Portkey

An AI gateway and control plane with logging, routing and guardrails.

gatewayobservability
Websiteportkey.ai
CategoryAI & machine learning
PricingFreemium
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ABOUT

What is Portkey?

Portkey is an AI gateway and observability platform that sits between your application and LLM providers. It offers request logging, caching, fallbacks, load balancing and guardrails through a single control plane. The open-source gateway option and the hosted cloud version give teams flexibility in deployment.

BEFORE YOU SIGN UP

What you should know

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Rich gateway featuresCaching, fallbacks, load balancing and retries out of the box without building these patterns yourself.
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Observability built inDetailed request logging, cost tracking and latency monitoring across all providers in one dashboard.
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Open-source gateway availablePortkey offers an open-source gateway you can self-host. The control plane features are more limited compared to the hosted version.
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Free tier records 10k logs/monthFree Forever records up to 10,000 logs monthly, with three days of log retention and 30 days of metrics retention. Larger workloads need a paid plan.

COMMUNITY

From the forums

On dev forums and Reddit, Portkey is well-regarded for its comprehensive feature set and clean dashboard. Engineering teams using multiple LLM providers find the unified logging and routing invaluable for debugging. Some users note that the free tier log allowance runs out quickly in production-like scenarios.

— Community sentiment

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

What is the difference between Portkey and other AI gateways?＋

Portkey combines gateway features like caching and fallbacks with observability features like logging and cost tracking in a single product, whereas some competitors specialize in only one area.

Can I self-host Portkey?＋

Yes, Portkey offers an open-source gateway that you can self-host. The cloud version adds advanced features like guardrails, evaluations and higher log retention.