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Comparison

Braintrust vs Portkey

On the evidence we track, Portkey leads this comparison with a composite score of 79/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Braintrust55
★Portkey79
Score
vioscaleAI score
Braintrust55 / 100low · 31%
Portkey79 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Braintrust–
Portkey✓
Model
Braintrust–
Portkeyfreemium
Price level
Braintrust–
Portkeymid
Starting price
Braintrust–
Portkey$49
Transparent
Braintrust–
Portkey✓
Integrations
Count
Braintrust3
Portkey1,600
Security
Certifications
Gdpr
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
Hipaa
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
Iso27001
Braintrust–
Portkey✓
Pci
Braintrust✓
Portkey–
Soc2
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
Market
Availability
Braintrust–
PortkeyAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Braintrust5 items
Portkey6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for mlops & llmops tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Tool role
BraintrustLLM observability / eval
PortkeyModel gateway / router
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
Managed cloud available
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
On-prem / VPC deployment
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
Observability
LLM tracing / observability
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
Evaluation (offline / LLM-judge / human)
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
Dev
Prompt management + versioning
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
Tracking
Experiment tracking / model registry
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
Serving
Model serving / inference endpoint
Braintrust✗
Portkey✓
Interop
OpenTelemetry / OpenLLMetry compatible
Braintrust-
Portkey-
Framework-agnostic
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
Gateway
Multi-provider model support
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
Data
No-train-on-customer-data guarantee
BraintrustUnknown
PortkeyUnknown

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Braintrust

Braintrust provides real-time observability for AI agents in production. It enables teams to inspect traces and tool calls, automatically discover patterns and issues, run experiments to evaluate quality, and continuously iterate on agent performance.

Independently observed

Portkey

Leader

Platform providing API gateway functionality, observability with logging and traces, safety guardrails, access governance, and prompt version management for teams deploying AI applications at scale.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Braintrust

Pricing not documented yet.

Portkey

Leader
from $49/moHybridFree tier

Free tier with 10k logs/month. Production at $49/month with usage overages. Enterprise custom pricing for compliance-focused organizations.

  • DeveloperFree
    • Universal API & Key Management
    • Routing, Fallbacks, Load Balancing, Retries
    • 3 Prompt Templates with Playground, Versioning, Variables
    • Logs, Traces, Feedback, Custom Metadata, Filters
    • Simple Caching
    • +3 more
  • Production$49/month + $9 per 100k request overage
    • Universal API, Fallbacks, Load Balancing, Retries
    • Unlimited Prompt Templates with Playground, API Deployment, Versioning, Variables
    • Logs, Traces, Feedback, Metadata, Filters, Alerts
    • LLM & Partner Guardrails
    • Role-Based Access Control, Service Account API Keys
    • +3 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom retention periods for logs and metrics
    • Advanced Evaluation Templates with custom guardrail hooks
    • Role-Based Access Control, SSO (Okta), Granular Budget & Rate Limits
    • Private Cloud Deployment, VPC Hosting, Data Export to Data Lakes
    • SOC2 Type 2, GDPR, HIPAA compliance certifications
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
CLI
Braintrust✗
Portkey✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓
Self-hosted
Braintrust✗
Portkey✓
On-premise
Braintrust✗
Portkey✓
Hybrid
Braintrust✓
Portkey✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (3)
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google

Braintrust

3 total - 0 not shared
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google
Independently observed

Portkey

Leader
16 total - 13 not shared
  • Google Cloud (Vertex AI, Gemini)
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Langgraph
  • CrewAI
  • Strands Agents
  • Google ADK
  • Claude
  • Mistral
  • MongoDB
  • Vertex AI
  • Claude Code
Independently observed
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Braintrust or Portkey: which one depends on you

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