OpenRouter vs Portkey

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	OpenRouter Unified API across 300+ LLMs from many providers; one API key.	Portkey AI gateway: routing, caching, observability, guardrails across providers.
Category	routing	routing
Vendor type	commercial	hybrid
Pricing	usage	freemium
Strengths	+ Single API for hundreds of models + Easy A/B model swaps + Pay-as-you-go billing	+ Provider-agnostic gateway + Built-in fallbacks and caching + Open source with managed option
Tradeoffs	− Pricing markup vs direct provider	− One more hop in the request path
Used in stacks	0	2