Helicone
LLM observability via drop-in proxy
Overview
Helicone provides LLM observability via a one-line proxy URL change — drop-in instrumentation for OpenAI, Anthropic and any OpenAI-compatible API. Logs requests, tracks costs, enables caching, exposes prompt-engineering analytics. Open-source core with a hosted SaaS tier; popular with seed-stage AI startups.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 19 May 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
Use cases
ASEAN Perspective
Helicone in Southeast Asia
ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).
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-source and self-hostable, with a generous free tier, making it an easy, low-friction add to any LLM stack across providers. It suits engineering teams that want visibility into spend and behaviour without heavy instrumentation.
Caveats: the proxy-based integration adds a network hop some teams prefer to avoid (the async route mitigates this), and deeper evaluation/experimentation features are less mature than dedicated eval platforms. It is purely a builder tool. Good docs and SDKs. Cloud or self-hosted, globally usable from ASEAN; self-hosting helps with any data-residency needs.
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