PortkeyvsPerplexity

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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Perplexity

AI Search

AI-powered search engine with real-time citations

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FeaturePortkeyPerplexity
CategoryLLM APIs & InferenceAI Search
PricingFree + Pro plansFree + Pro $20/mo
GitHub Stars
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PlatformsWeb, DockerWeb, iOS, Android
Key Features
  • ✓ AI gateway
  • ✓ Fallbacks
  • ✓ Load balancing
  • ✓ Caching
  • ✓ Observability
  • ✓ Real-time search
  • ✓ Citations
  • ✓ Follow-up questions
  • ✓ File upload
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Collections
Pros
  • + Automatic fallbacks
  • + Load balancing
  • + Request caching
  • + Observability built-in
  • + Open-source gateway
  • + Answers with cited sources
  • + Real-time web search
  • + Clean, fast interface
  • + Pro Search for deeper research
  • + Free tier available
Cons
  • − Added infrastructure layer
  • − Learning curve
  • − Some features need Pro
  • − Latency overhead
  • − $20/mo for Pro features
  • − Sometimes hallucinates sources
  • − Limited for non-search tasks
  • − API pricing can add up
Tags
gatewayreliabilityobservabilityapi
searchresearchcitationswebapi

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