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Comparison

Orq.ai vs PromptLayer

No clear leader: Orq.ai (74.4) and PromptLayer (70.2) 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.

Orq.ai full profile →PromptLayer full profile →
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Orq.ai74
PromptLayer70
Score
Vioscale score
Orq.ai74 / 100medium · 55%
PromptLayer70 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Model
Orq.aifreemium
PromptLayerfreemium
Price level
Orq.aimid
PromptLayermid
Starting price
Orq.ai€35
PromptLayer$49
Transparent
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Integrations
Count
Orq.ai15
PromptLayer7
Security
Gdpr
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Hipaa
Orq.ai–
PromptLayer✓
Iso27001
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer–
Soc2
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Versioning model
Orq.aiUI hosted registry
PromptLayerGit native
Diff and rollback
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Deploy without redeploy
Orq.ai-
PromptLayer✓
Non engineer editing
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Multi model playground
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Ab testing
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
LLM judge or human eval
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Multi step flows
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Approval workflow
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Tracing included
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Self hostable
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Deployment model
Orq.aiManaged SaaS
PromptLayerManaged SaaS
Pricing model
Orq.aiUsage/seat based saas
PromptLayerUsage/seat based saas

What each one is

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

Orq.ai

Orq.ai is an AI gateway platform that routes requests across 500+ models from 30+ providers through a single OpenAI-compatible API. It includes built-in observability for tracing every request, governance tools for compliance and cost management, and support for managing agents. The platform supports cloud, hybrid, and on-premises deployment options.

Independently observed

PromptLayer

A platform combining prompt versioning, evaluation tools, and observability for LLM applications. It enables domain experts to test and refine prompts, track API usage and costs, and monitor application performance—all without changing application code.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Orq.ai

from €35/studio seat/moSubscriptionFree tier

Pay-as-you-go with 1M free requests/month (€35 per studio seat/month + 4% platform fee), or Enterprise with custom pricing

  • Pay-as-you-go€35/studio seat/month + 4% platform fee on top of provider costs. 1M requests/month free to start.
    • 500+ models from 30+ providers
    • OpenAI-compatible API
    • Full request tracing and observability
    • Cost and token tracking
    • Routing policies and fallbacks
    • +7 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom volume pricing
    • Enterprise SSO (Okta, Microsoft)
    • SAML/OIDC
    • Fine-grained RBAC
    • VPC and on-premises deployment
    • +4 more
as of verify ↗

PromptLayer

from $49/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Pro starts at $49/month, Team at $500/month, both with usage-based billing ($0.002–$0.003 per transaction). Enterprise custom pricing.

  • FreeFree
    • 5 Users
    • 2.5k/month Requests
    • 1 Workspace
    • 250/month Eval Cell Executions
    • 10MB max per Dataset
    • +1 more
  • Pro$49/month plus $0.003/transaction
    • Unlimited Playgrounds
    • Unlimited Workspaces
    • 150MB max per Dataset
    • Webhooks Included
    • Dedicated Support
  • Team$500/month plus $0.002/transaction
    • 25 Users
    • 100k+/month Requests
    • 7.5k+/month Eval Cell Executions
    • 1GB max per Dataset
    • Webhooks Included
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom limits on everything
    • Role Based Access Controls
    • Deployment Approvals
    • HIPAA with BAA
    • Flexible Hosting Options
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
CLI
Orq.ai✗
PromptLayer✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Self-hosted
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
On-premise
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Hybrid
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✓
Air-gapped
Orq.ai✓
PromptLayer✗

Integrations

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

In common (4)
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Vertex AI
  • OpenTelemetry

Orq.ai

15 total - 11 not shared
  • Google
  • Mistral
  • Azure AI Foundry
  • LiteLLM
  • LangGraph
  • OpenAI Agents
  • CrewAI
  • Vercel AI
  • VS Code
  • Slack
  • Teams
Independently observed

PromptLayer

8 total - 4 not shared
  • Pydantic AI
  • Google GenAI
  • AWS Bedrock
  • Azure OpenAI
Independently observed

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