Pusher vs Helicone

Pusher

Helicone

Pusher · 11 features

• Beams — Push notifications for iOS/Android/Web with device interest groups.
• Beams Authenticated Users — Target users by auth user ID across devices.
• Channels — WebSocket pub/sub — realtime events, live updates, notifications.
• Channels Webhooks — Receive server-side notifications of channel activity.
• Client Events — Publish events from clients directly (triggered from browser).
• Debug Console — Live channel debugging dashboard.
• Encrypted Channels — End-to-end encrypted messages.
• Global Clusters — US, EU, AP-Southeast, etc. Pick nearest region.
• Presence Channels — Track who is online in a channel.
• Private Channels — Auth-required channels with server-signed tokens.
• Stats — Connection / message dashboards.

Helicone · 16 features

• Alerts — Thresholds on error rate, latency, cost, usage. Pro+.
• Async Logging — Log AFTER the LLM call via SDK — zero added latency.
• Cost Tracking — Automatic cost calculation per call by provider/model.
• Dashboard — Request tables, aggregate metrics, cost breakdowns.
• Evaluators — LLM-as-judge + custom evaluators on runs.
• Experiments — A/B test different models/prompts.
• HQL (SQL over traces) — Query your logged data with SQL. Pro+.
• PII Redaction — Automatically scrub emails, credit cards, etc. from logs.
• Prompt Caching — Cache identical requests → save money.
• Prompts & Versions — Store + version + A/B test prompts.
• Proxy Mode — 1-line integration via base URL swap. Captures all requests.
• Rate Limiting — Per-user + per-key rate limit policies.
• Reports — Scheduled email reports with KPIs.
• Self-Hosting — Docker + k8s deployment.
• Sessions — Group related calls (chat sessions, agent runs).
• User Metrics — Per-user cost + usage segmentation.