Comparison

CrewAI 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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CrewAI62
Portkey79
Score
Vioscale score
CrewAI62 / 100high · 76%updating
Portkey79 / 100high · 76%updating
Pricing
Free tier
CrewAI
Portkey
Model
Portkeyfreemium
Price level
CrewAIlow
Portkeymid
Starting price
CrewAI
Portkey$49
Transparent
CrewAI
Portkey
Integrations
Count
CrewAI15
Portkey1,600
Security
Disclosure policy
CrewAI
Portkey
Fedramp
CrewAI
Portkey
Gdpr
CrewAI
Portkey
Hipaa
CrewAI
Portkey
Iso27001
CrewAI
Portkey
Soc2
CrewAI
Portkey
Reliability
Status page
CrewAI
Portkey
Adoption
Dependent repos
CrewAI0
Portkey
Github stars
CrewAI57,642
Portkey
Package downloads weekly
CrewAI4,500,329
Portkey
Activity
Commits last 30d
CrewAI100
Portkey
Release
Cadence days
CrewAI1
Portkey
History
CrewAI20 items
Portkey
License
Spdx
CrewAIMIT
Portkey
Language
Primary
CrewAIPython
Portkey
Market

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

CrewAI

A comprehensive platform combining an open-source Python framework for multi-agent workflows with a managed cloud control plane that adds governance, security, tracing, and deployment capabilities for enterprise production use.

Independently observed

Portkey

Leader

A unified platform combining an AI gateway, observability dashboards, prompt versioning, governance controls, and guardrails. Enables teams to route requests across LLM providers, monitor costs and performance, securely manage API keys, and deploy production-ready prompts with version control.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

CrewAI

HybridFree tier

Free tier (Basic) with 50 executions/month; Enterprise custom pricing with governance and compliance

  • BasicFree
    • Visual editor and AI copilot
    • GitHub integration
    • 50 workflow executions/month
    • Studio (visual editor)
    • Standard tools and triggers
    • +20 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Basic features, plus:
    • Enterprise connectors
    • SSO (MS Entra, Okta)
    • Role-based access control (RBAC)
    • Workload identity
    • +13 more
as of verify ↗

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
CrewAI
Portkey
CLI
CrewAI
Portkey
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
CrewAI
Portkey
Self-hosted
CrewAI
Portkey
On-premise
CrewAI
Portkey
Hybrid
CrewAI
Portkey

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Anthropic
  • OpenAI

CrewAI

19 total - 17 not shared
  • NVIDIA NIM
  • GitHub
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Arize
  • Galileo
  • DataDog
  • Patronus
  • IBM Db2
  • OpenTelemetry
  • LiteLLM
  • E2B
  • Daytona
  • AWS Bedrock
  • Ollama
  • Model Context Protocol
  • SerperDev
Independently observed

Portkey

Leader
15 total - 13 not shared
  • Google Cloud (Vertex AI, Gemini)
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Langgraph
  • CrewAI
  • Strands Agents
  • Google ADK
  • Claude
  • Mistral
  • Google
  • MongoDB
  • Vertex AI
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.