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Looking for an alternative to Requesty?

An LLM routing gateway that unifies many providers behind one API with analytics, caching, and failover.

Pricing: Pay-per-token at provider rates plus a platform fee.

TL;DR

Requesty solves multi-provider complexity; Standard Compute removes it. If your problem is 'too many providers to manage', a gateway helps. If your problem is 'the bill', flat-rate unlimited compute makes the meter — and the dashboard watching it — unnecessary.

Where Requesty shines

  • Smart routing, failover, and spend analytics in one gateway
  • Wide model coverage through one API
  • Useful observability for teams running multiple providers

Why people look for an alternative

  • Still per-token underneath — the gateway doesn't change the bill's shape
  • Platform fee on top of provider prices
  • Another layer to configure and monitor

Standard Compute vs Requesty

Standard Compute is an OpenAI-compatible API with unlimited frontier-model compute at a flat monthly price (from $9/mo) — no per-token billing, no 429 rate limits. Under sustained heavy load it batches gracefully instead of erroring or charging more.

Pick Standard Compute when…

  • You don't want to manage routing at all — one endpoint, flat price
  • Cost predictability instead of analytics about unpredictable costs
  • Heavy agent workloads where per-token pricing is the core problem

Stick with Requesty when…

  • Teams that genuinely need multi-provider routing and per-request analytics
  • Compliance setups requiring specific upstream providers

Switching takes one config change

Standard Compute is OpenAI-compatible, so any tool or SDK that lets you set a custom base URL migrates in minutes:

Base URL  = https://api.stdcmpt.com/v1
API key   = your Standard Compute key
Model     = standardcompute

Setup guides for every major agent — OpenClaw, Hermes, OpenCode, Cursor, Cline, Aider and more — on the integrations page. Free tier to test it, no card required.

FAQ

Can I use Standard Compute behind a gateway like Requesty or LiteLLM?

Yes — it's OpenAI-compatible, so gateways treat it like any custom provider. Many users route through LiteLLM with Standard Compute as the workhorse model and per-token providers as fallbacks.

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Free tier, no card. Plans from $9/mo.