An open-source, AI-native API gateway that unifies LLM API governance, MCP tool governance and Kubernetes inference workload traffic, and is a CNCF Sandbox project.

Yes, the open-source edition is free. Commercial options include the Alibaba Cloud AI Gateway with a pay-as-you-go Serverless edition and an enterprise edition; contact sales for enterprise pricing.

How quickly can I try it?

You can deploy locally with Docker in about five minutes and verify core capabilities without registering.

Does it support multiple model providers?

Yes, it provides unified protocol conversion for more than 100 commonly used models, including OpenAI, Claude and domestic Chinese models, with model-level fallback.

Can it reduce LLM costs?

Yes, it supports exact and semantic caching for inference results plus token usage tracking and quota limits.

What is Higress's monthly traffic and growth trend?

Higress currently receives 16.23K monthly visits, with a month-over-month traffic change of -16.4K (-50.3% growth rate). Its primary source market is China (67.9% share), including 5.65K direct visits/mo and 0 organic search visits/mo.

Is Higress free? What is its pricing model?

Higress operates on a Contact for Pricing pricing model. The open-source edition is free and can be deployed locally with Docker in about five minutes. Commercial options include the Alibaba Cloud AI Gateway, whose Serverless standard edition starts at 0 and is billed by actual usage, plus an enterprise edition with a 99.95% SLA, dedicated entry points, custom domains and encrypted transport. Contact sales for enterprise pricing. Supported billing and checkout platforms include: not listed.

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Rank	AI Tool	Monthly Visits	MoM Growth	Stickiness	Pricing	Head-to-Head
●	Higress	16.23K	-50.3%	35% Direct	Contact for Pricing	Current
1	ChatGPT	6B	+5%	—	Freemium	vs ChatGPT
2	Google Gemini	3B	+0.9%	—	Freemium	vs Google Gemini
3	DeepSeek	357.4M	+1%	78% Direct	Freemium	vs DeepSeek
4	OpenAI Platform	259.46M	+27%	43% Direct	Paid	vs OpenAI Platform
5	Google AI Studio	110.43M	-2.3%	54% Direct	Freemium	vs Google AI Studio
6	Perplexity	91.71M	-3.7%	72% Direct	Freemium	vs Perplexity