Helicone vs Simple Observability

See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

Helicone

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USD · US · source: www.helicone.ai

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Hobby — Free	Free Free	Flat	Standalone · Free
Pro — Popular Highlighted	USD 79 monthly · USD 79 / month with annual commitment $79 per month	Flat · $79 per month	Standalone · Fixed

Simple Observability

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USD · US · source: simpleobservability.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Cloud	USD 3 monthly Paid Simple, predictable pricing for all your production servers. $3 / month per server Get Started ● 100 metrics per server ● High log volume ● Unlimited servers	Flat · per month	Standalone · Fixed

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

Helicone

Hobby — Free

Monitoring Requests: 10,000/mo

Included
Data Retention Storage: 1 GB

Included
Workspace & collaboration Seats: 1 seat, 1 organization

Included

Pro — Popular

Workspace & collaboration Seats: Unlimited

Included
Monitoring Alerts & reports: Included
Monitoring HQL (Query Language): Included
Data Retention Storage: 1 GB free + usage-based

Included
Data Retention Data retention: 1 month

Included
Data Retention Ingestion: 1,000 logs/min

Included
Data Retention API access: 60 calls/min

Included

Simple Observability

Cloud

Plan card ● 100 metrics per server: Included
Plan card ● High log volume: Included
Plan card ● Unlimited servers: Included

How their prices changed

Each dated row shows the public prices observed when that vendor’s pricing page changed.

Helicone

August 27, 2026 Source
- Hobby — Free: Free
- Pro — Popular: USD 79 monthly · USD 79 / month with annual commitment

Simple Observability

August 27, 2026 Source
- Cloud: USD 3 monthly