DifyvsPortkey

Full side-by-side comparison — features, pricing, platforms, and which one wins in 2026.

Dify

Automation Platforms

Open-source platform for building LLM applications visually

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Portkey

LLM APIs & Inference

AI gateway for reliable and fast LLM applications

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FeatureDifyPortkey
CategoryAutomation PlatformsLLM APIs & Inference
PricingFree + Cloud plansFree + Pro plans
GitHub Stars
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60k
6k
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, Windows, DockerWeb, Docker
Key Features
  • ✓ Visual builder
  • ✓ RAG engine
  • ✓ Agent framework
  • ✓ Workflow orchestration
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ API-first
  • ✓ AI gateway
  • ✓ Fallbacks
  • ✓ Load balancing
  • ✓ Caching
  • ✓ Observability
Pros
  • + Beautiful visual interface
  • + Built-in RAG pipeline
  • + Prompt engineering studio
  • + Self-hostable
  • + Multi-model support
  • + Automatic fallbacks
  • + Load balancing
  • + Request caching
  • + Observability built-in
  • + Open-source gateway
Cons
  • − Newer platform, still maturing
  • − Can be complex to self-host
  • − Limited advanced customization
  • − Cloud pricing can add up
  • − Added infrastructure layer
  • − Learning curve
  • − Some features need Pro
  • − Latency overhead
Tags
open-sourcelow-coderagagentsenterprise
gatewayreliabilityobservabilityapi

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