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Cascade – A bare-metal C++ proxy that cuts LLM API bills by 70%
by AmixxM·Jun 24, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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ONNX embeddings predict prompt complexity before routing—LiteLLM does this with rules.
Strengths
- •4.59ms end-to-end latency for tokenization, ONNX embedding, and ML prediction is genuinely fast
- •Automatic escalation to frontier models when small model fails validation is a smart safety net
- •Open-source core with enterprise upgrade path is transparent about monetization
Weaknesses
- •LLM routing space is crowded—LiteLLM, Portkey, and Helicone all compete here
- •No details on how the embedding complexity model was trained or validated
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Target Audience
Engineering teams with significant LLM API spend
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LiteLLM · Portkey.ai · Helicone
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