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Portkey

byPalo Alto Networks
in
4.6
Market Presence: Generative AI Engineering, Observability Platforms

Overview

Product Information on Portkey

Updated 19th April 2025

What is Portkey?

Managing visibility across all your LLM requests can be challenging. How do you trace and measure cost, latency, and accuracy? Portkey’s OpenTelemetry-compliant observability suite offers full control over your requests, while its analytics dashboards provide the insights needed to optimize performance. Logs:Records all your multimodal requests and responses, making it easy to view, monitor, and debug interactions. Tracing: Request tracing to help you monitor your applications throughout the lifecycle of a request. Analytics: A comprehensive view of 21+ key metrics to analyze data, spot trends, and make informed decisions. Filters: Streamline your data view with customizable filters. Custom Metadata: Enrich your LLM APIs with custom metadata. Assign unique tags for swift grouping and troubleshooting. Feedback: Add feedback values and weights to complete the loop. Budget Limits: Budget limits for your provider API keys to control application costs.

Portkey Pricing

Portkey has a generous free tier (10k requests/month) on our Dev plan — but, as you move to production-scale, you may benefit from Portkey’s Pro or Enterprise plans.

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Logs
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Overall experience with Portkey

Research and Development Associate
Gov't/PS/ED 5,000 - 50,000 Employees, Education
FAVORABLE

“Portkey Brings Much-Needed Structure to AI Operations”

5.0
Apr 9, 2026
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Data Analyst
250M - 500M USD, Transportation
CRITICAL

“Manual Updates Required Due to Lack of Easy Third-Party Integration Support”

3.0
Apr 9, 2026
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 7th December 2023

Palo Alto Networks is a global cybersecurity organization shaping the future of cloud-centric technology. The main business objective is to provide effective cybersecurity solutions, maintaining and valuing the digital way of life. It addresses the significant issue of maintaining digital security in an increasingly online-centric world. The company utilizes innovative approaches leveraging advancements in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. Offering an integrated platform and bolstering a burgeoning ecosystem of collaborators, it assures protection across various platforms including clouds, networks, and mobile devices. The organization envisions a progressively safe and secure digital world each day.

Company Details

Updated 1st July 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2005
Head office location
SANTA CLARA, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Website
http://www.paloaltonetworks.com

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Portkey Reviews and Ratings

4.6

(202 Ratings)

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  • Research and Development Associate
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Portkey Brings Much-Needed Structure to AI Operations

    5.0
    Apr 9, 2026
    My overall experience with Portkey has been quite positive. As someone who is not deeply technical, I was initially concerned about whether I would be able to navigate the platform effectively, but the onboarding process was smoother than expected. The dashboard is intuitive and well-organized, making it easy to get a clear picture of how our AI tools are being used without needing to dig into code or complex configurations. What stood out most was the visibility Portkey provides — being able to see costs, usage, and performance across different AI providers in one place is genuinely useful for keeping things organized and within budget. The reliability features, such as automatic fallbacks when a provider experiences downtime, also gave us confidence that things would keep running smoothly in the background without constant manual oversight. Customer support has been responsive and helpful whenever questions came up, which made a real difference in getting up to speed. That said, some of the more advanced features do have a learning curve, and the documentation could be more accessible for non-technical users in certain areas. Overall, Portkey delivers solid value as a centralized platform for managing AI operations. For teams looking to bring more structure and visibility to their AI usage without building everything from scratch, it is a worthwhile tool.
  • Research and Development Associate
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Portkey Brings Much-Needed Structure to AI Operations

    5.0
    Apr 9, 2026
    My overall experience with Portkey has been quite positive. As someone who is not deeply technical, I was initially concerned about whether I would be able to navigate the platform effectively, but the onboarding process was smoother than expected. The dashboard is intuitive and well-organized, making it easy to get a clear picture of how our AI tools are being used without needing to dig into code or complex configurations. What stood out most was the visibility Portkey provides — being able to see costs, usage, and performance across different AI providers in one place is genuinely useful for keeping things organized and within budget. The reliability features, such as automatic fallbacks when a provider experiences downtime, also gave us confidence that things would keep running smoothly in the background without constant manual oversight. Customer support has been responsive and helpful whenever questions came up, which made a real difference in getting up to speed. That said, some of the more advanced features do have a learning curve, and the documentation could be more accessible for non-technical users in certain areas. Overall, Portkey delivers solid value as a centralized platform for managing AI operations. For teams looking to bring more structure and visibility to their AI usage without building everything from scratch, it is a worthwhile tool.
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Portkey Likes & Dislikes

