PortkeyvsDSPy

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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DSPy

Developer Tools

Programming framework for LLMs — optimize prompts with code, not strings

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FeaturePortkeyDSPy
CategoryLLM APIs & InferenceDeveloper Tools
PricingFree + Pro plansFree (open-source)
GitHub Stars
6k
✓ More stars
22k
PlatformsWeb, Docker—
Key Features
  • ✓ AI gateway
  • ✓ Fallbacks
  • ✓ Load balancing
  • ✓ Caching
  • ✓ Observability
    Pros
    • + Automatic fallbacks
    • + Load balancing
    • + Request caching
    • + Observability built-in
    • + Open-source gateway
    • + Systematic prompt optimization
    • + Composable and testable LLM programs
    • + Works with any LLM provider
    • + Backed by Stanford NLP
    Cons
    • − Added infrastructure layer
    • − Learning curve
    • − Some features need Pro
    • − Latency overhead
    • − Steep learning curve
    • − Different paradigm from traditional prompting
    Tags
    gatewayreliabilityobservabilityapi

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