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Helicone vs LiteLLM
Helicone or LiteLLM? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In inglese
In short
- Both: Choice of models, Self-hosted, API, Official SDKs, Traces and evaluates
- Only LiteLLM states: Builds agents and workflows
Helicone
Helicone routes, monitors, debugs, and analyzes AI applications through an open-source gateway and observability platform.
Plans
Hobby
Free
- 10,000 free requests
- 1 GB storage
- 1 seat, 1 organization
Pro
- $79 per month
- Everything in Hobby
- Unlimited seats
- Alerts & reports
- HQL (Query Language)
Team
- $799 per month
- Everything in Pro
- 5 organizations
- SOC-2 & HIPAA compliance
- Dedicated Slack channel
Enterprise
Price on request
- Everything in Team
- Custom MSA
- SAML SSO
- On-prem deployment
- Bulk cloud discounts
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Choice of models — “Request Routing : Route by model, cost, or custom rules” source
- Self-hosted — “Now you can deploy our powerful observability platform directly within your own infrastructure with a single Docker command.” source
- API — “With this setup, any calls to the OpenAI Responses API will be automatically logged and monitored by Helicone.” source
- Official SDKs — “We’re thrilled to announce that we now have a Go SDK for Helicone’s Helpers Package .” source
- Traces and evaluates — “Built-in Observability : Full integration with Helicone’s analytics” source
Latest updates
- Claude Sonnet 4 and Sonnet 4.5 now support 1M context window
Sonnet 4 and Sonnet 4.5 models on the AI Gateway now support a 1M token context window by default across Anthropic API, AWS Bedrock, and Google Vertex AI.
- Control Reasoning Effort in Playground and better feedback on thinking models
Added the reasoning effort parameter, a minimal option, existing reasoning levels, and visual reasoning display when available.
- OpenAI GPT-5 Models Pricing and Playground Support
Added pricing for GPT-5, GPT-5-Mini, GPT-5-Nano, and GPT-5-Chat-Latest models across multiple providers.
LiteLLM
LiteLLM is an open-source AI gateway that provides one API for routing, monitoring, and governing access to many LLM providers.
Plans
Open Source
Free
- Free forever · self-hosted
- 100+ providers, one OpenAI API
- Virtual keys, users & teams
- Spend tracking
- Budgets + rate limits
- LLM fallbacks
Enterprise
Price on request
- SSO + SCIM
- OIDC / JWT auth
- Audit logs
- Secret managers + key rotation
- Org & team admins
- Multi-region control plane
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Choice of models — “Swap models without changing app code.” source
- Self-hosted — “Self-host the same open-source gateway behind 240M+ Docker pulls, in your own cloud or fully air-gapped.” source
- API — “One OpenAI-compatible API to 140+ providers and 1,800+ models.” source
- Official SDKs — “Python SDK to call 100+ LLMs in the OpenAI format.” source
- Builds agents and workflows — “Agent SDK that routes every turn to the right model, across providers.” source
- Traces and evaluates — “Langfuse, Arize Phoenix, LangSmith, and OTEL logging” source
Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “SOC 2 Type II. Our current report is available through the LiteLLM Trust Center .” source
- SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Type II. Our current report is available through the LiteLLM Trust Center .” source
Latest updates
- v1.102.0: Auto Router Controls, Native OCR & Gateway Reliability (v1.102.0)
Auto router controls, native OCR, gateway reliability
- Heuristic auto router, semantic MCP tool search, off-peak pricing (v1.101.0)
- Access group budgets, Together AI overhaul, custom auto-router tiers (v1.100.0)