Manifest

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What Manifest is

Manifest is an open-source LLM gateway for routing model requests, handling provider failures, and tracking inference spending. It offers one endpoint compatible with OpenAI and Anthropic for models and subscriptions. If a provider goes down, Manifest can retry through another provider; Autofix repairs malformed requests and resends them when retries alone do not resolve the problem. Its observability tools show spending by harness, which models served requests, and what failed.

Manifest can connect API keys, paid subscriptions, local models, and custom endpoints, including Ollama, llama.cpp, and LM Studio. The self-hosted gateway runs with Docker, works offline, requires no account, and supports amd64 and arm64. Its Free plan includes 10,000 routed requests per calendar month on Cloud and unlimited self-hosted use. Cloud Free cannot reach local models on the user's machine. Pro costs $19 a month and includes unlimited routed requests on Manifest Cloud. Self-hosted routing and request data stay on customer servers except for documented telemetry and Autofix flows.

Who it suits

Manifest suits AI builders, teams, startups, and platforms or providers managing agent and workflow inference. Self-hosting may suit users who need offline operation or want routing and request data to remain on their servers, subject to documented exceptions.

What it does well

One endpoint compatible with OpenAI and Anthropic
Retries through another provider when one goes down
Autofix repairs and resends malformed requests
Self-hosted gateway works offline and needs no account
Free plan includes unlimited self-hosted use

What to know first

Cloud Free is limited to 10,000 requests monthly
Cloud Free cannot reach local models on the user's machine
Cloud recordings are retained for seven days on Free

Plans

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Free	$0 /month · Manifest Cloud or Docker self-hosted · MIT licence · unlimited agents · 10,000 routed Cloud requests/month · unlimited self-hosted requests · all providers · 7-day dashboard retention · Autofix · budget alerts · Discord community support	Free
Pro	$19 /month · Hosted Manifest Cloud · unlimited routed requests · 365-day dashboard retention · basic support · single-user plan	$19 a month
Enterprise	Let's Talk · On-premise, VPC or private cloud · multiple seats and team management · SSO/SAML · audit logs · custom retention · contractual uptime SLA · HIPAA and custom BAAs · custom guardrails · dedicated Slack and email support	On request

As manifest.build lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Verdict

Manifest offers both cloud and self-hosted gateway options, with routing, fallback, repair, and spending visibility. The Cloud Free request cap and inability to reach local machine models are important constraints for cloud users.

Facts from Manifest's own pages

API example: The documented chat endpoint is POST /v1/chat/completions with a harness key beginning mnfst_. · manifest.build, 15 Oct 2026
Audience: Manifest says its gateway helps AI builders, teams and startups, and platforms or providers create reliable agents and workflows and manage inference consumption. · manifest.build, 1 Oct 2026
Autofix: Autofix repairs malformed provider requests and resends them before the agent receives an error. · manifest.build, 15 Oct 2026
Bring-your-own keys: Users can connect their own provider API keys and OAuth-backed subscriptions and pay providers directly. · manifest.build, 15 Oct 2026
CLI: The documentation says the CLI can create harnesses, connect providers, configure routing and read request logs. · manifest.build, 15 Oct 2026
Cloud limit: The Cloud Free plan includes 10,000 routed requests per calendar month and cannot reach local models running on the user's machine. · manifest.build, 1 Oct 2026
Cloud limitation: The free Cloud plan is limited to 10,000 routed requests per calendar month and cannot reach local models running on the user's machine. · manifest.build, 15 Oct 2026
Community integration: A GitHub issue author called the self-hosted router clean and effective for request-complexity routing and failover, including self-hosted models. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Company headquarters: LinkedIn lists Berkeley, California as Manifest's headquarters. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
Company size: LinkedIn lists Manifest as a 2–10 employee software-development company. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
Compliance: The Enterprise plan lists HIPAA and custom BAAs, SSO/SAML, audit logs, custom retention, and a contractual uptime SLA. · manifest.build, 1 Oct 2026
Data residency: For the self-hosted version, routing and request data stay on the customer's servers except for documented telemetry and Autofix flows. · manifest.build, 1 Oct 2026
Deployment options: Repository deployment guides cover Railway, Render, DigitalOcean, AWS, GCP, Fly.io, Coolify, Easypanel, Heroku, Koyeb and Apple Containers. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Documentation depth: The documentation includes installation, first-request examples, provider setup, environment variables, CLI guidance and deployment paths. · manifest.build, 15 Oct 2026
Enterprise compliance: Enterprise pricing lists SSO/SAML, audit logs, contractual uptime SLAs, HIPAA and custom business associate agreements. · manifest.build, 15 Oct 2026
Fallbacks: Manifest automatically retries another provider when a selected provider fails. · manifest.build, 15 Oct 2026
Founded year: LinkedIn lists Manifest as founded in 2025. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
Independent praise: fallbacks: The same reviewer reported that automatic fallbacks kept an agent working during a provider outage. · andrew.ooo, 15 Oct 2026
Independent praise: routing: An independent reviewer praised the transparent scoring, subscription routing, MIT licence and open dashboard after moving a personal agent stack to Manifest. · andrew.ooo, 15 Oct 2026
Integrations: Manifest connects API keys, paid subscriptions, local models, and custom endpoints; named local integrations include Ollama, llama.cpp, and LM Studio. · manifest.build, 1 Oct 2026
Licence: The repository publishes the software under the MIT licence. · github.com, 15 Oct 2026
Limit: beta maturity: An independent review describes Manifest as beta software with breaking changes and recommends pinning Docker tags. · andrew.ooo, 15 Oct 2026
Limit: database requirement: The review reports that PostgreSQL is required and SQLite support was not yet shipped. · andrew.ooo, 15 Oct 2026
Limit: fallback tools: The review warns that a fallback model lacking the primary model's tool-schema support can fail tool-calling requests. · andrew.ooo, 15 Oct 2026

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