Comparison

Opik 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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Opik53
★Portkey79
Score
vioscaleAI score
Opik53 / 100low · 29%
Portkey79 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Opik✓
Portkey✓
Model
Price level
Opikfree
Portkeymid
Starting price
Opik–
Portkey$49
Transparent
Opik✗
Portkey✓
Integrations
Count
Opik1
Portkey1,600
Security
Certifications
Gdpr
Opik–
Portkey✓
Hipaa
Opik–
Portkey✓
Iso27001
Opik–
Portkey✓
Soc2
Opik–
Portkey✓
Reliability
Status page
Opik–
Portkey✓
Market
Availability
Opik–
Content
Faq
Portkey6 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Architecture model
OpikOpen source self hosted
PortkeyManaged cloud saas
Token cost and latency waterfall charts
Opik✓
Portkey✓
Opentelemetry openllmetry native export support
Opik✓
Portkey-
Prompt playground and in dashboard replay
Opik✓
Portkey✓
Multi step agentic workflow distributed tracing
Opik✓
Portkey✓
User feedback score API for thumbs up down tags
Opik✓
Portkey✓
Pii redaction and prompt content masking
Opik✓
Portkey✓
Production ab testing of system prompts
Opik-
Portkey✓
Automated anomaly detection for rate limits
Opik-
Portkey-
Native integration with langchain and llamaindex
Opik-
Portkey✓
SOC2 type ii
Opik-
Portkey✓
Mit or apache permissive oss license
Opik✓
Portkey✓
Pricing model
OpikFree open source
PortkeyPay per 10k traces

What each one is

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

Opik

A comprehensive observability and evaluation platform for debugging, testing, and monitoring LLM applications through detailed execution traces, prompt experimentation, and production dashboards.

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.

Opik

Open sourceFree tier
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
Opik✓
Portkey✓
CLI
Opik✗
Portkey✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Opik✓
Portkey✓
Self-hosted
Opik✓
Portkey✓
On-premise
Opik✓
Portkey✓
Hybrid
Opik✗
Portkey✓

Integrations

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

Opik

1 total
  • 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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