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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
    Bifrost Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Kong AI Gateway vs Bifrost
  2. 2
    Routerly Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Kong AI Gateway vs Routerly
  3. 3
    YoloRouter Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Kong AI Gateway vs YoloRouter
  4. 4
    Envoy AI Gateway Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free6.5
    Kong AI Gateway vs Envoy AI Gateway
  5. 5
    Kong Gateway Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    Kong AI Gateway vs Kong Gateway
  6. 6
    SGLang Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hosted Free6.5
    Kong AI Gateway vs SGLang
  7. 7
    TensorZero Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    Kong AI Gateway vs TensorZero
  8. 8
    Eden AI apiWeb 6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs Eden AI
  9. 9
    Helicone Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $79/mo6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs Helicone
  10. 10
    LangSmith Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $39/mo6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs LangSmith
  11. 11
    LiteLLM Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs LiteLLM
  12. 12
    LLM Gateway Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs LLM Gateway
  13. 13
    Manifest Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $19/mo6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs Manifest
  14. 14
    OpenRouter Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs OpenRouter
  15. 15
    Orq.ai Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs Orq.ai
  16. 16
    Polyrouter Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs Polyrouter
  17. 17
    Requesty Free plan apiWeb $5/mo6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs Requesty
  18. 18
    TrueFoundry AI Gateway Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $25/mo6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs TrueFoundry AI Gateway
  19. 19
    Tyk AI Studio Proxy Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs Tyk AI Studio Proxy
  20. 20
    UniterRouter Free plan apiWeb $41.67/mo6.4
    Kong AI Gateway vs UniterRouter

Kong AI Gateway alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Bifrost6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Routerly6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3YoloRouter6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Envoy AI Gateway6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted
5Kong Gateway6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
6SGLang6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted
7TensorZero6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
8Eden AI6.4API, Web
9Helicone6.4Free plan$79/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
10LangSmith6.4Free plan$39/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
11LiteLLM6.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
12LLM Gateway6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
13Manifest6.4Free plan$19/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
14OpenRouter6.4Free planFreeAPI, Web
15Orq.ai6.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
16Polyrouter6.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
17Requesty6.4Free plan$5/moAPI, Web
18TrueFoundry AI Gateway6.4Free plan$25/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
19Tyk AI Studio Proxy6.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
20UniterRouter6.4Free plan$41.67/moAPI, Web
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Questions about Kong AI Gateway alternatives

What is the best alternative to Kong AI Gateway?

Bifrost, number 1 in LLM gateway software with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: Routerly, YoloRouter, Envoy AI Gateway and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Kong AI Gateway?

Bifrost is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 19 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.