How Stav compares to other AI gateways

Most teams reach the same place eventually: too many AI vendors, keys, contracts and invoices — or a single gateway that quietly sits under US jurisdiction. Here’s how Stav compares to both.

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Option A

Stav compared with a DIY multi-vendor setup

Wiring up OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, a hosting provider or two and your own router — and owning all of it.

	DIY multi-vendor	Stav
Integrations & keys	One SDK, key and rate-limit budget per provider.	One OpenAI-compatible key reaches every model.
Contracts, DPAs & security reviews	A fresh procurement cycle for every vendor you add.	One contract, one DPA, one review — the whole catalogue.
Billing	Many invoices, credits, minimums and renewal dates to track.	One invoice; usage and cost in one dashboard.
Choosing the right model	You build and maintain routing rules by hand.	Smart Router picks the cheapest capable model per request.
Reliability	You handle every provider outage yourself.	Automatic failover to an equivalent model.
Audit & compliance	Stitch logs together across providers yourself.	One audit trail with model, provider and jurisdiction.
Sovereignty	Each vendor’s jurisdiction is your problem to verify.	You set the sovereignty floor; the router enforces it per request.

Option B

Stav compared with a US-hosted gateway

A single-API gateway solves the sprawl — but if it runs under US jurisdiction, it reopens the problem you were trying to avoid.

	A US-hosted gateway	Stav
One key, every model	Yes	Yes
Jurisdiction	US — CLOUD Act & FISA 702 reach your prompts.	EU/EEA. Stav is a Norwegian company, hosted in Norway.
Where sovereign models run	Often US hyperscalers — “open model” ≠ sovereign.

The gateway, without the trade-off

One key, every model, one invoice — and your sovereignty floor keeps your data in Europe. One line to migrate.

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