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Portkey

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What it is

Portkey is a platform for managing, observing, and governing generative AI across teams. Its gateway offers a unified API for models and providers across modalities, with configurable routing, failovers, retries, and load balancing. Monitoring tools include logs, traces, feedback, metadata, filters, and alerts; prompt management adds templates, a playground, API endpoints, versioning, and variables. Listed integrations include OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Azure, Amazon Bedrock, and Ollama, as well as agent frameworks including CrewAI, LangChain, LangGraph, and the OpenAI Agents SDK. The gateway offers simple and semantic caching for repeat requests. Security features include virtual provider keys, access controls, inbound IP and geographic rules, and sensitive-data redaction. Self-hosted and local deployment options are listed, while Enterprise adds private cloud deployment and VPC hosting. Developer is free and includes 10k recorded logs/month, 3 days log retention, and 30 days metrics retention. Production costs $49 a month, billed $49/month, with 100k recorded logs/month and production support. Enterprise pricing is custom. Portkey lists San Francisco as its headquarters and March 2023 as its launch date.

Spec sheet

Product
Portkey describes itself as a production platform for managing, observing, and governing GenAI across teams.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Deployment
Portkey lists self-hosted and local deployment options, and Enterprise offers private cloud deployment and VPC hosting.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Integrations
The integrations catalog lists providers and platforms including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Azure, Amazon Bedrock, and Ollama.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Security
Security features include virtual provider keys, access controls, inbound IP and geographic rules, and sensitive-data redaction.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Compliance
The Enterprise plan lists SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, and HIPAA under advanced compliance, along with custom BAAs and data isolation.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Support
The Free plan lists community support, Production lists production support, and Enterprise lists dedicated onboarding and priority support.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Headquarters
San Francisco, CaliforniaRead 28 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Founded
2023Read 28 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Company
Portkey’s company information page lists San Francisco, California as its headquarters and March 2023 as its launch date.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Agent ecosystem
Documented integrations include agent frameworks such as CrewAI, LangChain, LangGraph, and the OpenAI Agents SDK.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Caching
Portkey says its gateway offers simple and semantic caching to reduce latency and save costs on repeat requests.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Gateway
Its AI gateway provides a unified API to access models and providers across modalities.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Guardrails
The Production plan includes LLM and partner guardrails, while Enterprise lists custom guardrail hooks and advanced evaluation templates.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Observability
Portkey offers logs, traces, feedback, metadata, filters, and alerts for AI activity.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Prompt management
Prompt management includes templates, a playground, API endpoints, versioning, and variables.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Routing
The gateway supports configurable routing, failovers, retries, and load balancing across models.Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai

Plans and prices

Developer Free Free Forever · 10k recorded logs/month · 3 days log retention · 30 days metrics retention · 3 prompt templates · community support Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Production $49 a month $49/month 100k recorded logs/month · +$9 overages per additional 100k requests · 30 days log retention · 90 days metrics retention · production support Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai
Enterprise Priced on request Custom Pricing 10 Mn Plus recorded logs/month · custom retention · private cloud deployment · VPC hosting · priority support Read 29 Sep 2026 · portkey.ai

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Offers configurable routing and failovers.
  • Includes logs, traces, and alerts.
  • Supports self-hosted and local deployment.
  • Free Developer plan includes 10k recorded logs/month.

Limits

  • Free-plan logs are retained for 3 days.
  • Production costs $49 a month.
  • Enterprise pricing is custom.

Who it suits

Portkey suits teams that need a common API and operational controls for generative AI models and providers. Its plans range from a free Developer tier to custom-priced Enterprise with private deployment options.

Verdict

Portkey combines model access, observability, prompt management, and security controls, with deployment and support options varying by plan. Teams should check log retention and plan limits against their needs.

Where Specifiction places it

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