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Helicone vs Lunary

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

Lunary

Open-source LLM observability and prompt management.

  • + Lightweight and self-hostable
  • + Clean prompt-management UI
  • − Smaller community
  • − Eval features basic
Spec Helicone Lunary
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
GitHub stars 5.9k —
Last activity 2026-06-11 —