Like

What I like most about Portkey is the visibility it gives you into your AI usage. Before using it, there was very little clarity on how much was being spent, which AI tools were being used most, or what was actually happening behind the scenes. Portkey changes that completely. The dashboard brings everything into one place costs, usage, performance and makes it easy to understand at a glance without needing a technical background. A close second is the reliability factor. Knowing that if one AI provider goes down, Portkey automatically switches to another without any disruption is genuinely reassuring. It removes a lot of the anxiety around depending on AI tools for important work, and it means things keep running smoothly without needing someone to constantly monitor and intervene. The customer support has also stood out. The team is responsive and clearly invested in making sure users get value from the product, which is not always the case with software platforms. For someone who is not deeply technical, having that support available made a real difference in feeling confident using the platform. Overall, Portkey takes what could be a complicated and fragmented experience of managing AI tools and makes it feel manageable and even straightforward.

Like

What I like most about Portkey is the visibility it gives you into your AI usage. Before using it, there was very little clarity on how much was being spent, which AI tools were being used most, or what was actually happening behind the scenes. Portkey changes that completely. The dashboard brings everything into one place costs, usage, performance and makes it easy to understand at a glance without needing a technical background. A close second is the reliability factor. Knowing that if one AI provider goes down, Portkey automatically switches to another without any disruption is genuinely reassuring. It removes a lot of the anxiety around depending on AI tools for important work, and it means things keep running smoothly without needing someone to constantly monitor and intervene. The customer support has also stood out. The team is responsive and clearly invested in making sure users get value from the product, which is not always the case with software platforms. For someone who is not deeply technical, having that support available made a real difference in feeling confident using the platform. Overall, Portkey takes what could be a complicated and fragmented experience of managing AI tools and makes it feel manageable and even straightforward.

Like

What I like most about Portkey is the visibility it gives you into your AI usage. Before using it, there was very little clarity on how much was being spent, which AI tools were being used most, or what was actually happening behind the scenes. Portkey changes that completely. The dashboard brings everything into one place costs, usage, performance and makes it easy to understand at a glance without needing a technical background. A close second is the reliability factor. Knowing that if one AI provider goes down, Portkey automatically switches to another without any disruption is genuinely reassuring. It removes a lot of the anxiety around depending on AI tools for important work, and it means things keep running smoothly without needing someone to constantly monitor and intervene. The customer support has also stood out. The team is responsive and clearly invested in making sure users get value from the product, which is not always the case with software platforms. For someone who is not deeply technical, having that support available made a real difference in feeling confident using the platform. Overall, Portkey takes what could be a complicated and fragmented experience of managing AI tools and makes it feel manageable and even straightforward.

Dislike

Support for the end product (zed/opencode/goose) usually requires a huge amount of manual effort to keep the models up to date because you can't just select portkey from a drop down and put your key in like you can with so many other providers. models.dev or leveraging zed's Agent Client Protocol (ACP) would help a lot to smooth out the rough edges in using 3rd party tools.

Dislike

Support for the end product (zed/opencode/goose) usually requires a huge amount of manual effort to keep the models up to date because you can't just select portkey from a drop down and put your key in like you can with so many other providers. models.dev or leveraging zed's Agent Client Protocol (ACP) would help a lot to smooth out the rough edges in using 3rd party tools.

Dislike

Support for the end product (zed/opencode/goose) usually requires a huge amount of manual effort to keep the models up to date because you can't just select portkey from a drop down and put your key in like you can with so many other providers. models.dev or leveraging zed's Agent Client Protocol (ACP) would help a lot to smooth out the rough edges in using 3rd party tools.