Helicone
Helicone is an open-source observability platform for large language models, providing logging, caching, and analytics for AI API calls.
Price: Freemium
Description
Helicone offers developers a comprehensive solution to monitor, manage, and optimize their interactions with large language models (LLMs). It acts as a proxy layer, capturing all API requests and responses, providing detailed logs, performance metrics, and cost analysis.
This tool is crucial for developers and engineering teams building AI applications, as it helps in debugging, improving model performance, reducing API costs through caching, and gaining insights into LLM usage. By being open-source, Helicone provides transparency and flexibility, allowing teams to self-host or use their managed service, making it a versatile choice for both startups and established enterprises.
How to Use
1.Sign up for Helicone or deploy the open-source version.
2.Integrate Helicone by changing your API endpoint to point to Helicone's proxy.
3.Make your LLM API calls as usual through the Helicone endpoint.
4.Access the Helicone dashboard to view logs, analytics, and performance metrics.
5.Configure caching rules to optimize costs and latency for repetitive calls.
Use Cases
LLM observabilityAPI cost optimizationAI application monitoringPerformance debuggingPrompt engineeringAI development workflow
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Provides comprehensive observability for LLM usage.
- Includes caching to reduce API costs and latency.
- Open-source nature offers transparency and self-hosting options.
- Easy integration with existing LLM applications.
- Offers detailed analytics for performance and cost optimization.
Cons
- Requires some technical setup for self-hosting.
- The managed service might have specific pricing tiers.
- Learning curve for advanced configuration.
Pricing
Open Source: Free to use and self-host
Free Plan: Includes 100,000 requests per month, 1-day data retention, basic logging and analytics
Pro Plan: $20 per month
Includes 1,000,000 requests per month, 30-day data retention, advanced analytics, custom caching
Enterprise Plan: Custom pricing
Includes unlimited requests, custom data retention, dedicated support, SSO, and advanced security
Free trial available for paid features.
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