
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EU data residency
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Your infrastructure
Zero data retention
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Your infrastructure
BAA available
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OpenAI SDK compatible
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