Requesty alternative

AIgateway: the best Requesty alternative in 2026

The best Requesty alternative in 2026 is AIgateway. Both are OpenAI-compatible routers. AIgateway covers every modality (not just text), ships evals + replay + sub-accounts that Requesty doesn't, and runs on flat 5% top-up pricing instead of Requesty's per-request fees.

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Feature comparison

AIgateway vs Requesty

Side-by-side on the dimensions that move a production decision.

Feature

AIgateway

Requesty

Modalities

Text, image, video, voice, audio, music, embeddings

Text only

Platform fee

5% flat at top-up

Per-request surcharge

Evals + replay + shadow A/B

Yes

No

Sub-account API

Yes

No

BYOK coverage

Every provider

Managed-only on most

OpenAI-compatible

Yes

Feature comparison reflects public documentation as of 2026. Requesty pricing shape: Per-request pricing plus provider pass-through.. Catalog: ~50 text models..

Migrate in 5 minutes

Three steps. One base URL.

If you're on Requesty through the OpenAI SDK, you're 90% of the way there. Change the base URL and the key.

STEP 01

Sign up for AIgateway

Create an account at aigateway.sh/signin and copy an sk-aig-... key from the dashboard.

STEP 02

Swap base URL + key

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

STEP 03

Ship

Request shape, response shape, streaming SSE — identical to OpenAI. Model slugs map 1:1 on shared providers. Requesty users typically migrate in under 5 minutes.

4 other alternatives

Other Requesty alternatives worth checking

Honest take: here are four other credible options. None ship the full multi-modal catalog + sub-accounts + evals under one key, but each has a legit wedge.

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