Portkey

What is Portkey?

Portkey is a tool for LLM gateway and API management, focused on AI gateway routing, model selection, and cost control. It is aimed at developers, AI engineers, and platform teams, and it works best when you need model routing, cost control, request logging, and provider fallback in a workflow that needs to stay repeatable, reviewable, or easy to hand off. The source data lists it as free trial. It is offered through API or cloud access, with developer integration support. That makes it easier to evaluate on a budget without assuming a fixed package or exact commercial terms that may change later. In day-to-day use, it is most relevant for API routing, fallback policies, cost control, and request observability and for teams that want a structured starting point before they commit to a deeper platform choice. The main caution is that routing policies and fallback logic should be tested before production; integration details matter more than any generic feature list. For production, security, or customer-facing work, a human review step and a small pilot still matter.