OpenRouter vs Portkey
Two products, four fee layers. The cheaper one depends on whether you buy credits or bring your own keys, and on how many logs you keep.
gateway
OpenRouter
- Markup
- 0% (provider list price)
- Funding
- 5.5% Standard, 8% Business on credit purchases
- Own keys
- Standard and Business: first $25,000 a month of list-price inference free, then 5%
- Free tier
- 25+ free models; 50 requests a day on free models (Flatkey)
- Self-host
- no
gateway
Portkey
- Markup
- n/a (bring your own keys)
- Funding
- None
- Own keys
- Core model
- Free tier
- Developer: 10k recorded logs a month
- Self-host
- yes (MIT gateway)
Monthly bill, gateway credits
| List-price spend | OpenRouter | Portkey |
|---|---|---|
| $100 | $5.50 | $49 |
| $1,000 | $55 | $49 |
| $10,000 | $550 | $49 |
Monthly bill, own keys
| List-price spend | OpenRouter | Portkey |
|---|---|---|
| $100 | $0 | $49 |
| $1,000 | $0 | $49 |
| $10,000 | $0 | $49 |
100,000 logs a month, 3 seats, one request = one log. Use your numbers →