# Portkey vs Traceloop

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Portkey

| Attribute | Portkey | Traceloop |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 78.9 (74% (medium)) | 61.4 (72% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"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}]` | `[{"answer":"A set of OpenTelemetry-based extensions that provides monitoring and observability for large language model applications, with built-in integrations for popular LLM providers and vector databases. It is indexed under Llm Observability.","source":"https://traceloop.com","question":"What is Traceloop?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Traceloop is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Paid editions are also offered: Enterprise, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://traceloop.com/pricing","question":"Is Traceloop free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Traceloop. 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://traceloop.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Traceloop support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Traceloop can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://traceloop.com","question":"Can Traceloop be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 30 integrations for Traceloop, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Bedrock, Ollama, Watsonx, Cohere and Mistral AI, plus 22 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://traceloop.com","question":"What does Traceloop integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Traceloop. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Traceloop not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://traceloop.com/pricing","question":"What security certifications does Traceloop have?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A high-performance gateway that centralizes LLM request routing and tracing across multiple providers through an OpenAI-compatible API, featuring integrated OpenTelemetry observability and optional PostgreSQL-backed dynamic configuration. |
| features.capabilities | `{"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}` | `{"pricing_model":"pay_per_10k_traces","architecture_model":"managed_cloud_saas","mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"production_ab_testing_of_system_prompts":true,"token_cost_and_latency_waterfall_charts":true,"prompt_playground_and_in_dashboard_replay":true,"multi_step_agentic_workflow_distributed_tracing":true,"opentelemetry_openllmetry_native_export_support":true,"native_integration_with_langchain_and_llamaindex":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1,600 | 20 |
| integrations.list | `[{"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}]` | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Gemini"},{"name":"Bedrock"},{"name":"Ollama"},{"name":"Watsonx"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"Mistral AI"},{"name":"together.ai"},{"name":"Pinecone"},{"name":"Chroma"},{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"LlamaIndex"},{"name":"CrewAI"},{"name":"Grafana Tempo"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"AWS Marketplace"},{"name":"GCP Marketplace"},{"name":"Azure Marketplace"},{"name":"Qdrant","native":true,"category":"vector_db","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Weaviate","native":true,"category":"vector_db","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Datadog","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Honeycomb","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Google Cloud","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AWS","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"New Relic","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Dynatrace","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Oracle Cloud","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Tencent Cloud","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry Collector","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Service Now Cloud Observability","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Google Cloud AI Platform","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"PostgreSQL","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free up to 50K spans/month with 5 seats and 24 hour data retention","features":["Monitoring Dashboard","Evaluation Dashboard","CI/CD integration","Prompt Management"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"seats":"5","spans":"50k/mo","data_retention":"24 hours"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing for over 50K spans/month with unlimited seats and custom data retention","features":["SOC 2 Compliance","On-prem deployment option","Dedicated slack support"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier with up to 50K spans/month. Enterprise custom pricing. 14-day free trial.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://traceloop.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T21:51:37.614Z","freeTrialDays":14,"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | mid | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":49,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"GDPR","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://portkey.ai/features/security-compliance | - |

## Capabilities (Llm Observability)

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

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:28:19.903Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*