From developer proxy to enterprise governance.
LiteLLM is an excellent developer tool for multi-provider routing. DVARA is what you deploy when you move from prototype to production in a regulated environment — with governance, compliance, and MCP tool call coverage that LiteLLM cannot provide.
Both platforms provide multi-provider routing. DVARA adds governance at the architecture level.
| Feature | DVARA | LiteLLM |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-provider unified API | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSE streaming support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured outputs on Anthropic + Gemini | ✓ | — |
| Capability-aware route filtering | ✓ | — |
| Virtual thread concurrency (10K+ RPS) | ✓ | ∼ |
| GraalVM native image (<100ms startup) | ✓ | — |
This is where the products diverge fundamentally. LiteLLM has minimal governance; DVARA makes governance the architecture.
| Feature | DVARA | LiteLLM |
|---|---|---|
| Policy-as-Code engine (YAML DSL) | ✓ | — |
| Policy dry-run against historical traffic | ✓ | — |
| Immutable HMAC-signed audit trail | ✓ | — |
| PII detection and redaction | ✓ | — |
| SOC2 / HIPAA / GDPR evidence packages | ✓ | — |
| EU data residency enforcement | ✓ | — |
| SIEM export (Splunk, CloudWatch, Elastic) | ✓ | — |
LiteLLM has zero MCP governance. DVARA governs both LLM calls and tool calls.
| Feature | DVARA | LiteLLM |
|---|---|---|
| MCP tool calls proxied and governed | ✓ | — |
| MCP PII scan on arguments + responses | ✓ | — |
| MCP server credential centralisation | ✓ | — |
| Human approval gate (enforced at execution) | ✓ | — |
| Agent loop detection + auto-kill | ✓ | — |
| Full OTel trace: LLM turns + MCP calls | ✓ | — |
| Feature | DVARA | LiteLLM |
|---|---|---|
| SSO via OIDC / SAML 2.0 | ✓ | — |
| RBAC + ABAC access control | ✓ | — |
| Air-gapped / on-prem deployment | ✓ | — |
| Multi-region active-active | ✓ | — |
| Budget caps with hard enforcement | ✓ | ∼ |
| Distributed rate limiting (Redis) | ✓ | ∼ |
LiteLLM is a great developer tool for prototyping. DVARA is what you deploy when your compliance team asks "can you prove PII never left our network?" or your auditor asks "show me an immutable record of every AI action." LiteLLM cannot answer those questions. DVARA was built to answer them.
Start your 30-day free trial. No credit card required.