Bifrost
Bifrost is a high-performance open-source AI gateway that unifies access to 20+ AI providers through a single OpenAI-compatible API. It supports 1,000+ models with adaptive load balancing, automatic failover, semantic caching, and enterprise observability features. Bifrost is open-source under Apache 2.0.
Bifrost publishes 4 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Health API, Chat Completions API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include AI Gateway, LLM, Load Balancing, Open Source, and OpenAI-Compatible.
The Bifrost catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
Bifrost’s developer surface includes engineering blog, CLI, pricing, signup flow, authentication, developer portal, documentation, and 23 more developer resources.
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco DevNet Ecosystem (builders on Meraki, Catalyst, ISE, ThousandEyes, Splunk) | undeclared | - | - | 1 |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 3
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 4
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Bifrost Go SDK
The Bifrost Go SDK provides a native Go client for embedding the Bifrost AI gateway directly into Go applications using the github.com/maximhq/bifrost/core package.
Bifrost MCP Gateway
The Bifrost Model Context Protocol (MCP) Gateway enables AI agents to discover and execute external tools through a standardized protocol, with OAuth 2.0 authentication and tool...
Bifrost Health API
Gateway health and status endpoints
Bifrost Chat Completions API
Chat completions compatible with OpenAI chat API
Open Collections 2
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Bifrost HTTP Gateway Chat API
OPEN COLLECTIONBifrost HTTP Gateway Chat Health API
OPEN COLLECTIONMCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
Bifrost API pricing
Prices published by Bifrost, read 2026-10-07 from www.getmaxim.ai/pricing. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| OSS | Free Forever Includes: Self-hosted: Docker | K8s | Go binary; core gateway, routing, governance, observability |
| Enterprise | Custom Pricing Includes: Everything in OSS plus guardrails, cluster mode, SSO, RBAC, SLA support |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- Virtual Key Request Rate: operator-configured requests per minute
- Virtual Key Budget: operator-configured spend per period
- Upstream Provider Limits: inherited from upstream provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) varies
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Bifrost's documentation. Rate-limit details →
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Bifrost Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
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SLAFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Bifrost Finops
FINOPSFeatures 8
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
OpenAI-Compatible API
Single API interface compatible with OpenAI SDK for all 20+ providers.
Adaptive Load Balancing
Distribute requests across providers and models based on availability and performance.
Automatic Failover
Automatically retry failed requests on alternative providers without client changes.
Semantic Caching
Cache semantically similar prompts to reduce latency and API costs.
MCP Gateway
Model Context Protocol gateway for AI agent tool discovery and execution.
Go SDK
Native Go library for embedding Bifrost gateway directly into applications.
Enterprise Observability
Built-in metrics, tracing, and logging for production AI gateway deployments.
Provider Key Management
Centralized API key management for all connected AI providers.
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Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Bifrost Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Bifrost — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALBifrost API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 7
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
ChatChoice
JSON SCHEMAChatCompletionRequest
JSON SCHEMAChatCompletionResponse
JSON SCHEMAChatMessage
JSON SCHEMAHealthResponse
JSON SCHEMAProviderStatus
JSON SCHEMAUsageStats
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JSON Structure 7
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Bifrost Chat Choice Structure
JSON STRUCTUREBifrost Chat Completion Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREBifrost Chat Completion Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREBifrost Chat Message Structure
JSON STRUCTUREBifrost Health Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREBifrost Provider Status Structure
JSON STRUCTUREBifrost Usage Stats Structure
JSON STRUCTUREScroll for all 7
Examples 7
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Bifrost Chat Choice Example
EXAMPLEBifrost Chat Message Example
EXAMPLEBifrost Usage Stats Example
EXAMPLEScroll for all 7
Security Posture 3
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 5
What developers build with this provider.
Multi-Provider AI Applications
Build applications that can seamlessly switch between OpenAI, Anthropic, and other providers.
Cost Optimization
Route requests to cheaper providers during peak costs or use caching to reduce API spend.
High Availability AI
Ensure AI features remain available by failing over across multiple provider accounts.
AI Agent Tooling
Enable AI agents to discover and execute tools through the MCP gateway protocol.
LLM Provider Evaluation
A/B test different models and providers without changing application code.
Integrations 6
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
OpenAI
Route to OpenAI GPT-4o, GPT-4, and other OpenAI models.
Anthropic
Route to Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3 Opus, and other Anthropic models.
Cohere
Route to Cohere Command and other Cohere models.
AWS Bedrock
Route to models hosted on AWS Bedrock including Titan and Claude.
Azure OpenAI
Route to Azure-hosted OpenAI deployments.
Google Vertex AI
Route to Gemini and other models on Google Vertex AI.
Resources
Get Started 3
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 2
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 3
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 5
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 5
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 6
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
Source (apis.yml)
Bifrost API — frequently asked questions
Does Bifrost have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 4 APIs from Bifrost, including Bifrost Go SDK, Bifrost MCP Gateway and Bifrost Health API, and 1 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Bifrost API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 2 OpenAPI specifications for Bifrost, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Bifrost API?
Bifrost uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Bifrost Authentication.
How much does the Bifrost API cost?
Bifrost publishes its prices; its OSS plan is Free Forever as of 2026-10-07. APIs.io lists 2 pricing plans for Bifrost, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Does Bifrost have an MCP server?
Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Bifrost: Remote MCP server at docs.getbifrost.ai over HTTP.
Is the Bifrost API ready for AI agents?
Bifrost has a Kin Score of 59.9 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 44.8 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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