Pick Helicone if
teams who will change one baseURL and then live in the request table.
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Our take
Pick Helicone if teams who will change one baseURL and then live in the request table. Pick Unkey if aPI teams who will stay on API Management Free $0 (150k valid requests, 1k keys, no card) while they issue a first keyspace, then buy Pro at $25/month when they need 250k requests and team workspaces — or start Deploy Starter at $5 when they also want the container host. Skip Helicone if orgs that already
Unkey
API-key + deploy desk
Best for
Helicone See the call and route the next one
Unkey Keys you start at $0 / 150k verifications, or Deploy from $5
Free plan
Helicone $0 · 10,000 requests / month. 1 GB storage. 1 seat, 1 organization
Unkey $0 · /month. 150k valid requests. 1k API keys. 1-day logs. 3-day audit. Unlimited APIs
Lowest paid
Helicone Pro $79/mo
Unkey Usage rates $0.000006944/mo
Next step up
Helicone
Unkey Starter $5/mo
Coding agent
Helicone Agent + Tab inside the editor
Unkey
Runs where
Helicone Hosted
Unkey
Watch out
Helicone $79 is the Pro platform fee, not a cap
Unkey Free API Management is 150k valid requests and 1k keys
Last checked
Helicone 2026-10-22 · helicone.ai/pricing
Unkey 2026-10-22 · unkey.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Unkey if
aPI teams who will stay on API Management Free $0 (150k valid requests, 1k keys, no card) while they issue a first keyspace, then buy Pro at $25/month when they need 250k requests and team workspaces — or start Deploy Starter at $5 when they also want the container host.
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