SGLang vs vLLM
SGLang vs vLLM: side-by-side comparison of two inference platforms & gateways systems — architecture, taxonomy, license, pricing, MCP/A2A support, and direct edges.
How they relate
- SGLang competes with vLLM — competitor to vLLM for OSS inference engines
Cost & capability
| SGLang | vLLM | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost tier | searched not found | searched not found |
| $/Mtok input | searched not found | searched not found |
| $/Mtok output | searched not found | searched not found |
Where they differ (7)
Rows where both sides have data and the values disagree — the shortlist of dimensions that actually distinguish these two systems.
| SGLang | vLLM | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | T2 | T1 |
| Type | Structured LLM-program runtime | Fast LLM inference engine |
| Created | 2024 | 2023 |
| Latest release | v0.5.22 (2026-10-16) — sglang | v0.32.0 (2026-10-18) |
| GitHub | sgl-project/sglang — ~38.3k stars, last commit 2026-10 | vllm-project/vllm — ~95.4k stars, last commit 2026-10 |
| Pricing | searched not found | Free (open source, Apache-2.0) |
| Deployment | Self-hosted only — LLM serving framework | Self-hosted only — pip / Docker inference server with OpenAI-compatible API; managed hosting only via third-party clouds |
At a glance
| SGLang | vLLM | |
|---|---|---|
| Section | Inference platforms & gateways | Inference platforms & gateways |
| Tier | T2 | T1 |
| Type | Structured LLM-program runtime | Fast LLM inference engine |
| Created | 2024 | 2023 |
| Latest release | v0.5.22 (2026-10-16) — sglang | v0.32.0 (2026-10-18) |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| GitHub | sgl-project/sglang — ~38.3k stars, last commit 2026-10 | vllm-project/vllm — ~95.4k stars, last commit 2026-10 |
| Pricing | searched not found | Free (open source, Apache-2.0) |
| Funding | searched not found | searched not found |
| Deployment | Self-hosted only — LLM serving framework | Self-hosted only — pip / Docker inference server with OpenAI-compatible API; managed hosting only via third-party clouds |
| API surface | searched not found | searched not found |
| Multi-tenancy | searched not found | searched not found |
| MCP | searched not found | searched not found |
| A2A | searched not found | searched not found |
| OpenTelemetry | searched not found | searched not found |
| Optimised for | searched not found | searched not found |
| Anti-fit | searched not found | searched not found |
Pros & cons
SGLang
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vLLM
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