# LlamaIndex vs Portkey

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Portkey

| Attribute | LlamaIndex | Portkey |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65.1 (69% (medium)) | 78.9 (74% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 28 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 52,481 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 1,685,400 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"LlamaParse is a cloud-based document parsing platform that uses vision language models and intelligent agents to automatically process complex documents—including PDFs, images, and office files—with support for layout detection, multi-modal content, and 80+ languages. It transforms document ingestion workflows with agentic extraction and indexing capabilities. It is indexed under MLOps & LLMOps Tools.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","question":"What is LlamaIndex?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"LlamaIndex is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $50 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","question":"Is LlamaIndex free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to LlamaIndex. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","question":"What platforms does LlamaIndex support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Not fully, on what we have confirmed. LlamaIndex is offered as cloud / SaaS and hybrid, and a hybrid deployment usually means some components can run on your own infrastructure while the rest stays vendor-hosted. We have not confirmed a completely self-hosted option, so check with the vendor if that is a requirement.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","question":"Can LlamaIndex be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 3 integrations for LlamaIndex, including AWS, Microsoft Azure and GitHub. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","question":"What does LlamaIndex integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for LlamaIndex. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as LlamaIndex not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai","question":"What security certifications does LlamaIndex have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. LlamaIndex is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index","question":"Is LlamaIndex open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"LlamaIndex is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","question":"Where is LlamaIndex available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Portkey is an AI gateway platform that routes to 1,600+ language models while incorporating 50+ built-in content safety guardrails. It provides SDKs, CLI tools, and infrastructure components for deploying and managing generative AI applications. It is indexed under MLOps & LLMOps Tools.","source":"https://portkey.ai","question":"What is Portkey?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Portkey offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $9. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://portkey.ai/pricing","question":"Is Portkey free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Portkey supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://portkey.ai","question":"What platforms does Portkey support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Portkey can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://portkey.ai","question":"Can Portkey be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 13 integrations for Portkey, including OpenAI, Google Cloud (Vertex AI, Gemini), Azure, AWS, GCP, Langgraph, CrewAI and Strands Agents, plus 5 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://portkey.ai","question":"What does Portkey integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Portkey. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Portkey not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://portkey.ai/features/security-compliance","question":"What security certifications does Portkey have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A platform that uses AI models to parse and extract data from documents across 130+ file formats, supporting complex layouts, multiple languages, and multi-step extraction agents. Optimized for accuracy, cost, and latency at enterprise scale. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"framework","evaluation":false,"soc2_type_ii":true,"managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"pricing_model":"commercial_enterprise_platform","self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"no_train_on_data":"unknown","llm_observability":false,"prompt_management":false,"framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":false,"mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":false,"native_observability_and_trace_logging":true,"fault_tolerance_and_llm_retry_mechanisms":true,"native_memory_and_state_persistence_layer":false,"tool_calling_and_function_schema_validation":true,"managed_cloud_runtime_infrastructure_offered":true,"synchronous_and_asynchronous_execution_modes":true,"streaming_output_and_intermediate_step_yielding":true,"dynamic_agent_generation_and_spawning_at_runtime":true}` | `{"role":"gateway","caching":"semantic","evaluation":true,"open_source":true,"soc2_type_ii":true,"managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"pricing_model":"pay_per_10k_traces","rate_limiting":true,"self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"deployment_model":"managed-SaaS","no_train_on_data":"unknown","routing_strategy":"load-based","llm_observability":true,"prompt_management":true,"architecture_model":"managed_cloud_saas","automatic_failover":true,"framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":true,"budget_spend_controls":true,"guardrails_moderation":"via-integration","openai_compatible_api":true,"virtual_key_management":true,"request_cost_observability":true,"mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"production_ab_testing_of_system_prompts":true,"token_cost_and_latency_waterfall_charts":true,"pii_redaction_and_prompt_content_masking":true,"prompt_playground_and_in_dashboard_replay":true,"multi_step_agentic_workflow_distributed_tracing":true,"user_feedback_score_api_for_thumbs_up_down_tags":true,"native_integration_with_langchain_and_llamaindex":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 1,600 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Google Cloud (Vertex AI, Gemini)"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"GCP"},{"name":"Langgraph"},{"name":"CrewAI"},{"name":"Strands Agents"},{"name":"Google ADK"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Mistral"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Vertex AI"},{"name":"Claude Code","native":true}]` |
