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title: "Composio vs Portkey | Agent MCP Directory"
description: "Composio vs Portkey: one sourced difference and a verdict for product engineers, platform leads and agent builders. Read 4 November 2026."
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last_updated: 2026-11-05
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# Composio vs Portkey | Agent MCP Directory

> Composio vs Portkey: one sourced difference and a verdict for product engineers, platform leads and agent builders. Read 4 November 2026.

Source: https://agentmcpdirectory.com/compare/composio-vs-portkey
Site: Agent MCP Directory
Last reviewed: 2026-11-05

# Composio vs Portkey

Product engineer: Composio when you lack the tools; Portkey when you have them and need control. Developer-platform lead: Portkey adds central logs; Composio adds managed auth. Agent builder: Both scope tools per user or per server. Composio both hosts tools and holds app credentials; Portkey sits in front of servers you or others host and injects credentials per server.

## The sourced difference

Composio both hosts tools and holds app credentials; Portkey sits in front of servers you or others host and injects credentials per server. (Composio: [Composio MCP quickstart](https://docs.composio.dev/docs/mcp-quickstart), read 5 November 2026; Portkey: [Portkey MCP Gateway docs](https://portkey.ai/docs/product/mcp-gateway), read 5 November 2026)

## Verdicts by reader

| Reader | Verdict |
| --- | --- |
| Product engineer | Composio when you lack the tools; Portkey when you have them and need control. |
| Developer-platform lead | Portkey adds central logs; Composio adds managed auth. |
| Agent builder | Both scope tools per user or per server. |

## Side by side on the rubric

| Dimension | Composio | Portkey |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote transport | HTTP | not read |
| OAuth with client registration | Composio holds app OAuth | not read |
| Per-tool auth scoping | yes, allowed_tools | not read |
| Hosting and scale limits | 2,000 to 10,000 requests a minute | not read |
| Observability | not detailed on these pages | per tool call logs |
| Pricing | 0 / 29 USD / custom | free / 49 USD / custom |
| Registry submission | not a registry | not read |
| Discoverability by agents | session-based tool discovery | not read |
| Own server in the registries | yes | not read |

Evidence for every cell is on the profiles: [Composio](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/composio/) and [Portkey](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/portkey/).

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## Sources

-   [Composio MCP quickstart](https://docs.composio.dev/docs/mcp-quickstart), read 5 November 2026
-   [Portkey MCP Gateway docs](https://portkey.ai/docs/product/mcp-gateway), read 5 November 2026
-   [Composio: composio.dev/pricing](https://composio.dev/pricing), read 4 November 2026
-   [Composio: registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=io.github.ComposioHQ%2Fcomposio), read 4 November 2026
-   [Portkey: portkey.ai/pricing](https://portkey.ai/pricing), read 4 November 2026

Last reviewed 5 November 2026