Pick Portkey if
platform teams who will put a gateway in front of several providers and pay when logs exceed 10k.
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Our take
Pick Portkey if you're on a platform team who will put a gateway in front of several providers and pay when logs exceed 10k. Pick Respan if you're on a team who will stay on Free at $0 (100k logs, 1k scores) while they open a first All logs, then Team at $199/month yearly when they need unlimited prompts or a SOC 2 report. Skip Portkey if you're solo builders who only need a request table and a $0 Hobby card
Best for
Portkey Route and observe production LLM calls
Respan One router with a public Free $0 / Team $199
Free plan
Portkey $0 · for the gateway. Universal API, retries, routing, basic dashboard. Community support
Respan $0 · full platform. 100k logs. 1k scores. 5 datasets. 2 evaluators. 5 prompts. Gateway 412 req/min. No card
Lowest paid
Portkey Production $49/mo
Respan Team $199/mo yearly
Next step up
Portkey
Respan HIPAA add-on $249/mo
Runs where
Portkey Local or hosted
Respan Local or hosted
Watch out
Portkey Developer drops logs after 10k
Respan Team $199 is yearly billing
Last checked
Portkey 2026-10-22 · portkey.ai/pricing
Respan 2026-10-27 · respan.ai/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Respan if
teams who will stay on Free at $0 (100k logs, 1k scores) while they open a first All logs, then Team at $199/month yearly when they need unlimited prompts or a SOC 2 report.
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