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Higress

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About Higress

Higress provides an AI-native API gateway designed to unify and streamline the management of large language models (LLMs) and AI agents within enterprise cloud infrastructure. It offers a production-grade, open-source gateway that supports over 100 model protocols, enabling flexible backend model scheduling, unified protocol conversion, and model-level fallback. The platform enhances data security through input privacy protection and output content filtering, while optimizing performance with semantic caching and token usage tracking. Higress targets large enterprises seeking to accelerate AI adoption by simplifying AI model integration, governance, and operational efficiency.

The solution supports both open-source and fully managed cloud versions, offering 99.95% SLA availability and significant resource cost savings. It is designed for enterprises requiring robust AI service orchestration, including identity authentication, traffic control, and security auditing. Higress has been adopted by leading organizations such as Ctrip, Alibaba, and Kuaishou, demonstrating its scalability and reliability in complex AI deployments. Its extensible plugin architecture and multi-data source integration further empower developers to customize and extend gateway capabilities without redundant infrastructure development.

Key Capabilities

  • Unified multi-model AI gateway with protocol conversion
  • Production-grade AI service orchestration and governance
  • Data privacy protection and content filtering
  • Semantic caching and token usage management
  • Extensible plugin system with multi-data source integration

Integrations

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Quick Facts

higress.io
CategoryCloud Infrastructure
SubcategoryCloud Networking & CDN
PricingSubscription
DeploymentOpen Source, SaaS
Target SizeEnterprise