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RunVouch vs Helicone
Helicone is an LLM gateway and observability layer: one proxy URL, then dashboards of requests and cost. RunVouch does not sit in the request path; it watches the scheduled job from outside.
| Helicone | RunVouch | |
|---|---|---|
| Per-request logs and cost dashboards | yes | no (cost per run and per day) |
| Requires routing LLM calls through a proxy | yes | no |
| Missed-run / dead man's switch | no | yes |
| Evidence the task was done | no | yes |
| Retry-storm alert | visible in logs | automatic |
| Hard cost cap that pauses the agent | rate limits per key | yes, per run and per day |
| Self-host | yes | yes (MIT) |
When to use which
Helicone answers "what did all my LLM calls look like". RunVouch answers "did last night's agent run, finish, prove it and stay under budget". If you only need the second, you do not need a proxy in the path.