Routeplane vs TrueFoundry
TrueFoundry is a full ML/AI platform on Kubernetes. Routeplane is a focused, neutral gateway you adopt with a base-URL change.
TrueFoundry is a capable enterprise platform, an AI gateway alongside deployment, agents, and governance, designed to run on your Kubernetes. It carries enterprise assurances (SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR) and a broad surface.
Routeplane is deliberately narrower and lighter: a sovereign gateway, not a platform. There’s no Kubernetes to operate, a single stateless container, scale-to-zero, adopted by changing one base URL. And on the dimension that defines us, per-request regulated-data classification and cross-cloud region-locked routing, we go further than a platform gateway that pins workloads to a cluster.
Feature-by-feature
| Capability | routeplane | TrueFoundry |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI-compatible API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Adopt without running Kubernetes | ✓ | ✗ K8s platform |
| Per-request regulated-data classification | ✓ | ✗ |
| Cross-cloud sovereign routing per request | ✓ | ◐ within platform |
| In-data-plane PII / secret redaction | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-currency FinOps & chargeback | ✓ | ◐ |
| Engine / tail latency | ✓ Rust, no-GC | ◐ Go (GC), K8s |
| Footprint | ✓ ~30–50 MB, scale-to-zero | ◐ cluster |
| SOC 2 / HIPAA today | ◐ roadmap | ✓ |
Which should you choose?
Choose routeplane when
- You want a gateway, not a platform, adopted in an afternoon with a base-URL change, no cluster to operate.
- Per-request, cross-cloud residency enforcement is the requirement (not workload pinning inside one platform).
- A small, scale-to-zero footprint and predictable no-GC tails matter for cost and latency.
- You want to stay vendor-neutral across clouds rather than adopt a platform’s opinions.
Choose TrueFoundry when
- You want one platform for model deployment, training, agents, and the gateway, and you already run Kubernetes.
- You need SOC 2 / HIPAA certifications signed today.
- A broad, all-in-one enterprise ML surface is the goal.
Migrating to routeplane
Routeplane sits in front of whatever you already run. Point your OpenAI-compatible clients at the gateway; no migration of training, serving, or cluster infrastructure is involved.
Frequently asked questions
Is Routeplane an ML platform like TrueFoundry?
No, and that’s deliberate. Routeplane is a focused sovereign gateway. It doesn’t deploy or train models; it governs the requests your apps already make to model providers, with residency and guardrails enforced per request.
Do I need Kubernetes to run Routeplane?
No. Routeplane is a single stateless container that runs anywhere containers do, scales to zero, and is adopted with a base-URL change. There’s no platform to stand up.
See the residency header come back true.
Point your existing OpenAI-compatible client at routeplane and route your first sovereign request this week.