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Comparison

LangChain vs Portkey

No clear leader: LangChain (80.7) and Portkey (78.9) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

LangChain full profile →Portkey full profile →
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LangChain81
Portkey79
Score
Vioscale score
LangChain81 / 100medium · 70%updating
Portkey79 / 100high · 76%updating
Pricing
Free tier
LangChain✓
Portkey✓
Model
LangChainfreemium
Portkeyfreemium
Price level
LangChainmid
Portkeymid
Starting price
LangChain$39
Portkey$49
Transparent
LangChain✓
Portkey✓
Integrations
Count
LangChain1,000
Portkey1,600
Security
Disclosure policy
LangChain✓
Portkey–
Gdpr
LangChain✓
Portkey✓
Hipaa
LangChain✓
Portkey✓
Iso27001
LangChain✓
Portkey✓
Scorecard
LangChain5.9
Portkey–
Soc2
LangChain✓
Portkey✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
LangChain99.5
Portkey–
Status page
LangChain✓
Portkey✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
LangChain18,663
Portkey–
Github stars
LangChain145,063
Portkey–
Package downloads weekly
LangChain2,967,570
Portkey–
Activity
Commits last 30d
LangChain100
Portkey–
Release
History
LangChain20 items
Portkey–
License
Spdx
LangChainMIT
Portkey–
Language
Primary
LangChainPython
Portkey–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

LangChain

LangSmith provides observability through tracing to debug agent behavior, evaluation capabilities to test and score agents with human review and automated assessments, and deployment services to run agents at scale.

Independently observed

Portkey

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.

LangChain

from $39/seat/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free Developer plan (5k traces). Plus plan $39/seat/month. Enterprise custom. Usage-based pricing for compute (LCU=$1.50) and storage (LSU=$1.00).

  • DeveloperFree
    • 1 free seat
    • 5k base traces/month
    • Tracing and analytics
    • Access to LangSmith platform
  • Plus$39/seat/month + usage (LCU/LSU), 10k traces included, 1 free small deployment
    • Unlimited seats
    • 10k base traces/month
    • 1 free small serverless deployment
    • Full tracing and analytics
    • Evaluation tools
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Advanced administration
    • Dedicated support
    • Custom deployments
    • White-glove onboarding
    • Proactive monitoring
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Portkey

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
LangChain✓
Portkey✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
LangChain✓
Portkey✓
Self-hosted
LangChain✓
Portkey✓
Hybrid
LangChain✓
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

LangChain

9 total - 6 not shared
  • Cohere
  • Azure OpenAI
  • Azure AI Search
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Azure Kubernetes Service
  • OpaquePrompts
Independently observed

Portkey

15 total - 12 not shared
  • Google Cloud (Vertex AI, Gemini)
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Langgraph
  • CrewAI
  • Strands Agents
  • Google ADK
  • Claude
  • Mistral
  • MongoDB
  • Vertex AI
Independently observed

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