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Best Kong AI Gateway Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from LLM gateway software ranked against Kong AI Gateway on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Kong Gateway Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs Kong Gateway
  2. 2
    TensorZero Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs TensorZero
  3. 3
    Bifrost Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs Bifrost
  4. 4
    Helicone Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $79/mo6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs Helicone
  5. 5
    LangSmith Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $39/mo6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs LangSmith
  6. 6
    LiteLLM Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs LiteLLM
  7. 7
    LLM Gateway Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs LLM Gateway
  8. 8
    Manifest Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $19/mo6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs Manifest
  9. 9
    OpenRouter Free plan apiWeb Free6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs OpenRouter
  10. 10
    Orq.ai Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs Orq.ai
  11. 11
    Requesty Free plan apiWeb $5/mo6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs Requesty
  12. 12
    Routerly Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs Routerly
  13. 13
    TrueFoundry AI Gateway Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $25/mo6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs TrueFoundry AI Gateway
  14. 14
    Tyk AI Studio Proxy Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs Tyk AI Studio Proxy
  15. 15
    Vercel Free plan apiWeb $20/mo6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs Vercel
  16. 16
    YoloRouter Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Kong AI Gateway vs YoloRouter
  17. 17
    Apache APISIX apiLinuxself-hosted 5.7
    Kong AI Gateway vs Apache APISIX
  18. 18
    Prisma AIRS AI Gateway apiself-hostedWeb 5.7
    Kong AI Gateway vs Prisma AIRS AI Gateway
  19. 19
    Martian Gateway apiWeb 5.6
    Kong AI Gateway vs Martian Gateway
  20. 20
    SGLang Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free5.6
    Kong AI Gateway vs SGLang

Kong AI Gateway alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Kong Gateway6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
2TensorZero6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
3Bifrost6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Helicone6.3Free plan$79/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
5LangSmith6.3Free plan$39/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
6LiteLLM6.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
7LLM Gateway6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
8Manifest6.3Free plan$19/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
9OpenRouter6.3Free planFreeAPI, Web
10Orq.ai6.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
11Requesty6.3Free plan$5/moAPI, Web
12Routerly6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13TrueFoundry AI Gateway6.3Free plan$25/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
14Tyk AI Studio Proxy6.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
15Vercel6.3Free plan$20/moAPI, Web
16YoloRouter6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
17Apache APISIX5.7No—API, Linux, self-hosted
18Prisma AIRS AI Gateway5.7No—API, self-hosted, Web
19Martian Gateway5.6No—API, Web
20SGLang5.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted
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Questions about Kong AI Gateway alternatives

What is the best alternative to Kong AI Gateway?

Kong Gateway, number 1 in LLM gateway software with a score of 6.4 out of 10. The others here: TensorZero, Bifrost, Helicone and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Kong AI Gateway?

Kong Gateway is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 17 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.