vioscaleAI
Comparison

Higress vs Not Diamond

No clear leader: Not Diamond (62.1) and Higress (58.4) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Higress full profile →Not Diamond full profile →
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Higress58
Not Diamond62
Score
vioscaleAI score
Higress58 / 100medium · 55%
Not Diamond62 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Free tier
Higress✓
Not Diamond–
Model
Higressfreemium
Not Diamondcommercial
Price level
Higresslow
Not Diamondlow
Starting price
Higress–
Not Diamond$0.05
Transparent
Higress✗
Not Diamond✓
Integrations
Count
Higress8
Not Diamond–
Security
Certifications
Higress–
Not DiamondSOC 2, ISO 27001
Iso27001
Higress–
Not Diamond✓
Soc2
Higress–
Not Diamond✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Higress99.95
Not Diamond–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Higress4
Not Diamond–
Github stars
Higress9,567
Not Diamond–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Higress93
Not Diamond–
Release
Cadence days
Higress28
Not Diamond–
History
Higress20 items
Not Diamond–
License
Spdx
HigressApache-2.0
Not Diamond–
Language
Primary
HigressGo
Not Diamond–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Higress7 items
Not Diamond–

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Openai compatible API
Higress✓
Not Diamond-
Automatic failover
Higress✓
Not Diamond-
Routing strategy
HigressLoad based
Not DiamondCustom
Caching
HigressSemantic
Not Diamond-
Virtual key management
Higress-
Not Diamond-
Budget spend controls
Higress-
Not Diamond-
Rate limiting
Higress✓
Not Diamond-
Guardrails moderation
Higress-
Not Diamond-
Request cost observability
Higress✓
Not Diamond✓
Streaming support
Higress✓
Not Diamond-
Deployment model
HigressSelf hosted
Not DiamondManaged SaaS
Open source
Higress✓
Not Diamond-
Pricing model
HigressOpen source self host
Not DiamondUsage based saas

What each one is

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

Higress

Higress is an open-source API gateway designed to manage AI workloads, language model integrations, and tool services. It supports both self-hosted deployment and commercial cloud offerings, with production-grade reliability including 99.95% SLA for enterprise deployments.

Independently observed

Not Diamond

A model routing service for coding agents that uses machine learning to predict and recommend the most cost-effective and accurate AI model for each request. Engineering teams typically achieve 20-40% cost savings without quality degradation through continuous learning from real usage patterns.

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 self-hosted, plus commercial cloud offering

  • Open SourceFree
  • Cloud CommercialContact sales
as of verify ↗

Not Diamond

from $0.05/million tokensUsage-based

$0.05 per million tokens; enterprise plans available

  • Pay-as-you-go$0.05 per million tokens routed
    • Multi-harness support
    • Multi-provider support
    • Savings and usage dashboard
    • Continuous learning from harness usage
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Volume-based discounts
    • Organization-wide analytics
    • Advanced security and admin controls
    • SSO with SAML
    • Privacy-preserving deployment
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Higress✓
Not Diamond–
Linux
Higress✓
Not Diamond–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Higress✓
Not Diamond✓
Self-hosted
Higress✓
Not Diamond✗

Integrations

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

Higress

16 total
  • OpenAI
  • Claude
  • DeepSeek
  • Azure OpenAI
  • Aliyun Dashscope
  • Aliyun DashVector
  • Doubao
  • Kubernetes
  • Istio
  • Nginx Ingress
  • Let's Encrypt
  • Tongyiqianwen
  • Doubaoquantum
  • Envoy
  • NGINX
  • Sealos
Independently observed

Not Diamond

Not documented yet.

Still deciding?

Higress or Not Diamond: which one depends on you

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