Portkey
Depot pick for production AI gateway (fallbacks, virtual keys, budgets). OpenRouter when you want a model…
Depot pick for production AI gateway (fallbacks, virtual keys, budgets). OpenRouter when you want a model catalog/router; Helicone for request-path cost traces; Prisma AIRS when already in Palo Alto estate. Strengths: Universal API + fallbacks/load-balance/retries; Obs + prompt mgmt + guardrails in one; OSS self-host option.
Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.
Depot pick for production AI gateway (fallbacks, virtual keys, budgets). OpenRouter when you want a model catalog/router; Helicone for request-path cost traces; Prisma AIRS when already in Palo Alto estate.
Strengths
- · Universal API + fallbacks/load-balance/retries
- · Obs + prompt mgmt + guardrails in one
- · OSS self-host option
Weaknesses
- · Acqui/packaging drift into Prisma AIRS
- · Not a model marketplace like OpenRouter
- · Log caps on cheap tiers
Pricing notes
As of 2026-09-14 (portkey.ai/pricing): Developer free forever (10k logs/mo, 3-day log / 30-day metrics retention). Production $49/mo (100k logs, +$9/100k overage, 30/90-day retention, guardrails, RBAC). Enterprise custom (10M+ logs, VPC, HIPAA/BAA, private cloud). OSS self-host gateway available. Note: packaging increasingly tied to Palo Alto Prisma AIRS AI Gateway narrative — same lineage as catalogued prisma-airs enterprise SKU.
Sourced pricing
Contract status unit_mismatch · unit_mismatch. Single normalized $/1M: null. Machine list: /api/pricing?provider=portkey
- Production · usd_per_month · $49 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
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