Helicone

Open-source LLM proxy for logging, monitoring, and analyzing all AI API calls

Best for: Teams wanting quick visibility into LLM costs and performance Not ideal for: Proxy adds small latency
Price Paid
Free plan Yes
For Developers
Level beginner
Updated Jan 2025
Category AI Agents
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Why choose Helicone

Helicone is an open-source LLM observability platform that acts as a proxy to log, monitor, and analyze all your LLM API calls. By routing through Helicone with a single line of code change, teams get detailed analytics on costs, latency, errors, and usage patterns across all their AI agent workflows.

  • +Single line integration
  • +Works with any LLM provider
  • +Great cost visibility
  • +Open-source option available
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Where it falls short

  • Proxy adds small latency
  • Storage limits on free tier
  • Less advanced eval tools vs LangSmith
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Best for these users

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Target audience
Developers, AI teams, cost-conscious builders
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Best for
Teams wanting quick visibility into LLM costs and performance
Skip if you need
Proxy adds small latency
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Pricing overview

Freemium Free plan: Yes

Free up to 100,000 requests/month. Pro starts at $20/month for up to 2M requests.

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Key features

LLM API proxy logging
Cost and latency analytics
Request and response storage
Custom metadata tagging
Prompt management
Caching to reduce costs
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The verdict

Helicone Freemium

Helicone is a solid choice for developers who need single line integration. At freemium, it delivers good value. Main caveat: proxy adds small latency. Compare with alternatives before committing.