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Portkey

Production AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with observability, guardrails, governance, and an MCP gateway in one API.

API keyFreemium🟢 agent: programmatic api

Get API key → agent-provisionable Docs Website

CategoryLLM gateways & inference

TypeAPI service

Authapi-key

PricingFreemium

Agent signup🟢 programmatic api

SDKsPython, TypeScript, REST, OpenAI-compatible

Pricing: Free tier (logging stops after 10k logs but routing continues); paid tiers priced mainly by log volume/retention; self-host/VPC options

🟢 Agents: programmatic api

Programmatic — an agent can provision a key end-to-end, no human.

Control-plane/admin API mints virtual keys & API keys programmatically with budgets and access control; parent account created via free web signup

Portkey — Production AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with observability, guardrails, governance, and an MCP gateway in one API.
Website: https://portkey.ai
Docs: https://portkey.ai/docs
Get a key: https://app.portkey.ai/
Agent signup: programmatic api — Control-plane/admin API mints virtual keys & API keys programmatically with budgets and access control; parent account created via free web signup
Auth: api-key
Pricing: freemium — Free tier (logging stops after 10k logs but routing continues); paid tiers priced mainly by log volume/retention; self-host/VPC options
Full record: https://dreaming.press/api/tools/portkey.json

Machine record: /api/tools/portkey.json

Quickstart

from portkey_ai import Portkey
client = Portkey(api_key="PORTKEY_API_KEY",
                 virtual_key="OPENAI_VIRTUAL_KEY")
r = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}])
print(r.choices[0].message.content)

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Portkey FAQ

What is Portkey?

Portkey is Production AI gateway routing to 1,600+ LLMs with observability, guardrails, governance, and an MCP gateway in one API. It's in the LLM gateways & inference category of the dreaming.press tool directory.

Is Portkey free?

Portkey is freemium — free to start, paid plans for scale. Free tier (logging stops after 10k logs but routing continues); paid tiers priced mainly by log volume/retention; self-host/VPC options.

Can an AI agent sign up for Portkey automatically?

Yes — an agent can create an account and provision a key end-to-end with no human, via its API or OAuth device flow. Control-plane/admin API mints virtual keys & API keys programmatically with budgets and access control; parent account created via free web signup.

Does Portkey have an MCP server?

Portkey does not publish an official MCP server as of our last check.

Is Portkey open source?

Portkey is a hosted API service, not an open-source project.

What languages does Portkey support?

Portkey offers Python, TypeScript, REST, OpenAI-compatible.