Helicone alternatives
TL;DR: 12 companies doing similar work to Helicone in B2B, ranked by how closely they match what Helicone actually does — not just by category.
How this list was built: every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Helicone. They are scored on how closely their own description overlaps with Helicone's, and all facts shown come from the YC company records — nothing is estimated.
What are the best alternatives to Helicone?
| Alternative | What it does | Batch | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fithub | — | Winter 2010 | — | Inactive |
| Insoshi | — | Winter 2008 | — | Inactive |
| Preseen | The AI forecasting company for global macro events. | Summer 2025 | 1 | Active |
| Bluelight | Analytics, built for the trades. | Winter 2021 | 3 | Active |
| Interstate | Create & Share Product Roadmaps | Summer 2011 | 2 | Inactive |
| SolidStage | Sysadmin as a service. We make deploying, configuring, monitoring,… | Winter 2012 | — | Inactive |
| Chaos Genius | DataOps Observability Platform for Snowflake | Winter 2020 | 10 | Acquired |
| CreatorML | Foundation Model for Human Attention | Winter 2023 | 6 | Inactive |
| Freshplum | Analytics with action | Summer 2011 | 8 | Acquired |
| June | June is the new way to do product analytics | Winter 2021 | 6 | Inactive |
| Orbiter | ML models automatically monitor business performance | Winter 2020 | 3 | Inactive |
| Fulcrum | The agentic debugger for AI systems | Summer 2025 | 2 | Active |
Is Helicone still active?
Helicone has been acquired, which often means pricing, roadmap or support changes. That is the usual reason people start looking at this list.
How was this list put together?
Every company here is Y Combinator-backed and shares at least one category with Helicone. They are then ranked on how closely their own description overlaps with Helicone's, so the closest matches come first rather than whoever happens to share a tag.