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Portkey Alternatives

AI gateway for routing to 1,600+ LLMs with observability, guardrails, and prompt management

Portkey is an AI infrastructure platform with an open-source AI gateway at its core.

Explore 65 alternatives to Portkey across 2 categories. Each tool listed below shares at least one category with Portkey.

Top Portkey alternatives at a glance

  1. AI Gateway HQ. LLM gateway built around spend limits enforced before a request reaches a provider
  2. AISIX. Open-source AI gateway in Rust with one OpenAI-compatible API across 100+ LLM providers
  3. 2kw.ai. EU-hosted AI integration platform combining a provider gateway, document extraction, evals and cost observability
  4. TrueFoundry. AI gateway for routing across 250+ LLMs with fallbacks, rate limiting, guardrails, and RBAC
  5. Vercel AI Gateway. Unified API for hundreds of AI models, with built-in rate limiting and key management

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best alternatives to Portkey?

Based on category overlap and popularity, the top alternatives to Portkey include: AI Gateway HQ (LLM gateway built around spend limits enforced before a request reaches a pro...); AISIX (Open-source AI gateway in Rust with one OpenAI-compatible API across 100+ LLM...); 2kw.ai (EU-hosted AI integration platform combining a provider gateway, document extr...); TrueFoundry (AI gateway for routing across 250+ LLMs with fallbacks, rate limiting, guardr...); Vercel AI Gateway (Unified API for hundreds of AI models, with built-in rate limiting and key ma...). See all 65 alternatives compared on this page.

Is there a free alternative to Portkey?

Yes. 59 alternatives to Portkey offer a free tier or free trial: AI Gateway HQ, AISIX, 2kw.ai, TrueFoundry, Vercel AI Gateway, Langfuse, and more. Use the comparison above to find the best fit for your use case.

Are there open-source alternatives to Portkey?

Yes. 29 of the 65 alternatives to Portkey listed here are open source: AISIX, Langfuse, Comet Opik, Arize AI, Traceloop, Helicone, and more. Open-source tools can be self-hosted for full control over data and infrastructure.

What is Portkey?

Portkey is an AI infrastructure platform with an open-source AI gateway at its core. It routes requests to 1,600+ LLMs across 200+ providers through a unified API, with automatic retries, fallbacks, load balancing, and caching. The platform adds real-time observability with cost tracking and late... See 65 alternatives to Portkey across 2 categories.

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