The AI gateway
you can actually ship today
Kong is a powerful API gateway. But it was not built for LLMs. Requesty gives you purpose built model routing, caching, observability, and governance without Kubernetes, without plugin sprawl, without an enterprise sales cycle.
$ helm install kong/kong ...
$ # configure Postgres database...
$ # install ai-proxy plugin...
$ # configure each LLM provider...
$ # set up Prometheus + Grafana...
$ # manage SSL, DNS, scaling...
$ # enterprise license required
// Weeks of platform eng + enterprise contract
$ export OPENAI_BASE_URL="https://router.requesty.ai/v1"
$ export OPENAI_API_KEY="rq-..."
// One key. Every provider. Every model.
// Routing, caching, observability included.
// No Kubernetes. No plugins. No license.
// Scales automatically.
// Ship today, not next quarter.
Why teams pick Requesty over Kong
Kong is built for APIs. Requesty is built for AI. That difference shows up everywhere.
Purpose built for LLMs
Kong is a general API gateway that bolted on AI features. Requesty was built from the ground up for LLM traffic, with native support for streaming, token counting, prompt caching, and model routing.
Transparent, pay as you go
Kong AI Gateway requires an enterprise license with custom pricing and sales calls. Requesty uses simple per token pricing. No minimums, no commitments, no surprises.
Zero infrastructure
Kong needs Kubernetes, Postgres, and a dedicated platform team. Requesty is fully managed. You change one URL and you are live.
Multi region with EU hosting
Built in EU endpoint in Frankfurt for GDPR compliance. Global routing across US, EU, and APAC. No need to deploy and manage your own clusters per region.
One key for every provider
Access OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, and 30+ providers with a single API key. No need to manage separate accounts, credentials, or billing relationships.
Built in observability
Real time dashboards for cost, latency, TTFT, and error rates per model, per team, per key. No Prometheus, no Grafana, no configuration. It just works.
Feature comparison
Kong AI Gateway is powerful but complex. Here is how it stacks up against Requesty for LLM workloads.
Start in 2 minutes, not 2 sprints
No Helm charts. No plugin configs. Just change the base URL and you are live.
# Before (Kong AI Gateway)
base_url = "https://your-kong-instance/ai/v1"
api_key = "provider-specific-key"
# After (Requesty)
base_url = "https://router.requesty.ai/v1"
api_key = "rq-..."
# One key for every provider.
# $10 free credits. No sales call needed.