PortkeyvsCursor

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

Portkey

LLM APIs & Inference

AI gateway for reliable and fast LLM applications

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Cursor

Coding Assistants

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AI-first code editor built on VS Code

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FeaturePortkeyCursor
CategoryLLM APIs & InferenceCoding Assistants
PricingFree + Pro plansFree + $20/mo Pro
GitHub Stars
6k
✓ More stars
50k
PlatformsWeb, DockermacOS, Linux, Windows
Key Features
  • ✓ AI gateway
  • ✓ Fallbacks
  • ✓ Load balancing
  • ✓ Caching
  • ✓ Observability
  • ✓ AI autocomplete
  • ✓ Chat
  • ✓ Codebase-aware
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ Tab completion
  • ✓ Composer agent
Pros
  • + Automatic fallbacks
  • + Load balancing
  • + Request caching
  • + Observability built-in
  • + Open-source gateway
  • + Deep codebase understanding
  • + Built-in AI chat with file references
  • + Familiar VS Code interface
  • + Multi-model support (Claude, GPT-4, etc.)
  • + Fast tab completion
Cons
  • − Added infrastructure layer
  • − Learning curve
  • − Some features need Pro
  • − Latency overhead
  • − $20/mo for Pro plan
  • − Fork of VS Code (may lag behind updates)
  • − Can be resource-intensive
  • − Learning curve for AI features
Tags
gatewayreliabilityobservabilityapi
codingeditoridevscodeai-first

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