Comparison

Keywords AI 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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Keywords AI62
★Portkey79
Score
vioscaleAI score
Keywords AI62 / 100medium · 68%
Portkey79 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Keywords AI✓
Portkey✓
Model
Keywords AIfreemium
Portkeyfreemium
Price level
Keywords AIhigh
Portkeymid
Starting price
Keywords AI$199
Portkey$49
Transparent
Keywords AI✓
Portkey✓
Integrations
Count
Keywords AI2
Portkey1,600
Security
Certifications
Gdpr
Keywords AI✓
Portkey✓
Hipaa
Keywords AI✓
Portkey✓
Iso27001
Keywords AI✓
Portkey✓
Soc2
Keywords AI✓
Portkey✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Keywords AI99.9
Portkey–
Status page
Keywords AI–
Portkey✓
Content
Faq
Keywords AI7 items
Portkey6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for llm gateways. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Openai compatible API
Keywords AI✓
Portkey✓
Automatic failover
Keywords AI✓
Portkey✓
Routing strategy
Keywords AICustom
PortkeyLoad based
Caching
Keywords AIExact
PortkeySemantic
Virtual key management
Keywords AI✓
Portkey✓
Budget spend controls
Keywords AI✓
Portkey✓
Rate limiting
Keywords AI✓
Portkey✓
Guardrails moderation
Keywords AI-
PortkeyVia integration
Request cost observability
Keywords AI✓
Portkey✓
Streaming support
Keywords AI-
Portkey-
Deployment model
Keywords AIManaged SaaS
PortkeyManaged SaaS
Open source
Keywords AI-
Portkey✓
Pricing model
Keywords AIUsage based saas
Portkeypay_per_10k_traces

What each one is

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

Keywords AI

Provides tools for monitoring language model performance, managing prompts, and evaluating language model outputs for engineering teams

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.

Keywords AI

from $199/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Team plan $199/month. Usage add-ons from $1/1k scores and $8/100k logs. Enterprise on request.

  • FreeFree
    • Full platform
    • 2 evaluators
    • 5 prompts
    • Log management
    • Community Discord
  • Team$199/month
    • Everything in Free
    • Unlimited datasets
    • Unlimited evaluators
    • Unlimited prompts
    • Private Slack channel
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom packages
    • Volume discount
    • Custom SLAs
    • Dedicated support engineer
    • HIPAA BAA
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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
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Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

Keywords AI

4 total
  • PostHog
  • Vercel AI
  • n8n
  • OpenTelemetry
Independently observed

Portkey

Leader
16 total
  • OpenAI
  • Google Cloud (Vertex AI, Gemini)
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Langgraph
  • CrewAI
  • Strands Agents
  • Google ADK
  • Anthropic
  • Claude
  • Mistral
  • Google
  • MongoDB
  • Vertex AI
  • Claude Code
Independently observed
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