Is Akoya or Portkey better?

Neither clearly leads. Akoya starts at On request and Portkey at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Akoya or Portkey?

Akoya starts at On request and Portkey at On request.

Does Akoya or Portkey run on more platforms?

Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.

What is Akoya best used for?

Akoya is most often used for a wealth management platform that needs fidelity brokerage holdings and tax lots, which cannot be scraped since fidelity closed that route in october 2023, a tax preparation product retrieving tax forms and cost basis directly from the institution rather than asking users to upload pdfs, a lender that needs a permissioning trail defensible under cfpb section 1033 rather than a credential-sharing arrangement, a bank that wants to meet data sharing obligations through one network connection instead of building and policing its own developer interface. Of those, a wealth management platform that needs fidelity brokerage holdings and tax lots, which cannot be scraped since fidelity closed that route in october 2023 and a tax preparation product retrieving tax forms and cost basis directly from the institution rather than asking users to upload pdfs are not what Portkey is typically brought in for.

What can Akoya do that Portkey cannot?

Akoya covers FDX standard APIs, Token-based access, Investment data, Accounts, balances and transactions.

APIs · head to head

Akoya vs Portkey

Akoya

APIs

Bank-owned, token-based open finance network that replaces screen scraping for US financial data

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Portkey

APIs

Observe, govern, and secure every AI interaction across your enterprise

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Akoya coverage reaches several thousand institutions but does not match aggregators that can still scrape, so applications needing the long tail of small credit unions will run a second data provider alongside it.; Portkey the free Developer tier records only 10,000 logs per month with 3 day log retention; the $49 per month Production tier raises that to 100,000 logs with $9 per additional 100,000 requests, as of August 2026.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Akoya and Portkey actually diverge.

Attributes where Akoya and Portkey differ
Attribute	Akoya	Portkey
Pricing model	quote	Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (APIs).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Akoya

FDX standard APIs
Token-based access
Investment data
Accounts, balances and transactions
Statements and tax forms
Customer identity
Consumer permission management
Single integration

Only in Portkey

Nothing recorded that Akoya does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Akoya

A wealth management platform that needs Fidelity brokerage holdings and tax lots, which cannot be scraped since Fidelity closed that route in October 2023not Portkey
A tax preparation product retrieving tax forms and cost basis directly from the institution rather than asking users to upload PDFsnot Portkey
A lender that needs a permissioning trail defensible under CFPB section 1033 rather than a credential-sharing arrangementnot Portkey
A bank that wants to meet data sharing obligations through one network connection instead of building and policing its own developer interfacenot Portkey

Portkey

Accessing 1,600+ language models through unified API gatewaynot Akoya
Monitoring and observing LLM behavior in production environmentsnot Akoya
Managing costs and setting budget limits for AI spendingnot Akoya
Implementing guardrails and PII redaction for secure AI interactionsnot Akoya

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Akoya

Coverage reaches several thousand institutions but does not match aggregators that can still scrape, so applications needing the long tail of small credit unions will run a second data provider alongside it.
The network is owned by large banks, so roadmap and coverage priorities reflect owner interests rather than those of the fintechs consuming the data, and a recipient has no leverage over which institutions are added next.
Data availability is decided institution by institution, meaning a bank may expose balances but not transactions or investments, and recipients must verify field-level coverage per institution rather than assume the FDX model is fully populated.
Pricing is unpublished and usage based, which makes it difficult to compare against aggregator pricing during a build-versus-buy decision and forces a sales cycle before you can model cost.
The token model requires the institution to have implemented its side, so newly onboarded institutions arrive on the institution timetable, not yours, and a launch dependent on a specific bank can slip badly.

Portkey

The free Developer tier records only 10,000 logs per month with 3 day log retention; the $49 per month Production tier raises that to 100,000 logs with $9 per additional 100,000 requests, as of August 2026.

Pricing, plan by plan

Akoya

On request

Akoya Data Access$undefined/year
- Usage-based pricing quoted by data product and call volume
- Separate commercial terms for data recipients and for financial institutions joining the network
- No published rate card

Portkey

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Portkey review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Akoya if

You need fdx standard apis.
You also want token-based access.

Akoya review

Choose Portkey if

Nothing in the data separates Portkey from Akoya on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Portkey review

Questions people ask

Is Akoya or Portkey better?: Neither clearly leads. Akoya starts at On request and Portkey at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Akoya or Portkey?: Akoya starts at On request and Portkey at On request.
Does Akoya or Portkey run on more platforms?: Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Akoya best used for?: Akoya is most often used for a wealth management platform that needs fidelity brokerage holdings and tax lots, which cannot be scraped since fidelity closed that route in october 2023, a tax preparation product retrieving tax forms and cost basis directly from the institution rather than asking users to upload pdfs, a lender that needs a permissioning trail defensible under cfpb section 1033 rather than a credential-sharing arrangement, a bank that wants to meet data sharing obligations through one network connection instead of building and policing its own developer interface. Of those, a wealth management platform that needs fidelity brokerage holdings and tax lots, which cannot be scraped since fidelity closed that route in october 2023 and a tax preparation product retrieving tax forms and cost basis directly from the institution rather than asking users to upload pdfs are not what Portkey is typically brought in for.
What can Akoya do that Portkey cannot?: Akoya covers FDX standard APIs, Token-based access, Investment data, Accounts, balances and transactions.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Akoya: Who owns Akoya?

A group of large US banks. It was spun out of Fidelity, which is why Fidelity data access runs through it.

Portkey: What happens if I exceed my Portkey plan's request limit?

Production tier ($49/month) charges $9 per additional 100,000 requests beyond the included 100,000. Enterprise customers have custom limits determined through their service agreement. Source: https://portkey.ai/pricing

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Akoya: Is Akoya screen scraping?

No. It uses FDX standard APIs with OpenID Connect tokens, so credentials are never shared with or stored by the data recipient.

Portkey: Can I self-host Portkey to avoid per-request billing?

Yes. Portkey offers an Open Source self-hosted version with unlimited requests at no cost, including universal API, routing, guardrails, and load balancing features. Source: https://portkey.ai/pricing

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Akoya: Can we use Akoya alone instead of an aggregator?

Usually not. Its investment and large-institution coverage is excellent, but the long tail of smaller institutions is thinner, so most teams run both.

Portkey: How long does Portkey retain my logs and metrics?

Free Developer tier retains logs 3 days and metrics 30 days. Production tier retains logs 30 days and metrics 90 days. Enterprise tier offers custom retention periods. Source: https://portkey.ai/pricing

Source

Akoya: Does it help with CFPB section 1033?

It is designed around it, providing tokenised permissioned access and consumer revocation rather than credential sharing.

Portkey: What compliance features are included in the Enterprise plan?

Enterprise tier includes SOC2 Type 2 certification, GDPR compliance, HIPAA compliance, VPC hosting, SSO, advanced guardrails, and dedicated support. Custom pricing required. Source: https://portkey.ai/pricing

Source

Akoya vs Portkey

Akoya

Portkey

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Akoya

Only in Portkey

What people use each for

Akoya

Portkey

Where each one falls short

Akoya

Portkey

Pricing, plan by plan

Akoya

Portkey

Which should you pick?

Choose Akoya if

Choose Portkey if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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