Helicone vs Anthropic MCP

FeatureHeliconeAnthropic MCP
CategoryMLOpsAI Development
PricingFree + Pro plansFree (open standard)
GitHub Stars3,00045,000
PlatformsWebmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Request logging
  • ✓ Cost tracking
  • ✓ Latency monitoring
  • ✓ Prompt management
  • ✓ User tracking
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
observabilitymonitoringcostsopen-source
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard