Comparison
Helicone proxies LLM calls for cost and latency tracking. Cisora is a no-proxy governance plane — security, policy enforcement, compliance.
Helicone is a proxy and caching layer optimised for cost / latency observability. Cisora is a fail-open SDK + governance plane focused on security, real-time blocking, and compliance — no proxy hop, no shared infrastructure.
| Feature | Cisora | Helicone |
|---|---|---|
Architecture | SDK + async batching | Inline HTTP proxy |
Adds latency to LLM call path Proxy adds 1 network hop | No | Partial |
Fail-open when service is unreachable Proxy outage = agent down | Yes | No |
Tool / function call tracking (non-LLM) Cisora captures every action | Yes | No |
Real-time policy enforcement (inline block) | Yes | No |
OWASP LLM Top 10 incident detection | Yes | No |
NHI / credential scanning | Yes | No |
Cost tracking + token usage | Yes | Yes |
Response caching | No | Yes |
Rate limiting per agent / user | Yes | Yes |
Compliance reports (SOC 2, ISO 42001, EU AI Act) | Yes | No |
Human-in-the-loop review queue | Yes | No |
Self-hosted option Enterprise plan | Partial | Yes |
No proxy, no shared infrastructure
Cisora is a thin SDK that batches events asynchronously. Your LLM traffic never touches Cisora servers. If Cisora is down, your agents keep working (fail-open).
Beyond LLM calls — every tool call captured
Helicone proxies HTTP traffic to LLM providers. Cisora captures every tool call your agent makes — DB queries, emails, API calls, code execution — because security failures happen in the tools, not the model.
Inline policy enforcement and incident response
Cisora can block, quarantine, or kill an agent inline based on policy. The platform is built for governance and security teams, not just for observability dashboards.
Compliance reports out of the box
Generate SOC 2, ISO/IEC 42001, EU AI Act, and NIST AI RMF audit evidence in one click. Helicone is not built for compliance use cases.
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