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OneRouter vs Portkey

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Free plan
Only Portkey (OneRouter has paid plans only)
Public API
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Portkey — 91 vs 69 for OneRouter
Best fit
OneRouter: Teams calling many different LLM providers who want one API and one invoice · Portkey: Teams calling several LLM providers who want a single API with fallbacks and caching
Status
Both up at our last check — OneRouter Sep 1, 2026, Portkey Oct 2, 2026

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

OneRouterUnified API and agentic router for 400+ LLMs across 100+ providers, billed through one account.PortkeyAI gateway that routes requests to 1,600+ models through one API, with caching, fallbacks, guardrails and observability.

Side by side

FactOneRouterPortkey
CategoryAI Gateways & RoutingAI Gateways & Routing
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at—$49/mo
Public APIYesYes
Trust score69 / 10091 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyInfron AIPalo Alto Networks
Launched20262023
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Oct 2, 2026

What our research says

OneRouter

OneRouter's pitch is one API and one bill for hundreds of models with automatic failover, plus an agentic layer that picks a model for you instead of you hardcoding one. The economics are transaction-fee-based rather than a flat subscription, so the actual savings depend on your usage pattern and how much you trust automatic model selection for cost-sensitive workloads.

Pros

  • Reaches 400+ models across 100+ providers through one API and one bill
  • Automatic failover between providers for reliability
  • Agentic layer factors in cost, performance, region, and latency per query
  • Model pricing is passed through at provider rates rather than marked up

Cons

  • Cost is transaction-fee-based ($0.35 plus 5% on credit purchases), not a flat, easy-to-budget subscription
  • No free tier mentioned
  • Letting the router choose a model automatically means less manual control over exactly which model handles a given request

Portkey

Portkey is a mature way to put one gateway in front of many model providers, with failover, caching and logging included. It suits teams running LLM apps in production that want cost and reliability controls without writing them. The acquisition by a security vendor is likely to steer the roadmap toward enterprise governance, so small teams should watch pricing and packaging.

Pros

  • Open-source MIT-licensed gateway that can be self-hosted
  • Routing, fallbacks, load balancing and semantic caching in one place
  • Free developer tier and a $49 production tier with published overage pricing
  • Observability, guardrails and prompt management on the same platform

Cons

  • The free tier is limited to 10,000 logs and is not meant for production
  • Brand and packaging are shifting under Palo Alto Networks' Prisma AIRS
  • Advanced governance, SSO and VPC hosting need the Enterprise plan

Which one fits

Choose OneRouter if you need

  • Teams calling many different LLM providers who want one API and one invoice
  • Applications wanting automatic failover if a provider has an outage
  • Users comfortable letting an agentic layer choose the model per request

Choose Portkey if you need

  • Teams calling several LLM providers who want a single API with fallbacks and caching
  • Platform teams that need guardrails, logs and access control around model usage

OneRouter vs Portkey: the questions people ask

Is OneRouter cheaper than Portkey?

Portkey starts at $49/mo. An entry price for OneRouter is not confirmed by us yet, so check its pricing page before you compare.

Does OneRouter or Portkey have a free tier?

Portkey has a free tier; OneRouter has paid plans only.

Which has a public API, OneRouter or Portkey?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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