Compare (short)

	daari	OpenRouter	LiteLLM-style proxy
Primary goal	Local $0 + trusted cache	Hosted 400-model marketplace	Many cloud providers, self-host
Default inference	On-device	Remote, billed	Remote / Ollama as one backend
Agent prompt reread	Exact L0 on identical tools + history (G1); L1 still off	Provider prompt-cache, cheaper not free	Optional Redis/Qdrant
Same-model provider pick	Honors OpenRouter provider on L6 (G2); ZDR fail-closed	Price / latency / throughput + ZDR	Fallback between deployments
IDE one-click	Cursor/Claude/JB/VS Code	API + playground	DIY

OpenRouter (Stripe, Aug 2026) is not a clone target. Full gap + 90-day plan: ROADMAP-v3.

Buyer pages (when to pick which, licenses named):

• daari vs LiteLLM
• daari vs Ollama
• daari vs OpenRouter

Measured head-to-head on this machine: vs LiteLLM · load RPS.

Deep notes: docs/discovery/04-competitive-landscape.md.