Comparison

Not Diamond 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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Not Diamond62
★Portkey79
Score
vioscaleAI score
Not Diamond62 / 100medium · 60%
Portkey79 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Not Diamond–
Portkey✓
Model
Not Diamondcommercial
Portkeyfreemium
Price level
Not Diamondlow
Portkeymid
Starting price
Not Diamond$0.05
Portkey$49
Transparent
Not Diamond✓
Portkey✓
Integrations
Count
Not Diamond–
Portkey1,600
Security
Gdpr
Not Diamond–
Portkey✓
Hipaa
Not Diamond–
Portkey✓
Iso27001
Not Diamond✓
Portkey✓
Soc2
Not Diamond✓
Portkey✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Not Diamond–
Portkey✓
Content
Faq
Not Diamond–
Portkey6 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Openai compatible API
Not Diamond-
Portkey✓
Automatic failover
Not Diamond-
Portkey✓
Routing strategy
Not DiamondCustom
PortkeyLoad based
Caching
Not Diamond-
PortkeySemantic
Virtual key management
Not Diamond-
Portkey✓
Budget spend controls
Not Diamond-
Portkey✓
Rate limiting
Not Diamond-
Portkey✓
Guardrails moderation
Not Diamond-
PortkeyVia integration
Request cost observability
Not Diamond✓
Portkey✓
Streaming support
Not Diamond-
Portkey-
Deployment model
Not DiamondManaged SaaS
PortkeyManaged SaaS
Open source
Not Diamond-
Portkey✓
Pricing model
Not DiamondUsage based saas
Portkeypay_per_10k_traces

What each one is

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

Not Diamond

A model routing service for coding agents that uses machine learning to predict and recommend the most cost-effective and accurate AI model for each request. Engineering teams typically achieve 20-40% cost savings without quality degradation through continuous learning from real usage patterns.

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.

Not Diamond

from $0.05/million tokensUsage-based

$0.05 per million tokens; enterprise plans available

  • Pay-as-you-go$0.05 per million tokens routed
    • Multi-harness support
    • Multi-provider support
    • Savings and usage dashboard
    • Continuous learning from harness usage
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Volume-based discounts
    • Organization-wide analytics
    • Advanced security and admin controls
    • SSO with SAML
    • Privacy-preserving deployment
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
Not Diamond–
Portkey✓
CLI
Not Diamond–
Portkey✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Not Diamond✓
Portkey✓
Self-hosted
Not Diamond✗
Portkey✓
On-premise
Not Diamond✗
Portkey✓
Hybrid
Not Diamond✗
Portkey✓

Integrations

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

Not Diamond

Not documented yet.

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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Not Diamond or Portkey: which one depends on you

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