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AI Infrastructure & MLOps Freemium

Helicone

Open-source AI gateway and observability platform for production LLM applications

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PricingFreemium
Starting price$79/mo
Free planYes
Free trialYes
APIYes
Open sourceYes
DeploymentHybrid
Last verifiedAugust 3, 2026
Overview

Tool overview

Helicone is listed under AI Infrastructure & MLOps AI tools.

Summary

What is Helicone?

Helicone provides an open-source AI gateway and LLM observability platform for routing, logging, cost analysis, caching, rate limits, experiments, and production monitoring. It offers a free Hobby plan, paid cloud plans, documented integrations, and self-hosted or on-premises deployment.

Best fit

Best for

AI engineering teams centralizing gateway control, tracing, and LLM cost visibility

Audience

Who is it for?

LLM platform engineersAI application developersSite reliability teamsOrganizations requiring self-hosted gateways
Recommendation

Decision note

Best for engineering teams that want an open-source gateway and observability layer with a managed-cloud upgrade path.

Capabilities

Key features

Open-source AI gateway across multiple model providers

Request tracing, cost analysis, sessions, and dashboards

Caching, rate limits, fallbacks, and routing controls

Cloud, Helm-based self-hosting, and on-premises deployment

Workflows

Use cases

Monitor production LLM requests and costs

Route traffic across model providers

Debug sessions, prompts, and latency

Self-host AI gateway infrastructure

Strengths

Pros

  • Hobby plan includes 10,000 free requests
  • Pro starts at $79 per month
  • Open-source components support self-hosting
Considerations

Limitations

Observability depends on routing requests or instrumenting applications correctly. Provider outages, model behavior, and sensitive-data controls remain the customer’s responsibility.

Cost

Pricing details

Pricing modelFreemium
Starting price$79/mo
Free planYes
Free trialYes
Pricing context

Billing options

Free Hobby planMonthly Pro plus usageMonthly Team plus usageCustom Enterprise pricing
Pricing context

Pricing note

Hobby is free with 10,000 requests and 1 GB storage. Pro costs $79 per month and Team costs $799 per month, both with a seven-day trial. Enterprise pricing is custom and includes on-premises deployment.

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Compatibility

Supported languages

  • English
Connectivity

Integrations

OpenAI

Anthropic

Azure OpenAI

OpenRouter

LiteLLM

OpenAI-compatible providers

Specs

Technical details

PlatformsWeb
Multilingual supportDepends on connected models and prompts
Login requiredYes
Open sourceYes
LicenseApache 2.0
DeploymentHybrid
CompanyHelicone, Inc.
Current versionContinuously updated cloud product
Models / versionsModel-provider agnostic observability and gateway platform.
Editions / plansHobby Pro Team Enterprise
Data confidenceHigh
Last verifiedAugust 3, 2026
Documentation → Source code → Data source →
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Helicone provides an open-source AI gateway and LLM observability platform for routing, logging, cost analysis, caching, rate limits, experiments, and production monitoring. It offers a free Hobby plan, paid cloud plans, documented integrations, and self-hosted or on-premises deployment.
AI engineering teams centralizing gateway control, tracing, and LLM cost visibility
The listed pricing model for Helicone is Freemium. Pricing can change, so users should verify the latest plan details on the official website.
Yes. The current profile indicates that a free trial is available.
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