Pricingby GlyphHelicone
Independent gateway · no token markup · BYOK 0% · hosted or self-host · open source
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What it costs on real workloads
| Model | Direct | Through Helicone |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $1,000vs $1,000 direct | |
| $440.00 | $440.00vs $440.00 direct | |
| $550.00 | $550.00vs $550.00 direct | |
| $600.00 | $600.00vs $600.00 direct | |
| $400.00 | Not offered | |
| $400.00 | Not offered | |
| $150.00 | Not offered | |
| $10.50 | Not offered |
100M input and 20M output tokens a month, paying with gateway credits. A dash: not on its model list.
Carries 58 of the models tracked here, from its own model catalog, checked Nov 9, 2026.
About Helicone
Open source LLM observability platform with an OpenAI-compatible AI gateway that logs, caches and fails over requests across providers.
- Fee on tokens
- None
- Pricing model
- 0% markup on credits; plans by requests and seats (Pro $79 a month)
- Bring your own key
- 0% fee
- Entry plan
- Pro, $79/mo
- Hosting
- Hosted or self-host
- License
- Apache 2.0
Features stated: Fallbacks, Caching, Guardrails, Observability, Rate limits, Prompts, OpenAI-compatible, Bring your own key. Not stated: Load balancing, Budgets, Data residency, Private networking.
The terms, in their words
- Markup
- Gateway docs state 0% markup on credits.
- Free tier
- Hobby: 10,000 free requests, 1 GB storage
- Providers
- 100+ LLM providers
- 0% markup
- Pro: $79 per month; Team: $799 per month
- 10,000 free requests
Source: www.helicone.ai/pricing
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