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Portkey AI GatewayHelicone
Freemium

The gateway is free and open source under MIT; Portkey sells hosted and enterprise…

 Freemium

Hosted plans start with a 7-day free trial and no credit card; the open-source code can be…

Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • One API for a large number of model providers
  • Automatic retries, fallbacks and load balancing
  • Logs and analyses LLM requests in one place
  • Tracks costs across providers
  • Aimed at developers building AI applications, not end users
  • Version 2.0 is still a pre-release
  • Recently joined Mintlify, so its roadmap is uncertain
  • Hosted version is a paid service after the trial
Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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