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Helicone vs OpenRouter
Helicone or OpenRouter? 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, API, Official SDKs, Traces and evaluates
- Only Helicone states: Self-hosted
- Only OpenRouter 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.
OpenRouter
OpenRouter provides one API for accessing and routing requests across AI models from multiple providers.
Plans
Free
Free
- 25+ free models
- 4 free providers
- Chat and API access
- 50 requests/day
- Community support
Standard
- 5.5%
- 500+ models
- 80+ providers
- Budgets & Spend Controls
- Email support
- $25,000 of list price inference / month with no fees, 5% fee after
Business
- 8%
- 500+ models
- 80+ providers
- EU and US in-region routing
- Workspace limit: 1,000
- Email support
- $25,000 of list price inference / month with no fees, 5% fee after
Enterprise
Price on request
- 500+ models
- Custom workspace limit
- Managed Policy Enforcement
- SSO/SAML
- Contractual SLAs
- Dedicated support team
Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Choice of models — “500+ Models” source
- API — “Create an API key and start making requests.” source
- Official SDKs — “Client SDKs” source
- Builds agents and workflows — “Agent SDK” source
- Traces and evaluates — “Activity logs & export” source
Security
Latest updates
- Batch API: half-price inference by bundling requests
Batch API lets you bundle requests in one POST, receive results within 24 hours, and typically pay half the per-token price.