| language.primary | Python | - |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","features":["Basic support","100 users","130+ file formats","80+ languages supported"],"minSeats":100,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"10,000 credits per month","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"concurrent_parse_jobs":"20","external_data_sources":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","features":["Basic support","Multiple parse tiers","Auto Mode with up to 80% savings","Saved parse configs","Advanced table/chart extraction","Structured JSON output"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Up to 400K credits per month","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"concurrent_parse_jobs":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","features":["Priority Slack support","All parsing and extraction capabilities","Extraction agents","Webhooks & API callbacks","Smart result caching"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"one_time","amount":1000,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"400K credits per month plus 800K one-time bonus","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pay-as-you-go","features":["Priority Slack support","Flexible credit usage up to $5,000/month"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.00125,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Variable usage-based pricing","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Volume discounts on credits","5x higher rate limits","Enterprise SSO","SaaS or Hybrid cloud deployment","Dedicated account manager","Custom SLAs"],"description":"Custom pricing with dedicated support","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free (10K credits/month), Starter $50/month (400K credits), Pro $500/month (400K + 800K bonus), Pay-as-you-go up to $5,000/month, Enterprise custom","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T22:31:28.854Z","startingPrice":{"amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Developer","summary":"Free forever, 10k logs/month","features":["Universal API & Key Management","Routing, Fallbacks, Load Balancing, Retries","3 Prompt Templates with Playground, Versioning, Variables","Logs, Traces, Feedback, Custom Metadata, Filters","Simple Caching","Deterministic Guardrails","Community Support","3 days log retention, 30 days metrics retention"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Free tier for prototyping and testing; not suitable for production workloads","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"recorded_logs":"10k/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Production","summary":"$49/month + $9 per 100k request overage","features":["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","Simple & Semantic Caching","Production Support","30 days log retention, 90 days metrics retention"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":100000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":9,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For teams deploying LLM apps to production","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"recorded_logs":"100k/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["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","Custom Business Associate Agreements","Data Isolation, Configurable exports to data lakes","Dedicated Onboarding & Priority Support"],"description":"For organizations with complex compliance and high-volume production requirements","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"recorded_logs":"10M+/month"}}],"summary":"Free tier with 10k logs/month. Production at $49/month with usage overages. Enterprise custom pricing for compliance-focused organizations.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://portkey.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T13:46:13.229Z","startingPrice":{"amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":50,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":49,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 17 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.25","date":"2026-09-21T16:22:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.25"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.24","date":"2026-08-19T18:48:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.24"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.23","date":"2026-06-24T19:36:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.23"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.22","date":"2026-05-14T20:22:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.22"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.21","date":"2026-04-21T00:18:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.21"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.20","date":"2026-04-03T19:55:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.20"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.19","date":"2026-03-25T20:59:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.18","date":"2026-03-16T19:42:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.16","date":"2026-03-10T19:20:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.15","date":"2026-02-18T19:06:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.14","date":"2026-02-10T23:08:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.13","date":"2026-01-21T20:44:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.12","date":"2025-12-30T01:07:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.10","date":"2025-12-04T19:46:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.9","date":"2025-12-02T21:31:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.8","date":"2025-11-10T22:18:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.7","date":"2025-10-30T23:58:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.6","date":"2025-10-26T03:01:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.5","date":"2025-10-15T19:10:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/releases/tag/v0.14.4","date":"2025-10-03T17:52:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.4"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"GDPR","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.llamaindex.ai/legal/privacy-notice | https://portkey.ai/features/security-compliance |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":10,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=llama-index-core&per_page=100","last_12m":1,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | - |

## Capabilities (MLOps & LLMOps Tools)

| Capability | LlamaIndex | 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 |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:59:45.491Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*