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          "SDKs were MIT licensed and the Python source is still public at github.com/baserun-ai/baserun-py",
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          "Python SDK defaults to https://app.baserun.ai, so old installs keep trying to send trace data there",
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          "Don't install `baserun` from PyPI or npm. Nothing answers behind it",
          "Delete the SDK init call and `BASERUN_API_KEY` from existing code rather than leaving it to fail",
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        "http": "# Retired. baserun.ai and api.baserun.ai no longer answer.\npip install baserun   # or: npm i baserun"
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          "item": "Pro plan (discontinued)",
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          "Legal entity from the SDK licence (MIT, copyright 2023 Mochi Labs, Inc.) on PyPI and in github.com/baserun-ai/baserun-py",
          "app.baserun.ai serves an expired certificate, api.baserun.ai doesn't resolve, and baserun.ai failed the TLS handshake for /.well-known/security.txt on 2026-10-01",
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      "category": "agent-observability",
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        {
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        "obs.datasets",
        "obs.evals"
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        "self-hosted",
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        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
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          "Per-plan ingestion and API rate limits published on the pricing page",
          "OpenAPI for the gateway, a Swagger file for the REST API and an llms.txt",
          "Free Hobby plan with 10,000 requests a month and no card"
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          "Maintenance mode since March 2026, changelog silent since 26 November 2025, and Experiments, Realtime and self-serve upgrades removed on 30 August 2026",
          "The status page has no incident history, leaves out the AI Gateway and doesn't mention the four-day outage of 14 to 18 May 2026",
          "Helicone credits need a per-organisation switch since 25 August 2026, so new accounts must bring their own provider keys",
          "Privacy policy last updated in February 2023, with no retention period or DPA"
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          "Bring your own provider keys. Helicone credits return 403 unless support has enabled them for the organisation",
          "Rotate any provider keys stored in Helicone before 30 August 2026",
          "Leave `use_ai_gateway` out of the MCP client's allowed tools unless the agent is meant to spend on model calls",
          "Add `Helicone-Session-Id` and `Helicone-Session-Path` headers to group an agent's steps into one session",
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          "measured": false
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              "ok": 267
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/helicone.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/helicone.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Baserun for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick Helicone AI Gateway + MCP for reliability (+50), schema \u0026 documentation (+54), agent ergonomics (+65), security \u0026 auth (+45), payments \u0026 pricing (+30), maintenance \u0026 community (+66), transparency \u0026 trust (+35).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Baserun | Helicone AI Gateway + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 0 | 50 | Helicone AI Gateway + MCP +50 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 69 | Helicone AI Gateway + MCP +54 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 5 | 70 | Helicone AI Gateway + MCP +65 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 5 | 50 | Helicone AI Gateway + MCP +45 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 30 | Helicone AI Gateway + MCP +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 0 | 66 | Helicone AI Gateway + MCP +66 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 36 | 71 | Helicone AI Gateway + MCP +35 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -10 | |\n| **Total** | | **7.3 · F** | **47.1 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Baserun | Helicone AI Gateway + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Baserun | Helicone (Mintlify) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.baserun.ai` | `https://ai-gateway.helicone.ai` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 3 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2024-06-26 | 2026-09-16 |\n| Popularity | 115 npm/wk, 209 PyPI/wk | 6.2k stars, 4.3k npm/wk, 4.2k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 1/5 (2) | 2/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Baserun.** SDKs were MIT licensed and the Python source is still public at github.com/baserun-ai/baserun-py. Service offline since late 2024. api.baserun.ai doesn't resolve and app.baserun.ai serves an expired certificate.\n\n**Helicone AI Gateway + MCP.** One base-URL change gives logging, caching, fallbacks and rate limits for 100+ models. Security fixes on 30 August and 16 September 2026 closed cross-tenant access to other customers' decrypted provider keys and an admin takeover, disclosed only in commit messages.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Baserun\n\n1. Don't install `baserun` from PyPI or npm. Nothing answers behind it\n2. Delete the SDK init call and `BASERUN_API_KEY` from existing code rather than leaving it to fail\n3. Ignore docs.baserun.ai. It describes a service that no longer runs and doesn't say so\n\n### Helicone AI Gateway + MCP\n\n1. Bring your own provider keys. Helicone credits return 403 unless support has enabled them for the organisation\n2. Rotate any provider keys stored in Helicone before 30 August 2026\n3. Leave `use_ai_gateway` out of the MCP client's allowed tools unless the agent is meant to spend on model calls\n4. Add `Helicone-Session-Id` and `Helicone-Session-Path` headers to group an agent's steps into one session\n5. Use the EU host (eu.helicone.ai) if the account was created there\n\n## Other comparisons with Baserun or Helicone AI Gateway + MCP\n\n- [Arize Phoenix vs Baserun](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/arize-phoenix-vs-baserun.md)\n- [Arize Phoenix vs Helicone AI Gateway + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/arize-phoenix-vs-helicone.md)\n- [Baserun vs Braintrust API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baserun-vs-braintrust.md)\n- [Baserun vs Galileo API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baserun-vs-galileo.md)\n- [Baserun vs HoneyHive](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baserun-vs-honeyhive.md)\n- [Baserun vs Laminar API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baserun-vs-laminar.md)\n- [Baserun vs Langfuse API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baserun-vs-langfuse.md)\n- [Baserun vs LangSmith API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baserun-vs-langsmith.md)\n- [Baserun vs Respan API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baserun-vs-respan.md)\n- [Braintrust API + MCP vs Helicone AI Gateway + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/braintrust-vs-helicone.md)\n- [Galileo API + MCP vs Helicone AI Gateway + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/galileo-vs-helicone.md)\n- [Helicone AI Gateway + MCP vs HoneyHive](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/helicone-vs-honeyhive.md)\n- [Helicone AI Gateway + MCP vs Laminar API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/helicone-vs-laminar.md)\n- [Helicone AI Gateway + MCP vs Langfuse API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/helicone-vs-langfuse.md)\n- [Helicone AI Gateway + MCP vs LangSmith API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/helicone-vs-langsmith.md)\n- [Helicone AI Gateway + MCP vs Respan API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/helicone-vs-respan.md)\n",
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