Comparison

Higress vs Keywords AI

On the evidence we track, Keywords AI leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Higress47

★Keywords AI64

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Higress	Keywords AILeader
Vioscale score	47 / 100low · 34%	64 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	high
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$199
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	4
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Falibaba%2Fhigress%2Fplugins%2Fwasm-go&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.95	99.9
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	4	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	9,195	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	19	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in CN, US · HQ CN	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

Higress47 / 100low · 34%

Keywords AI64 / 100medium · 74%

Pricing

Free tier

Higress✓

Keywords AI✓

Model

Higressfreemium

Keywords AIfreemium

Price level

Higresslow

Keywords AIhigh

Starting price

Higress–

Keywords AI$199

Transparent

Higress✗

Keywords AI✓

Integrations

Count

Higress7

Keywords AI4

Security

Gdpr

Higress–

Keywords AI✓

Hipaa

Higress–

Keywords AI✓

Iso27001

Higress–

Keywords AI✓

Soc2

Higress–

Keywords AI✓

Vulnerabilities

HigressCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Falibaba%2Fhigress%2Fplugins%2Fwasm-go&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Keywords AI–

Reliability

Sla pct

Higress99.95

Keywords AI99.9

Adoption

Dependent repos

Higress4

Keywords AI–

Github stars

Higress9,195

Keywords AI–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Higress100

Keywords AI–

Release

Cadence days

Higress19

Keywords AI–

History

Higress20 items

Keywords AI–

License

Spdx

HigressApache-2.0

Keywords AI–

Language

Primary

HigressGo

Keywords AI–

Market

Availability

HigressAvailable worldwide · Popular in CN, US · HQ CN

Keywords AIAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for llm gateways. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Llm Gateways
Capability	Higress	Keywords AI
Capabilities
Openai compatible API	-	✓
Automatic failover	-	✓
Routing strategy	-	Custom
Caching	-	Exact
Virtual key management	-	✓
Budget spend controls	-	✓
Rate limiting	-	✓
Guardrails moderation	-	-
Request cost observability	-	✓
Streaming support	-	-
Deployment model	-	Managed SaaS
Open source	-	-
Pricing model	-	Usage based saas

Capabilities

Openai compatible API

Higress-

Keywords AI✓

Automatic failover

Higress-

Keywords AI✓

Routing strategy

Higress-

Keywords AICustom

Caching

Higress-

Keywords AIExact

Virtual key management

Higress-

Keywords AI✓

Budget spend controls

Higress-

Keywords AI✓

Rate limiting

Higress-

Keywords AI✓

Guardrails moderation

Higress-

Keywords AI-

Request cost observability

Higress-

Keywords AI✓

Streaming support

Higress-

Keywords AI-

Deployment model

Higress-

Keywords AIManaged SaaS

Open source

Higress-

Keywords AI-

Pricing model

Higress-

Keywords AIUsage based saas

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Higress

An API gateway that routes requests to multiple language models and manages AI agents through pluggable extensions. Provided as open-source for self-hosting or as a managed cloud service with 99.95% availability guarantee.

Independently observed

Keywords AI

Leader

An LLM engineering platform providing a single endpoint to reach 1000+ language models from all major providers, with built-in request caching, automatic fallback when services fail, real-time cost and usage observability, and granular budget and rate limiting controls per key or user.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Higress

HybridFree tier

Free open-source version and commercial cloud service offerings

as of 2026-08-20verify ↗

Keywords AI

Leader

from $199/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Team plan $199/month. Usage add-ons from $1/1k scores and $8/100k logs. Enterprise on request.

FreeFree
- Full platform
- 2 evaluators
- 5 prompts
- Log management
- Community Discord
Team$199/month
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited datasets
- Unlimited evaluators
- Unlimited prompts
- Private Slack channel
- +2 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Custom packages
- Volume discount
- Custom SLAs
- Dedicated support engineer
- HIPAA BAA

as of 2026-08-25verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Higress	Keywords AI
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Higress✓

Keywords AI✓

CLI

Higress✓

Keywords AI✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Higress✓

Keywords AI✓

Self-hosted

Higress✓

Keywords AI✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Higress

7 total

OpenAI
Claude
DeepSeek
Azure OpenAI
Aliyun Dashscope
Aliyun DashVector
Doubao

Independently observed

Keywords AI

Leader

4 total

PostHog
Vercel AI
n8n
OpenTelemetry

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.