# Baserun vs Helicone AI Gateway + MCP (slim)

> Helicone AI Gateway + MCP has a score of 47.1 (D) against Baserun's 7.3 (F). Both do obs traces. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 66 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Helicone AI Gateway + MCP has a score of 47.1 (D) against Baserun's 7.3 (F). Both do obs traces. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 66 points.

- Baserun: F 7.3, rank retired, not ranked · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/baserun.min.md
- Helicone AI Gateway + MCP: D 47.1, rank #387 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/helicone.min.md
- Pick Baserun for nothing in particular. Pick Helicone AI Gateway + MCP for reliability (+50), schema & documentation (+54), agent ergonomics (+65), security & auth (+45), payments & pricing (+30), maintenance & community (+66), transparency & trust (+35).

| Category | Baserun | Helicone AI Gateway + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 0 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 15 | 69 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 5 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 5 | 50 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 0 | 66 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 36 | 71 |