# DeepEval vs Helicone AI Gateway + MCP (slim)

> DeepEval scores 64.7 (B) to Helicone AI Gateway's 46.9 (D) for evaluations. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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DeepEval scores 64.7 (B) on agent readiness against Helicone AI Gateway + MCP's 46.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Helicone AI Gateway + MCP leads on transparency & trust. Both do evaluations.

- DeepEval: B 64.7, rank #343 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepeval.min.md
- Helicone AI Gateway + MCP: D 46.9, rank #840 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/helicone.min.md
- DeepEval, good for Teams that want evaluations in pytest or a CLI on their own machines, with agent, RAG, multi-turn and MCP metrics. Ahead on Reliability, 59 against 50; Schema & documentation, 78 against 69; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 83 against 66. Also No incidents deducted, where Helicone AI Gateway + MCP loses 10 points for them.
- Helicone AI Gateway + MCP, good for A team that wants request logging and cost tracking through a gateway with almost no code, and could swap it out later. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 69 against 63. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine.

| Category | DeepEval | Helicone AI Gateway + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 59 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 78 | 69 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 72 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 47 | 50 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 66 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 69 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepEval | Helicone AI Gateway + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | SDK + MCP | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Confident AI, Inc. | Helicone (Mintlify) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://ai-gateway.helicone.ai` |
| Transports |  | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Apache 2.0 for the Python and TypeScript packages and the agent skills. Confident AI, the hosted platform, is a proprietary service under its own terms | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 3 |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2024-09-17 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2023-02-28 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 19k stars, 35k npm/wk, 736k PyPI/wk | 6.2k stars, 4.3k npm/wk, 4.2k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 2/5 (2) |