Key Info

Open-source models on Requesty grew dramatically between January and September 2026: tokens rose from 5% to 53%, requests from 12% to 42%, and spend from 0.4% to 14%.

Highlights

  • Token share for open-source models jumped from 5% to 53% in nine months
  • Request share climbed from 12% to 42%
  • Spend share grew from 0.4% to 14%, showing lower cost per token versus proprietary models
  • Trend signals a major shift in production workloads toward open-weight models