Requesty vs Standard Compute
Requesty is pay as you go at provider prices plus a 5% fee, with routing policies you configure, while Standard Compute bundles the compute into a flat monthly plan and picks a cost-efficient model for every request, which suits teams that want a fixed bill without tuning routes.
Side by side
| Requesty | Standard Compute | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Provider price + 5% on top-ups; free tier with free models (200 requests a day) | Flat monthly plan: $19, $39, $89 or $249 with $20 to $269 of compute included; Business from $499 |
| Who picks the model | Policies you configure: fallback, load balancing, latency | Router picks per request (harder steps to stronger models, routine steps to efficient ones), or pin any model ID |
| Budget control | Monthly cap per key; budgets per user and group | Plan budget per key; new requests get HTTP 402 when it is used, no overage |
| Claude Code | Native | Native Messages API |
| Codex | Documented (set model_supports_reasoning_summaries = false) | Native Responses API, any model in the catalog |
| Europe / US rules | EU endpoint router.eu.requesty.ai on every plan | Opt-in Europe or US rules on every plan, per key, team or company |
| Teams | Organizations, groups and per-user budgets | Company and agency workspaces, a plan per key |
| Best for | Pay-as-you-go teams that need an EU endpoint | Coding agents and agent fleets that need one fixed monthly cost |
Requesty facts from its own pricing and docs pages. Standard Compute is our product.
Where they differ
- Requesty adds 5% to your top-ups and the month follows usage. Standard Compute is a flat plan with the compute included.
- Requesty's policies are fallback chains, weighted load balancing and latency routing; its docs suggest ordering a fallback chain by price if you want cost optimization. Standard Compute picks the model per request.
- Requesty runs an EU endpoint in Frankfurt on every plan. Standard Compute's Europe or US rules are set per key, team or company on every plan and keep requests on approved provider endpoints in those regions.
When Requesty is the better fit
Requesty is the better pick for pay-as-you-go teams that want an EU endpoint, their own provider keys and deeper governance such as group budgets and audit controls.
Switch from Requesty in 2 minutes
Standard Compute speaks the same APIs, so switching is a base URL, a key and a model name. Your prompts, tools and streaming stay as they are.
| Setting | Requesty | Standard Compute |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI-compatible base URL | https://router.requesty.ai/v1 | https://api.stdcmpt.com/v1 |
| Claude Code base URL | https://router.requesty.ai | https://api.stdcmpt.com |
| API key | Your Requesty key | Your Standard Compute key |
| Model | The model ID you use today | standardcompute, or any exact model ID |
# OpenAI-compatible clients (OpenCode, Cline, Kilo Code, SDKs)
base_url = "https://api.stdcmpt.com/v1"
api_key = "<your-standard-compute-key>"
model = "standardcompute" # or pin one, e.g. anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5# Claude Code (Anthropic Messages API, no /v1)
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://api.stdcmpt.com"
export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="<your-standard-compute-key>"# Codex CLI, ~/.codex/config.toml
model = "standardcompute"
model_provider = "standardcompute"
[model_providers.standardcompute]
name = "Standard Compute"
base_url = "https://api.stdcmpt.com/v1"
env_key = "STANDARD_COMPUTE_API_KEY"
wire_api = "responses"Run your agents on a fixed monthly budget
Every plan includes the compute and every model, and the router spends the budget on the most cost-efficient model for each step. Pay-as-you-go top-ups are optional, never automatic.
FAQ
Is Requesty cheaper than Standard Compute?
Requesty bills provider prices plus 5%, so a quiet month costs little. Standard Compute is a fixed plan that includes 5% to 14% more compute than its price and stretches it by routing routine steps to efficient models, so it suits steady agent workloads.
Does Requesty pick the model automatically?
Its documented routing policies are fallback, load balancing and latency; for cost, its docs suggest load balancing or a fallback chain ordered by price. Standard Compute's router picks the model per request when you send model standardcompute.
Which has better EU options?
Both have them on every plan. Requesty offers an EU endpoint in Frankfurt (router.eu.requesty.ai). Standard Compute's Compliance rules keep a key, team or company on provider endpoints in Europe, or the US, with zero data retention enforced while the rule applies.
Does Requesty work with Claude Code and Codex?
Yes. Requesty documents Claude Code with ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://router.requesty.ai and Codex with its /v1 base URL. Standard Compute serves both natively too.
What happens at the limit?
Requesty blocks new requests for a key that reaches its monthly cap until the next period. Standard Compute answers new requests with HTTP 402 when the plan budget is used, until renewal or an upgrade.
Sources: Requesty pricing · Requesty docs (llms.txt) · Requesty latency routing