Helicone vs TrueFoundry AI Gateway

Helicone8.7Visit TrueFoundry AI Gateway7.9Visit

Higher score Helicone #4 in Byok System 8.7/10 Free plan · 7-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Helicone

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TrueFoundry AI Gateway #8 in Byok System 7.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 3 features Visit TrueFoundry

• Helicone fits best

  Teams combining BYOK gateway and deep observability

• TrueFoundry AI Gateway fits best

  Enterprise gateway pilots with strong governance needs

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Side by side

Feature	Helicone 8.7/10 Visit ↗	TrueFoundry AI Gateway 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.7	7.9
Ranking	#4 in Byok System	#8 in Byok System
Best for	Teams combining BYOK gateway and deep observability	Enterprise gateway pilots with strong governance needs
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$79/mo	$25/user/mo (best)
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	7 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Community, Docs	Email, Live chat, Tickets, Community · 24/7
Compliance	SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO/SAML	SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Integrations	10 integrations	16 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Helicone 0/3 · TrueFoundry AI Gateway 0/3
Request routing	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Team key sharing	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Self-hosting	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Key storage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Supported providers	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Usage limits	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	OpenAI-compatible gateway supports 100+ models, with rate limits and fallbacks Traces requests and agent workflows, and tracks costs and evaluation scores Offers cloud and Docker-based self-hosted deployment	Routes across hosted and self-hosted models, with automatic fallbacks Combines quotas, budgets, rate limits, RBAC, and virtual accounts Offers cloud and private deployment options, including air-gapped environments
Cons	Hobby is limited to 10,000 free requests, 1 GB storage, 1 seat, and 1 organization Pro and Team subscriptions also have usage-based pricing Enterprise uses custom-built packages rather than a fixed listed price	The free Developer plan is limited to 3 users Developer includes 10,000 requests per user per month Pro includes 20,000 requests per user per month before additional charges
Our verdict	Helicone brings an LLM gateway and observability tools together for developers and teams building AI applications. It routes, logs, traces, and analyzes model requests, with dashboards for requests, sessions, users, prompts, datasets,… Read the review →	TrueFoundry AI Gateway gives applications a unified API for connecting to hosted and self-hosted language models. It is aimed at developers prototyping workflows, platform teams shipping AI services, and organizations managing multi-model… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Helicone — where it wins

  • OpenAI-compatible gateway supports 100+ models, with rate limits and fallbacks
  • Traces requests and agent workflows, and tracks costs and evaluation scores
  • Offers cloud and Docker-based self-hosted deployment

  Where it doesn't

  • Hobby is limited to 10,000 free requests, 1 GB storage, 1 seat, and 1 organization
  • Pro and Team subscriptions also have usage-based pricing
  • Enterprise uses custom-built packages rather than a fixed listed price

• TrueFoundry AI Gateway — where it wins

  • Routes across hosted and self-hosted models, with automatic fallbacks
  • Combines quotas, budgets, rate limits, RBAC, and virtual accounts
  • Offers cloud and private deployment options, including air-gapped environments

  Where it doesn't

  • The free Developer plan is limited to 3 users
  • Developer includes 10,000 requests per user per month
  • Pro includes 20,000 requests per user per month before additional charges

• Helicone8.7/10 · Free plan · 7-day trial

  Routes and analyzes model requests, with tracing, prompt tools, and cloud or self-hosted deployment.

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• TrueFoundry AI Gateway7.9/10 · Free plan

  A feature-rich gateway for teams that need model routing, usage controls, and deployment flexibility.

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