Looking for a Compresr alternative?
The Distillery deduplicates context locally. No LLM compression fee, no cloud dependency.
Why developers look for alternatives
Compresr's Context Gateway uses an LLM to compress your context before sending it to Claude — meaning you pay a compression fee before Anthropic even sees the request. Net savings depend on whether the compression ratio outweighs that meta-cost.
The Distillery uses deterministic deduplication: it identifies and removes repeated context blocks without a secondary model call. One API call, predictable savings, no compression fee.
Your data stays on your machine
Context Gateway routes prompts, tool outputs, and conversation history through Compresr's cloud servers. The Distillery intercepts API calls locally via ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL and never forwards your context to a third party.
Only token counts and cost deltas sync to The Distillery's servers. Your code and conversation context never leave your machine.
Predictable, reproducible savings
Real-world savings range from 30-60% depending on session patterns; the conservative deterministic floor is 20% (reproducible via npx tsx scripts/benchmark.ts). Compresr's published figures range from 20× to 200× across different pages — inconsistencies that make real-world savings hard to predict.
You only pay when The Distillery saves you money. Free below €20/month in savings.
Want a head-to-head? See the full side-by-side comparison with Compresr.
See also: The Distillery vs Compresr