Helicone
Open-source LLM observability: log, trace, and analyze requests to AI providers. · Helicone · Observability
Overview
Helicone is an open-source LLM observability tool with a small free hosted plan.
Good fit
Use when you want simple LLM logging and cost tracking for a small app.
- solo developers
- LLM apps
Not a fit
Avoid if a team needs shared access on the free plan.
- teams
Quickstart · 3 steps
- Sign up at helicone.ai.
- Change your provider base URL or add the Helicone header.
- View requests in the dashboard.
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