# Portkey AI Gateway: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 2 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/portkey-ai-gateway/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLM gateways and observability | 4% | 6 | 0% | 2 |
| AI governance platforms | 0% | 75 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Top Recommendation: Portkey AI Gateway (now part of Palo Alto Networks)" (Grok 4.1 Fast, LLM gateways)
- "I'd recommend Portkey as the strongest all-around choice" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, LLM gateways)
- "Portkey free (if you use an LLM API gateway) for budget control." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, AI governance)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- LLM gateways and observability: 0% to 4%, +4. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 6 of 69.
- AI governance platforms: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 75 of 135.

## In its own words

What Portkey AI Gateway's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Production Stack for Gen AI Builders (https://portkey.ai/)
- For: AI teams (https://portkey.ai/)
- Price stated: Free Forever; $49/month; Custom Pricing (https://portkey.ai/pricing)
- Starting price: 49 (https://portkey.ai/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Get started for free (https://portkey.ai/)
- Integrations claimed: 1600 (https://portkey.ai/)
- Certifications: HIPAA COMPLIANT, SOC2 Type 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2, ISO27001, SOC 2 compliance
- Customers named: Figg, Haptik, Qoala, Ario, Internet2, Snorkel AI, QA.tech, Perficient

## What it publishes

Every page portkey.ai exposes, read 2026-09-29: 2282 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 45 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- case study: 8 pages, 8 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 70 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 5 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-07-01
- glossary or explainer: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-04
- Recent: 2026-09-15 comparison: Portkey vs litellm https://portkey.ai/lp/portkey-vs-litellm
- Recent: 2026-09-15 case study: All https://portkey.ai/case-studies/all
- Recent: 2026-09-15 case study: Leading delivery platform https://portkey.ai/case-studies/leading-delivery-platform
- Recent: 2026-09-15 blog: Portkey ai info page https://portkey.ai/portkey-ai-info-page
- Recent: 2026-09-15 comparison: Openrouter alternatives https://portkey.ai/alternatives/openrouter-alternatives
- Recent: 2026-09-15 comparison: Litellm alternatives https://portkey.ai/alternatives/litellm-alternatives

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.