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Weaviate vs Helicone

Open-source vector DB with hybrid search + modular embeddings
vs. Open-source LLM observability — 1-line integration via proxy

Weaviate websiteHelicone website

Pricing tiers

Weaviate

Sandbox (14-day trial)
14-day free trial. Shared cloud cluster. 250 Query Agent req/month.
$0 base (usage-based)
Self-Hosted (OSS)
BSD-3 licensed. Run free on your infra.
$0 base (usage-based)
Flex
From $45/mo pay-as-you-go. Shared HA cluster. 99.5% uptime. 30k Query Agent reqs/mo.
$45/mo
Premium
From $400/mo prepaid. Shared or dedicated. 99.95% uptime. SSO/SAML. Unlimited Query Agent. HIPAA on AWS.
$400/mo
Enterprise
Custom. BYOC / private deployment.
Custom
Weaviate website

Helicone

Hobby (Free)
10,000 requests/month. 7-day retention. 1 seat. Basic monitoring.
Free
Startup Discount
<2 years, <$5M funding: 50% off first year.
$0 base (usage-based)
Self-Hosted (OSS)
MIT-licensed. Run Helicone yourself for free.
$0 base (usage-based)
Pro
$79/month. 10k free + usage-based. Unlimited seats. Alerts, reports, HQL query language. 1-month retention.
$79/mo
Team
$799/month. 5 orgs, SOC-2 + HIPAA compliance, dedicated Slack, 3-month retention.
$799/mo
Enterprise
Custom MSA, SAML SSO, on-prem deploy, bulk discounts, forever retention.
Custom
Helicone website

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing sandbox on Weaviate vs hobby on Helicone.

MetricWeaviateHelicone
No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

Features

Weaviate · 13 features

  • BackupsS3, GCS, Azure Blob backup destinations.
  • BYOCRun managed Weaviate in your own cloud account.
  • Compression (PQ/BQ/RQ)Reduce vector memory footprint by up to 32x.
  • Dynamic IndexingHNSW + flat + dynamic index selection.
  • Generative SearchSearch + RAG answers in one API call.
  • Hybrid SearchCombine BM25 + dense vector search in one query.
  • Modular Vectorizers60+ plug-in vectorizers + generative AI modules.
  • Multi-TenancyPer-tenant isolated vector stores in one cluster.
  • Query Agent (AI)Agentic natural-language query generator.
  • RBACRole-based access control for collections + tenants.
  • ReplicationMulti-node async + sync replication.
  • Self-Host (OSS)BSD-3 licensed. Docker + k8s Helm.
  • Structured FiltersMetadata filters pre + post vector search.

Helicone · 16 features

  • AlertsThresholds on error rate, latency, cost, usage. Pro+.
  • Async LoggingLog AFTER the LLM call via SDK — zero added latency.
  • Cost TrackingAutomatic cost calculation per call by provider/model.
  • DashboardRequest tables, aggregate metrics, cost breakdowns.
  • EvaluatorsLLM-as-judge + custom evaluators on runs.
  • ExperimentsA/B test different models/prompts.
  • HQL (SQL over traces)Query your logged data with SQL. Pro+.
  • PII RedactionAutomatically scrub emails, credit cards, etc. from logs.
  • Prompt CachingCache identical requests → save money.
  • Prompts & VersionsStore + version + A/B test prompts.
  • Proxy Mode1-line integration via base URL swap. Captures all requests.
  • Rate LimitingPer-user + per-key rate limit policies.
  • ReportsScheduled email reports with KPIs.
  • Self-HostingDocker + k8s deployment.
  • SessionsGroup related calls (chat sessions, agent runs).
  • User MetricsPer-user cost + usage segmentation.

Developer interfaces

KindWeaviateHelicone
CLIHelicone CLI
SDKweaviate-client, weaviate-go-client, weaviate-java-client, weaviate-ts-clienthelicone (npm), helicone-python
RESTWeaviate REST APIAsync Logging API, Helicone Proxy, Query API (HQL)
GRAPHQLWeaviate GraphQL
MCPWeaviate MCP
OTHERWeaviate gRPCHelicone Dashboard, Webhooks
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