| What it is | Model access layer inside the OpenWork workspace and control plane | Python SDK and proxy server for 100+ LLM APIs in OpenAI format | Go gateway with one OpenAI-compatible API across 1000+ models |
| License | Desktop app and core: MIT. Gateway and control plane (ee/): source-available OpenWork EE License | MIT, except the enterprise/ directory under a separate license | Apache-2.0 (open-source edition) |
| Deployment | OpenWork Cloud, or self-hosted with Helm on Kubernetes | Self-hosted on your infrastructure (Docker image or pip package) | Self-hosted (Docker, Kubernetes, Go binary); enterprise supports in-VPC and air-gapped |
| SSO / RBAC | SSO/SAML, SCIM, and RBAC on the Enterprise plan | SSO free up to 5 users; SSO + SCIM, JWT auth, and RBAC by org/team with an enterprise license | SAML/OIDC SSO and RBAC in Enterprise |
| Spend tracking | Tokens and estimated cost by model, team, and person; USD allowances with hard limits | Spend tracking and budgets in OSS; more budget and reporting features in enterprise | Budgets and rate limits with virtual keys; built-in observability |
| Keys for consumers | One Gateway key per member, issued automatically | Virtual keys | Virtual keys |
| Per-member provider sign-in | Yes for Google Vertex AI (each member signs in with Google) | — | — |
| MCP gateway | Yes, as a separate service: OpenWork MCP Gateway | Yes | Yes, with Code Mode and tool filtering; federated auth in Enterprise |
| Skills and plugins sharing | Yes: plugins, skills, and connectors assigned to teams or people | AI Hub page listing models, MCP servers, agents, and skills (enterprise) | — |
| End-user app for non-technical staff | Yes: the OpenWork desktop app and OpenWork Web | — | — |
| Coding-agent integration | MCP Gateway for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and more | — | Bifrost CLI governs Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Gemini CLI |
| Guardrails, caching, fallbacks | — | Guardrails (some integrations need a license), fallbacks, load balancing | Automatic fallbacks, custom routing, semantic caching in OSS; guardrails and adaptive load balancing in Enterprise |
| Pricing | Public per-seat plans for Cloud and self-hosted; see Pricing and licensing | OSS free; enterprise priced by deployment size, 30-day trial | OSS free; Enterprise custom pricing, 14-day trial |