Keywords AI

Helicone vs Traceloop

Compare Helicone and Traceloop side by side. Both are tools in the Observability, Prompts & Evals category.

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Helicone
Helicone
Traceloop
Traceloop
CategoryObservability, Prompts & EvalsObservability, Prompts & Evals
Pricingopen-source
Best ForTeams already using Datadog/Splunk wanting LLM observability
Websitehelicone.aitraceloop.com
Key Features
  • OpenTelemetry
  • OpenLLMetry
  • Vendor-neutral
  • OTel integration

About Helicone

Helicone is an open-source LLM observability and proxy platform. By adding a single line of code, developers get request logging, cost tracking, caching, rate limiting, and analytics for their LLM applications. Helicone supports all major LLM providers and offers both proxy and async logging modes. Popular with startups for its generous free tier and simple integration.

About Traceloop

The OpenTelemetry standard for AI. Pipes LLM telemetry into Datadog, Splunk, or any OTel backend.

What is Observability, Prompts & Evals?

Tools for monitoring LLM applications in production, managing and versioning prompts, and evaluating model outputs. Includes tracing, logging, cost tracking, prompt engineering platforms, automated evaluation frameworks, and human annotation workflows.

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