Upstash vs Helicone

Upstash

Helicone

Upstash · 12 features

• Cron (via QStash) — Scheduled HTTP callbacks on any interval.
• Edge-Ready — Native for CF Workers, Vercel Edge, Deno, Bun.
• Global Database — Multi-region Redis reads.
• HTTP REST APIs — Every product has REST — works from edge runtimes.
• QStash — HTTP-based message queue + cron scheduler for webhooks.
• QStash Webhooks — Outgoing webhook delivery with retries + DLQ.
• Read Regions — Add read replicas in any region ($5/mo each).
• @upstash/ratelimit — Redis-backed rate limiter lib.
• Upstash Redis — Serverless Redis with HTTP REST + RESP TCP.
• Upstash Search — Full-text + semantic search engine.
• Upstash Vector — Serverless vector DB with REST API. HNSW indexing.
• Upstash Workflow — Durable workflow runtime built on QStash.

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.