Helicone vs Recurse

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Helicone compared with Recurse
Detail	Helicone	Recurse
What it does	AI Gateway & LLM Observability	Build and deploy Agent MCP Apps
Stage	Not given	Growing
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	freemium	usage-based
Pricing	Not given	Not given
Key features	Request routing across multiple LLM providers Real-time monitoring and analytics dashboard Prompt management and playground Rate limiting and alerts Automatic fallbacks for LLM requests Response caching User tracking and sessions HQL query language Webhooks integration Data export capabilities	Run agents with Python tools Deploy agents as MCP servers Validate structured inputs and outputs Inspect run results and artifacts Secrets management 24-hour result retention
What makes it different	Works with multiple LLM providers unlike competitors focused on single ecosystems Open-source platform More cost-effective scaling than competitors Simple integration with single line of code	No subscription or idle charges for usage-based pricing Zero markup on model tokens Hosting included with deployment Available through MCP clients like Claude and Codex Full visibility into agent execution and results
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	73 no change since last check	35 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	26	11
Citation Flow (Majestic)	46	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	2986	39

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