# Cloudflare AI Gateway

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Cloudflare AI Gateway and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for quick, plug-and-play setup as a proxy for LLM API calls. Critics say it has fewer features than alternatives like OpenRouter and some model-handling problems.

## Why people recommend it

- Easy, convenient setup (2 comments): "Set one up, get the proxy URL and set it through the env var, very plug-and-play" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46100225)) "CloudFlare AI Gateway was quite convenient for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49963656))

## What people warn about

- Trouble finding or specifying models (2 comments): "I get a model not found error when attempting to use the model in a conversation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49193660)) "I can't figure out how to specify models in the AI Gateway specifically" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50313514))
- Fewer features than alternatives (2 comments): "it had tons of limitations and almost none of the features of other offerings" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49184749)) "It's pretty bad though compared to openrouter tbh" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49332105))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [OpenRouter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openrouter.md): 666 recommend
- [OpenCode Zen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/opencode-zen.md): 36 recommend
- [Cortecs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cortecs-ai.md): 9 recommend
- [Eden AI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eden-ai.md): 9 recommend
- [TrustedRouter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/trustedrouter.md): 8 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cloudflare AI Gateway", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-ai-gateway/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).