LLM Gateway routes, manages, and analyzes requests across more than 40 language-model providers through one API.
Maxim AI
Bifrost by Maxim AI is an open-source AI gateway for LLMs, MCP and agents with routing, governance, guardrails and observability, supporting 8+ providers and 1000+ models via a drop-in SDK replacement.
About Maxim AI
Bifrost by Maxim AI is an open-source AI gateway for LLMs, MCP tools and agents that provides routing, governance, guardrails and observability in one control plane. It works as a drop-in replacement for major AI SDKs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Vercel AI SDK and LangChain, and unifies access to 8+ providers and 1000+ models including custom deployed models. The self-hosted OSS fits developers and small teams, while Enterprise adds VPC, SSO and audit controls for production scale.
Key features
- Set spending limits and track costs across teams, projects, and models
- Automatic failover between providers ensures 99.99% uptime for applications
- Centralize all MCP tool connections, governance, security, and auth
- Create different virtual keys for different use-cases with independent budgets and access control
- Out-of-the-box OpenTelemetry support with built-in dashboard
Best for: Developers, small teams and self-managed deployments, and teams running production AI systems at scale.
Maxim AI at a glance
- Website
- getmaxim.ai
- Type
- App
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Details verified
- Oct 22, 2026 · Official source
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Maxim AI FAQ
How do I start the open-source version?
Run npx @maximhq/bifrost for self-hosted deployment via Docker, Kubernetes or Go binary.
How is data handled?
Bifrost offers zero-touch in-VPC deployments, so no data leaves your environment or passes through Bifrost/Maxim servers.
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