Portkey
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Gateway · Portkey
Portkey is an AI gateway with an open-source core you can self-host for free, plus a hosted service that adds observability, prompt management, guardrails and governance. You bring your own provider keys, and Portkey routes, retries and logs the requests.
Hosted plans are priced by recorded logs, one per request. The free Developer tier covers 10,000 logs a month with 3-day retention; requests past the limit still go through but are not logged. The Production plan is $49 a month for 100,000 logs, $9 per additional 100,000, with 30-day retention. It is aimed more at production teams than at someone who just wants to try open models.
Specs
| Fees | Open-source gateway free to self-host; hosted plan free for 10,000 logs/month; Production $49/month for 100,000 logs |
|---|---|
| Routes to | Routes to 1,600+ models (GitHub repo figure) across many providers |
| Open-source gateway | MIT, free to self-host |
| Free hosted tier | 10,000 logs/month, 3-day retention |
| Production plan | $49/month for 100,000 logs, $9 per extra 100,000, 30-day retention |
| Models | 1,600+ (GitHub repo figure) |
| Keys | Bring your own provider keys |
| Hosting | Hosted or self-hosted |
Good for
- Production logging and guardrails
- Choice of hosted or self-hosted
Not for
- Beginners wanting one prepaid balance
- Hobby use past the free log limit
See also
- Vercel AI Gateway · Web developers, especially on Vercel, who want provider prices with no markup
- Cloudflare AI Gateway · Developers who already use their own provider keys and want caching, logs and spend limits for free
- OpenRouter · Anyone who wants one key and one bill for most popular and open models
We last reviewed Portkey on 31 October 2026. Prices and specs change; check portkey.ai before you buy or sign up. Figures we could not confirm on the vendor's own page read “not published” or “varies”.
Vendor source: https://portkey.ai/pricing