# LangChain vs Portkey

| Attribute | LangChain | Portkey |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 80.7 (70% (medium)) | 78.9 (76% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 18,663 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 145,063 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 2,967,570 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | LangSmith provides observability through tracing to debug agent behavior, evaluation capabilities to test and score agents with human review and automated assessments, and deployment services to run agents at scale. | A unified platform combining an AI gateway, observability dashboards, prompt versioning, governance controls, and guardrails. Enables teams to route requests across LLM providers, monitor costs and performance, securely manage API keys, and deploy production-ready prompts with version control. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"observability","evaluation":true,"a2a_support":true,"mcp_support":true,"open_source":true,"managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"pricing_model":"usage-based-saas","self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"deployment_model":"managed-platform","no_train_on_data":"unknown","streaming_output":true,"human_in_the_loop":true,"llm_observability":true,"prompt_management":true,"framework_agnostic":true,"multi_language_sdk":true,"memory_architecture":"persistent","orchestration_model":"multi-agent-sequential","tool_function_calling":true,"code_execution_sandbox":true,"model_provider_agnostic":true}` | `{"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}` |
| integrations.count | 1,000 | 1,600 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"Azure OpenAI"},{"name":"Azure AI Search"},{"name":"Microsoft Fabric"},{"name":"Azure Kubernetes Service"},{"name":"OpaquePrompts"}]` | `[{"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"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | - |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Developer","summary":"Free tier: 1 seat, 5k traces/month","features":["1 free seat","5k base traces/month","Tracing and analytics","Access to LangSmith platform"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Personal projects and single-seat usage","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"traces":"5k/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Plus","summary":"$39/seat/month + usage (LCU/LSU), 10k traces included, 1 free small deployment","features":["Unlimited seats","10k base traces/month","1 free small serverless deployment","Full tracing and analytics","Evaluation tools"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":39,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"LCU"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.5,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"LSU"},"kind":"metered","amount":1,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Teams with moderate usage and collaboration requirements","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"traces":"10k/month","serverless_deployments":"1 small free"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing, annual billing, includes premium support and white-glove onboarding","features":["Advanced administration","Dedicated support","Custom deployments","White-glove onboarding","Proactive monitoring","Premium SLA"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Advanced security, support, and custom deployment options","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional Serverless/Dedicated Deployments"}],"summary":"Free Developer plan (5k traces). Plus plan $39/seat/month. Enterprise custom. Usage-based pricing for compute (LCU=$1.50) and storage (LSU=$1.00).","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.langchain.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T12:42:05.738Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"seat","amount":39,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"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"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":39,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":49,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain%3D%3D1.3.17","date":"2026-08-25T02:40:53Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain==1.3.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-perplexity%3D%3D1.4.1","date":"2026-08-21T14:08:45Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-perplexity==1.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain%3D%3D1.3.16","date":"2026-08-20T14:35:30Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain==1.3.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-fireworks%3D%3D1.6.0","date":"2026-08-20T17:47:18Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-fireworks==1.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-anthropic%3D%3D1.6.1","date":"2026-08-20T14:06:49Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-anthropic==1.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-openai%3D%3D1.6.0","date":"2026-08-19T21:45:02Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-openai==1.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-core%3D%3D1.6.0","date":"2026-08-19T15:55:57Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-core==1.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-anthropic%3D%3D1.6.0","date":"2026-08-19T21:39:54Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-anthropic==1.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-openai%3D%3D1.5.2a1","date":"2026-08-18T01:51:38Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-openai==1.5.2a1"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-openai%3D%3D1.5.2","date":"2026-08-18T17:38:11Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-openai==1.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-core%3D%3D1.5.6","date":"2026-08-17T21:26:47Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-core==1.5.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-openrouter%3D%3D0.2.8","date":"2026-08-14T19:03:45Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-openrouter==0.2.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-openai%3D%3D1.5.1","date":"2026-08-14T15:47:44Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-openai==1.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-core%3D%3D1.5.5","date":"2026-08-14T18:56:41Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-core==1.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-openai%3D%3D1.5.0","date":"2026-08-13T13:15:00Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-openai==1.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-anthropic%3D%3D1.5.6","date":"2026-08-13T02:31:03Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-anthropic==1.5.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain%3D%3D1.3.15","date":"2026-08-11T19:11:09Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain==1.3.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-core%3D%3D1.5.4","date":"2026-08-11T18:03:10Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-core==1.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-anthropic%3D%3D1.5.5","date":"2026-08-11T19:16:55Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-anthropic==1.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/releases/tag/langchain-openai%3D%3D1.4.3","date":"2026-08-10T13:23:34Z","type":"stable","version":"langchain-openai==1.4.3"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.5 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.9 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":21,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=langchain&per_page=100","last_12m":2,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | - |

## Capabilities (MLOps & LLMOps Tools)

| Capability | LangChain | Portkey |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | LLM observability / eval | Model gateway / router |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hostable / OSS core | ✓ | ✓ |
| Managed cloud available | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-prem / VPC deployment | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Observability** |  |  |
| LLM tracing / observability | ✓ | ✓ |
| Evaluation (offline / LLM-judge / human) | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Dev** |  |  |
| Prompt management + versioning | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Tracking** |  |  |
| Experiment tracking / model registry | - | ✓ |
| **Serving** |  |  |
| Model serving / inference endpoint | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry / OpenLLMetry compatible | ✓ | - |
| Framework-agnostic | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Gateway** |  |  |
| Multi-provider model support | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Data** |  |  |
| No-train-on-customer-data guarantee | Unknown | Unknown |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:16:35.070Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*