Why Lurus
If you are weighing "build vs. buy", this page gives you a TCO comparison across four key capabilities.
50+Models via gatewayOne key
3μsKova schedulingCriterion benchmark
SSO/MFAUnified identityConnects to enterprise IdP
12MemX PII rulesNon-bypassable
Core comparison
Four core capabilities vs. building your own
Gateway, Agent execution, Memory, Identity — each weighed against the engineering effort of building it yourself.
LLM gateway
| 维度 | Lurus API | Self-built OneAPI | Self-built LiteLLM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Models supported | 50+ (built-in) | Integrate one by one | Integrate one by one |
| OpenAI SDK compatibility | Out of the box | Partial | Partial |
| Billing + rate limiting | Built-in | Build yourself | Build yourself |
| Engineering person-months | 0 | 2-4 person-months | 2-3 person-months |
Agent execution engine
| 维度 | Kova | Self-built Temporal | Self-built LangGraph + Redis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduling latency | 3μs | 1-10ms | 5-20ms |
| Crash recovery | WAL automatic | Event Sourcing | Semi-automatic |
| External dependencies | None | Cassandra/MySQL | Redis/PG |
| Engineering person-months | 0 | 3-6 person-months | 2-4 person-months |
AI memory
| 维度 | MemX | Self-built mem0 | Self-built Weaviate + rules |
|---|---|---|---|
| PII filtering | 12 rules built-in | Write yourself | Write yourself |
| Decay / forgetting | Ebbinghaus curve | None | Write yourself |
| LLM distillation cost | 0 (rule-based fallback) | LLM cost per call | LLM cost per call |
| Engineering person-months | 0 | 1-2 person-months | 3-5 person-months |
Identity and compliance
| 维度 | Lurus Auth | Self-built Keycloak | Auth0 cloud service |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSO federation | Out of the box | Needs configuration | Pay as you go |
| SM4-GCM (Chinese crypto) | Optional | Not supported | Not supported |
| Passkey / MFA | Built-in | Partial | Built-in |
| Engineering person-months | 0 | 2-4 person-months | 0, but data leaves the country |
The full bill
Total TCO
Tally up the hidden costs of the full four-piece suite — person-months, infrastructure, on-call, compliance — all in one go.
| Item | Self-built four-piece suite (per year) | Lurus solution (per year) |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering person-months | 8-18 person-months | 0 |
| Infrastructure | ~¥150K-300K | Pay as you go, self-hostable |
| Maintenance on-call | 24×7 year-round | Lurus SLA |
| Compliance audit | On your own | One compliance package covers all products |
One compliance package covers all products
All four capabilities share the same identity, billing, and audit layer — no need to run a separate compliance assessment for each piece, and engineering person-months drop straight to zero.