helicone

The premium Open Source alternative to LangSmith

🎯 Best for:Teams requiring strict data privacy and cost transparency for LLM operations.
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What is helicone?

A self-hosted alternative to LangSmith that provides a middleware proxy for LLM requests. It captures detailed logs, latency metrics, and token usage with a single line of code integration.

Tech Stack
TypeScriptMonitoring & Logs

Why helicone?

  • High-performance ClickHouse backend
  • Real-time cost estimation
  • Simple proxy-based architecture

Limitations

  • Requires infrastructure management
  • Limited advanced evaluation suites
  • Proxy adds minor latency
3/5/2026
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
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$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
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