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Helicone vs Laminar

A like-for-like, spec-level comparison. Both entries are verified against their docs and repo.

Helicone

Proxy-based LLM observability with instant cost tracking.

  • + Fastest setup via a drop-in proxy
  • + Automatic cost and rate-limit tracking
  • − Eval features lighter than competitors
  • − Proxy model adds a hop

Laminar

Open-source observability and eval for AI agents.

  • + Open source with a Rust core for performance
  • + Built-in eval and datasets
  • − Smaller community
  • − Newer project
Spec Helicone Laminar
Category eval-observability eval-observability
License Apache-2.0 Apache-2.0
Open source Yes Yes
Self-hostable Yes Yes
MCP support No No
Pricing freemium freemium
Starting price Free tier Self-host free
Models multi multi
Languages typescript typescript, rust
GitHub stars 5.9k 3.0k
Last activity 2026-06-11 2026-06-25