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Helicone vs LiteLLM: catalog facts
Helicone	LiteLLM
Freemium Hosted plans start with a 7-day free trial and no credit card; the open-source code can be…	Free Free to download and self-host.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Logs and analyses LLM requests in one place Tracks costs across providers	One OpenAI-style API for over 100 providers Cost tracking, load balancing and logging built in
Recently joined Mintlify, so its roadmap is uncertain Hosted version is a paid service after the trial	You run and maintain the gateway yourself Aimed at developers and teams rather than end users
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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