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Comparison

Higress vs One API

On the evidence we track, Higress leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Higress58
One API46
Score
vioscaleAI score
Higress58 / 100medium · 55%
One API46 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Higress✓
One API✓
Model
Higressfreemium
One APIcommercial
Price level
Higresslow
One APIfree
Transparent
Higress✗
One API–
Integrations
Count
Higress8
One API12
Security
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Higress99.95
One API–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Higress4
One API0
Github stars
Higress9,567
One API37,155
Activity
Commits last 30d
Higress93
One API0
Release
Cadence days
Higress28
One API19
History
Higress20 items
One API20 items
License
Spdx
HigressApache-2.0
One APIMIT
Language
Primary
HigressGo
One APIJavaScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Higress7 items
One API6 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Openai compatible API
Higress✓
One API✓
Automatic failover
Higress✓
One API✓
Routing strategy
HigressLoad based
One APILoad based
Caching
HigressSemantic
One API-
Virtual key management
Higress-
One API✓
Budget spend controls
Higress-
One API✓
Rate limiting
Higress✓
One API✓
Guardrails moderation
Higress-
One API-
Request cost observability
Higress✓
One API✓
Streaming support
Higress✓
One API✓
Deployment model
HigressSelf hosted
One APISelf hosted
Open source
Higress✓
One API✓
Pricing model
HigressOpen source self host
One APIOpen source self host

What each one is

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

Higress

Leader

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

One API

An open-source system for managing and redistributing API access across multiple large language model providers—including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and others—through a single OpenAI-compatible API. Deploys as a self-contained binary or Docker container.

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

Leader
HybridFree tier

Free open source self-hosted, plus commercial cloud offering

  • Open SourceFree
  • Cloud CommercialContact sales
as of verify ↗

One API

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Higress✓
One API✓
Linux
Higress✓
One API✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Higress✓
One API✗
Self-hosted
Higress✓
One API✓

Integrations

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

In common (5)
  • OpenAI
  • Claude
  • DeepSeek
  • Azure OpenAI
  • Doubao

Higress

Leader
16 total - 11 not shared
  • Aliyun Dashscope
  • Aliyun DashVector
  • Kubernetes
  • Istio
  • Nginx Ingress
  • Let's Encrypt
  • Tongyiqianwen
  • Doubaoquantum
  • Envoy
  • NGINX
  • Sealos
Independently observed

One API

26 total - 21 not shared
  • Anthropic Claude
  • Google Gemini
  • ByteDance Douyin
  • ChatGLM
  • Baidu ERNIE Bot
  • iFLYTEK Spark
  • Alibaba Tongyi Qianwen
  • 360 Brain
  • Tencent Hunyuan
  • Cloudflare Gateway
  • Alibaba Qwen
  • Tencent Yuan
  • Baidu Wenxin
  • Byte Doubao
  • 360 AI Brain
  • Gemini
  • Ernie
  • Spark
  • Qwen
  • 360 Smart Brain
  • Hunyuan
Independently observed
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