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Portkey AI

AI gateway with routing, fallbacks, and observability

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★4.6ratingPricing · FreemiumHot
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.6
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

AI Models AI has a narrow moat on average, from the moat scores of its rated products. What protects AI Models AI tools, and the widest moats

The Brief

What Portkey AI does

Portkey routes LLM requests across 200+ models with automatic fallbacks, load balancing, semantic caching, and full observability — a single API for all your AI providers.

How Portkey AI compares with its closest alternatives

4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Portkey AI does. All 5 offer an API, as Portkey AI does. Portkey AI offers a web app. Of the 3 alternatives with platforms on record, all 3 offer a web app. Portkey AI was founded in 2023; the alternatives were founded between 2021 and 2023, 1 of them earlier. Portkey AI is based in San Francisco, United States; 4 of its 5 alternatives are in the United States too, and the others in France.

Market position · AI Models

How Portkey AI compares in AI Models

Portkey AI has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 455 live AI Models tools on FalcoScan. Across AI Models, the average opportunity score is 74.6 and the average saturation score 30.5. FalcoScan rates Portkey AI's own market position as open. 200 of the 455 operating AI Models tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 13 shutdowns in the category.

Portkey AI compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Portkey AIFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
OpenRouterFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
HeliconeFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateOpenFreemium—YesYesWebHot
OpenRouter ModelsFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPIHot
Bedrock ConverseFounded 2023 · Seattle, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoYesAPIHot
Eden AIFounded 2021 · Lyon, FranceHighContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIDeclining

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in AI Models.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Portkey AI exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
RoutingCost OptimizationCaching
Industry Verticals
Technology
Tagged

Portkey AI shows up when builders search for these

ai-gatewayroutingfallbacksmulti-modelcaching
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Questions

Portkey AI: common questions

Is Portkey AI free?

Portkey AI has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Portkey AI?

The closest alternatives to Portkey AI that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are OpenRouter, Helicone, OpenRouter Models, Bedrock Converse, and Eden AI.

Is Portkey AI still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Portkey AI as operating at portkey.ai.

Where is Portkey AI based?

Portkey AI is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Portkey AI have an API?

Yes. Portkey AI offers an API.

Who is Portkey AI for?

Portkey AI is built for developers, enterprises, and ai builders.

How do I sign in to Portkey AI?

Sign in on Portkey AI's own website, portkey.ai. FalcoScan reviews Portkey AI but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Portkey AI directly.

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