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Laminar vs Helicone: catalog facts
LaminarHelicone
Free

Free and open source under Apache 2.0; a managed platform is offered at laminar.sh.

Freemium

Hosted plans start with a 7-day free trial and no credit card; the open-source code can be…

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Automatic tracing for many agent frameworks and model APIs
  • Evals that run locally or in CI with a comparison UI
  • Logs and analyses LLM requests in one place
  • Tracks costs across providers
  • Requires adding its SDK to your application
  • Self-hosting involves running several services including ClickHouse
  • Recently joined Mintlify, so its roadmap is uncertain
  • Hosted version is a paid service after the trial
Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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