2026 comparison

RouterPlus vs Requesty

Requesty is a hosted LLM gateway that adds 5% to what you spend on models. RouterPlus bills each provider's listed price with no per-token markup, and adds reserved capacity and sourced providers when you scale.

Requesty

// provider price + 5%
const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://router.requesty.ai/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.REQUESTY_API_KEY,
});

RouterPlus

// provider price, no markup
const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.routerplus.com/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.ROUTERPLUS_API_KEY,
});

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0%¹per-token markup; you pay each provider's listed price
1 wk–12 mo²terms for capacity reserved across providers

Feature by feature

Feature	Requesty	RouterPlus
Token price	NoProvider price + 5%³	YesProvider's price, no per-token markup, no fee line¹
Routes on	PartlyRouting policies, fallbacks and latency routing³	YesYour evals + your production traffic
Capacity	PartlyCustom model hosting on Enterprise³	YesReserved across providers on one contract, 1 week to 12 months⁴
High-volume pricing	NoProvider price + 5% on pay as you go³	YesNegotiated, shopped across providers
Provider sourcing	PartlySelf-serve catalog	YesWe find, load-test and contract providers for you
Contractual SLA	PartlyCustom SLAs on Enterprise³	YesYes, written into your contract

Requesty facts from its own pricing and docs, checked November 5, 2026.

Where RouterPlus pulls ahead

01
No markup on tokens
A model that costs $10 per 1M tokens costs $10.50 through Requesty. On RouterPlus it costs the provider's listed price.¹
No hidden fee line
02
Capacity that's yours
When shared capacity runs short, RouterPlus reserves throughput across providers on one contract.⁴
Terms from 1 week to 12 months
03
Providers, sourced for you
We find providers, load-test them on your traffic, negotiate the price and keep a backup lined up.
Teams tried 3–4 providers before us and kept our first match

Pricing

As published, checked November 5, 2026.

Requesty

Provider price plus 5%

Free: free models only, 200 requests a day³
Pay as you go: provider price plus 5% ($10 becomes $10.50)³
Enterprise: custom, with SSO, RBAC and custom SLAs³

RouterPlus

Provider price, no markup

Prepaid credits at each provider's listed price, no per-token markup¹
0% when you bring your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure or Bedrock account⁵
Reserved capacity quoted per contract⁴

Switch in one line

-  baseURL: "https://router.requesty.ai/v1",
-  apiKey: process.env.REQUESTY_API_KEY,
+  baseURL: "https://api.routerplus.com/v1",
+  apiKey: process.env.ROUTERPLUS_API_KEY,

Questions teams ask

Is RouterPlus better than Requesty?

RouterPlus is the better fit for teams that want provider prices without a markup, capacity reserved across providers and providers sourced for them. Requesty adds 5% to model spend on its pay-as-you-go plan.¹³

What is the difference between RouterPlus and Requesty?

Both are hosted, OpenAI-compatible gateways with one key for many models. Requesty bills provider price plus 5%. RouterPlus bills the provider's listed price with no markup, and also reserves capacity and sources providers for teams at scale.³¹⁴

Which is cheaper, RouterPlus or Requesty?

On the same model and provider, RouterPlus costs less per token: it bills the provider's listed price with no markup, while Requesty adds 5%. With your own provider keys, RouterPlus charges 0%.¹³⁵

Can RouterPlus replace Requesty?

Yes, for models in the RouterPlus catalog. Both speak the OpenAI and Anthropic formats, so switching is a base URL, key and model ID change. Check the catalog for each model you call before you move traffic.⁶

Does RouterPlus store my prompts?

Billing and analytics keep metadata only. Requests to shared endpoints go to an encrypted request log for up to 30 days, for debugging. Dedicated endpoints and organizations that opt out are never logged.⁷

How do I switch from Requesty to RouterPlus?

Point your client at https://api.routerplus.com/v1, use a RouterPlus key and map model names to RouterPlus catalog IDs. The OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs work unchanged.⁶

Sources

Checked November 5, 2026. Prices and plans change; each provider's page is the source of truth.

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