Helicone vs LiteLLM

Helicone

6.8 #14 in AI Agent Observability Tools

About Helicone

LiteLLM

6.8 #10 in LLM Gateway Software

About LiteLLM
HeliconeLiteLLM
Free planYesYes
Free trialYesYes
Paid from$79/moFree
Open sourceNoNo
Platformsapi, self-hosted, Webapi, self-hosted, Web
Free planYesYes
Paid from79 /mo—
Fallback routing—Yes
Usage analytics—Yes
Self-hosted deployment—Yes
Budget controls—Yes
Virtual API keys—Yes

Both are listed in Best LLM Gateway Software. On Everything Xiaomi, Helicone scores higher on our published basis.