Comparison

DSPy 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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DSPy54

★Portkey79

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DSPy	PortkeyLeader
vioscaleAI score	54 / 100medium · 58%	79 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$49
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1	1,600
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://portkey.ai/features/security-compliance
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=dspy&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: MODERATE	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	3	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	38,644	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	93,838	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	67	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	17	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

DSPy54 / 100medium · 58%

Portkey79 / 100medium · 74%

Pricing

Free tier

DSPy✓

Portkey✓

Model

DSPyopen_source

Portkeyfreemium

Price level

DSPyfree

Portkeymid

Starting price

DSPy–

Portkey$49

Transparent

DSPy✓

Portkey✓

Integrations

Count

DSPy1

Portkey1,600

Security

Certifications

DSPy–

PortkeySOC2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA

Gdpr

DSPy–

Portkey✓

Hipaa

DSPy–

Portkey✓

Iso27001

DSPy–

Portkey✓

Soc2

DSPy–

Portkey✓

Trust center

DSPy–

Portkeyhttps://portkey.ai/features/security-compliance

Vulnerabilities

DSPyCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=dspy&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: MODERATE

Portkey–

Reliability

Status page

DSPy✓

Portkey✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

DSPy3

Portkey–

Github stars

DSPy38,644

Portkey–

Package downloads weekly

DSPy93,838

Portkey–

Activity

Commits last 30d

DSPy67

Portkey–

Release

Cadence days

DSPy17

Portkey–

History

DSPy20 items

Portkey–

License

Spdx

DSPyMIT

Portkey–

Language

Primary

DSPyPython

Portkey–

Market

Availability

DSPyAvailable worldwide · HQ US

PortkeyAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

DSPy6 items

Portkey6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for MLOps & LLMOps Tools
Capability	DSPy	Portkey
Core
Tool role	Agent / RAG framework	Model gateway / router
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core	✓	✓
Managed cloud available	✗	✓
On-prem / VPC deployment	✓	✓
Observability
LLM tracing / observability	✓	✓
Evaluation (offline / LLM-judge / human)	✓	✓
Dev
Prompt management + versioning	✓	✓
Tracking
Experiment tracking / model registry	✗	✓
Serving
Model serving / inference endpoint	✗	✓
Interop
OpenTelemetry / OpenLLMetry compatible	✗	-
Framework-agnostic	✓	✓
Gateway
Multi-provider model support	✓	✓
Data
No-train-on-customer-data guarantee	Unknown	Unknown

Core

Tool role

DSPyAgent / RAG framework

PortkeyModel gateway / router

Deployment

Self-hostable / OSS core

DSPy✓

Portkey✓

Managed cloud available

DSPy✗

Portkey✓

On-prem / VPC deployment

DSPy✓

Portkey✓

Observability

LLM tracing / observability

DSPy✓

Portkey✓

Evaluation (offline / LLM-judge / human)

DSPy✓

Portkey✓

Dev

Prompt management + versioning

DSPy✓

Portkey✓

Tracking

Experiment tracking / model registry

DSPy✗

Portkey✓

Serving

Model serving / inference endpoint

DSPy✗

Portkey✓

Interop

OpenTelemetry / OpenLLMetry compatible

DSPy✗

Portkey-

Framework-agnostic

DSPy✓

Portkey✓

Gateway

Multi-provider model support

DSPy✓

Portkey✓

Data

No-train-on-customer-data guarantee

DSPyUnknown

PortkeyUnknown

What each one is

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

DSPy

Framework enabling developers to construct AI systems using typed task definitions and modular components, with automatic optimization replacing manual prompt design.

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.

DSPy

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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 2026-08-21verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	DSPy	Portkey
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

DSPy✓

Portkey✓

macOS

DSPy✓

Portkey✗

Windows

DSPy✓

Portkey✗

Linux

DSPy✓

Portkey✗

CLI

DSPy✓

Portkey✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

DSPy✗

Portkey✓

Self-hosted

DSPy✓

Portkey✓

On-premise

DSPy✗

Portkey✓

Hybrid

DSPy✗

Portkey✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

OpenAI
Anthropic

DSPy

2 total - 0 not shared

OpenAI
Anthropic

Independently observed

Portkey

Leader

16 total - 14 not shared

Google Cloud (Vertex AI, Gemini)
Azure
AWS
GCP
Langgraph
CrewAI
Strands Agents
Google ADK
Claude
Mistral
Google
MongoDB
Vertex AI
Claude Code

Independently observed

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