LangWatch vs Helicone

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.

LangWatch OpenTelemetry-native LLMOps platform for tracing, evals and agents Visit Helicone LLM observability via drop-in proxy Visit
RECATOOLS Score 7.5 / 10 7.6 / 10
Capability 7.5 7
Value for money 8 8
Ease of use 7.5 8
ASEAN readiness 6.5 6
API quality 8 8
Pricing Freemium Open Source
Free tier
Paid from
Has API
Open source
Free to use
Users
Founded 2023
Maker
Verdict

LangWatch's most interesting move isn't a feature, it's the pricing shift it made in February 2026: away from per-trace billing (the model Langfuse and LangSmith both use, which can spike hard as usage grows) toward seat...

Helicone is a developer-focused observability platform for LLM apps, providing request logging, tracing, cost and latency tracking, caching, and prompt management with a one-line proxy or async integration. It is open-so...

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