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Portkey is a well-built AI gateway with good observability features. Forge provides a superset of Portkey capabilities -- adding three-layer memory, a seven-layer security pipeline, an agent builder, multi-agent orchestration, a marketplace, native micropayments, and enterprise compliance. If you only need a gateway with analytics, Portkey is solid. If you are building AI agents that need memory, security, and orchestration, Forge is the more complete platform.
Forge has unique advantages in 9 of 15 compared features.
Portkey is a well-built AI gateway with good observability features. Forge provides a superset of Portkey capabilities -- adding three-layer memory, a seven-layer security pipeline, an agent builder, multi-agent orchestration, a marketplace, native micropayments, and enterprise compliance. If you only need a gateway with analytics, Portkey is solid. If you are building AI agents that need memory, security, and orchestration, Forge is the more complete platform.
Switching from Portkey to Forge is straightforward. Forge exposes an OpenAI-compatible API, so migration typically involves three steps:
Update your base URL
Change your API base URL to https://optimaforge.ai/v1
Set your Forge API key
Generate a Forge API key from your dashboard and update your environment variable.
Configure provider keys
Add your existing provider API keys (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) to the Forge dashboard. Forge routes to them on your behalf.
Free tier includes 1,000 requests per month, full security pipeline, and semantic caching. No credit card required.