Comparison

One API 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.

One API full profile →Portkey full profile →

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One API46

★Portkey79

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	One API	PortkeyLeader
vioscaleAI score	46 / 100medium · 54%	79 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$49
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	12	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://github.com/security	https://portkey.ai/features/security-compliance
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsongquanpeng%2Fone-api&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: MODERATE	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	37,155	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	0	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	19	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	JavaScript	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

One API46 / 100medium · 54%

Portkey79 / 100medium · 74%

Pricing

Free tier

One API✓

Portkey✓

Model

One APIcommercial

Portkeyfreemium

Price level

One APIfree

Portkeymid

Starting price

One API–

Portkey$49

Transparent

One API–

Portkey✓

Integrations

Count

One API12

Portkey1,600

Security

Certifications

One API–

PortkeySOC2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA

Gdpr

One API–

Portkey✓

Hipaa

One API–

Portkey✓

Iso27001

One API–

Portkey✓

Soc2

One API–

Portkey✓

Trust center

One APIhttps://github.com/security

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

Vulnerabilities

One APICount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsongquanpeng%2Fone-api&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: MODERATE

Portkey–

Reliability

Status page

One API–

Portkey✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

One API0

Portkey–

Github stars

One API37,155

Portkey–

Activity

Commits last 30d

One API0

Portkey–

Release

Cadence days

One API19

Portkey–

History

One API20 items

Portkey–

License

Spdx

One APIMIT

Portkey–

Language

Primary

One APIJavaScript

Portkey–

Market

Availability

One API–

PortkeyAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

One API6 items

Portkey6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Llm Gateways
Capability	One API	Portkey
Capabilities
Openai compatible API	✓	✓
Automatic failover	✓	✓
Routing strategy	Load based	Load based
Caching	-	Semantic
Virtual key management	✓	✓
Budget spend controls	✓	✓
Rate limiting	✓	✓
Guardrails moderation	-	Via integration
Request cost observability	✓	✓
Streaming support	✓	-
Deployment model	Self hosted	Managed SaaS
Open source	✓	✓
Pricing model	Open source self host	pay_per_10k_traces

Capabilities

Openai compatible API

One API✓

Portkey✓

Automatic failover

One API✓

Portkey✓

Routing strategy

One APILoad based

PortkeyLoad based

Caching

One API-

PortkeySemantic

Virtual key management

One API✓

Portkey✓

Budget spend controls

One API✓

Portkey✓

Rate limiting

One API✓

Portkey✓

Guardrails moderation

One API-

PortkeyVia integration

Request cost observability

One API✓

Portkey✓

Streaming support

One API✓

Portkey-

Deployment model

One APISelf hosted

PortkeyManaged SaaS

Open source

One API✓

Portkey✓

Pricing model

One APIOpen source self host

Portkeypay_per_10k_traces

What each one is

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

One API

An open-source system for managing and redistributing API access across multiple large language model providers—including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and others—through a single OpenAI-compatible API. Deploys as a self-contained binary or Docker container.

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.

One API

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-09-14verify ↗

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	One API	Portkey
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

One API✓

Portkey✓

CLI

One API✗

Portkey✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

One API✗

Portkey✓

Self-hosted

One API✓

Portkey✓

On-premise

One API✗

Portkey✓

Hybrid

One API✗

Portkey✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

OpenAI
Claude

One API

26 total - 24 not shared

Azure OpenAI
Anthropic Claude
Google Gemini
DeepSeek
ByteDance Douyin
ChatGLM
Baidu ERNIE Bot
iFLYTEK Spark
Alibaba Tongyi Qianwen
360 Brain
Tencent Hunyuan
Cloudflare Gateway
Alibaba Qwen
Tencent Yuan
Baidu Wenxin
Byte Doubao
360 AI Brain
Gemini
Doubao
Ernie
Spark
Qwen
360 Smart Brain
Hunyuan

Independently observed

Portkey

Leader

16 total - 14 not shared

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

Independently observed

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