Comparison

Helm vs Patronus AI

No clear leader: Patronus AI (69.0) and Helm (66.9) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Helm67

Patronus AI69

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Helm	Patronus AI
Vioscale score	67 / 100medium · 60%	69 / 100low · 37%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$25
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	5
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	9	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 23 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=helm.sh%2Fhelm%2Fv3&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: HIGH	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	5,000	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	30,177	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	2	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

Helm67 / 100medium · 60%

Patronus AI69 / 100low · 37%

Pricing

Free tier

Helm✓

Patronus AI✓

Model

Helmopen_source

Patronus AIfreemium

Price level

Helmfree

Patronus AImid

Starting price

Helm–

Patronus AI$25

Transparent

Helm✓

Patronus AI✓

Integrations

Count

Helm–

Patronus AI5

Security

Disclosure policy

Helm✓

Patronus AI–

Gdpr

Helm–

Patronus AI✓

Scorecard

Helm9

Patronus AI–

Vulnerabilities

HelmCount: 23 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=helm.sh%2Fhelm%2Fv3&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: HIGH

Patronus AI–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Helm5,000

Patronus AI–

Github stars

Helm30,177

Patronus AI–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Helm100

Patronus AI–

Release

Cadence days

Helm2

Patronus AI–

History

Helm20 items

Patronus AI–

License

Spdx

HelmApache-2.0

Patronus AI–

Language

Primary

HelmGo

Patronus AI–

Market

Availability

HelmAvailable worldwide

Patronus AIAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ai evals testing. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for AI Evals Testing
Capability	Helm	Patronus AI
Capabilities
Architecture model	Open source CLI	Managed enterprise saas
LLM as a judge prompt grading framework	-	✓
Specialized rag metrics faithfulness context relevance	-	✓
Deterministic regex and json schema assertions	-	-
Synthetic test dataset generation from documents	-	-
Ci cd github actions pipeline blocking gates	-	-
Red teaming and adversarial vulnerability scanning	-	✓
Multi model side by side ab regression testing	-	✓
Human in the loop hitl annotation UI	-	-
Dashboard analytics for metric drift over time	-	✓
SOC2 type ii	-	-
Mit or apache permissive oss license	-	✗
Pricing model	Free open source	Per test execution cloud

Capabilities

Architecture model

HelmOpen source CLI

Patronus AIManaged enterprise saas

LLM as a judge prompt grading framework

Helm-

Patronus AI✓

Specialized rag metrics faithfulness context relevance

Helm-

Patronus AI✓

Deterministic regex and json schema assertions

Helm-

Patronus AI-

Synthetic test dataset generation from documents

Helm-

Patronus AI-

Ci cd github actions pipeline blocking gates

Helm-

Patronus AI-

Red teaming and adversarial vulnerability scanning

Helm-

Patronus AI✓

Multi model side by side ab regression testing

Helm-

Patronus AI✓

Human in the loop hitl annotation UI

Helm-

Patronus AI-

Dashboard analytics for metric drift over time

Helm-

Patronus AI✓

SOC2 type ii

Helm-

Patronus AI-

Mit or apache permissive oss license

Helm-

Patronus AI✗

Pricing model

HelmFree open source

Patronus AIPer test execution cloud

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Helm

Helm provides a templated configuration system and package manager for Kubernetes applications, allowing users to define complex multi-component deployments as reusable, versioned, and shareable packages.

Independently observed

Patronus AI

A managed platform that evaluates language models and AI agents using specialized scoring models, provides adversarial test datasets, monitors performance in production, and enables side-by-side comparison and debugging of AI systems at scale.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Helm

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

Patronus AI

from $25/moHybridFree tier

Free tiers available ($0/mo), paid plan from $25/mo, API pricing from $10/1k calls

DeveloperFree
- $10 in free credits
- Patronus Experiments (last 2 weeks)
- Patronus Comparisons
- Patronus Datasets
- Optional Patronus API
IndividualFree
- 20 pages
- Customizable options
- Secure data storage
- Email support
Base$25/month for 600 pages
- 600 pages
- Page add-ons available
- 24/7 customer support
- Analytics and reporting
- Account Management
EnterpriseContact sales
- Unlimited pages and runs
- On-premise or dedicated VPC deployment
- Custom data retention
- SSO
- Premium Platform Features (Evaluation Runs, webhooks)
- +3 more

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Helm	Patronus AI
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Helm✗

Patronus AI✓

macOS

Helm✓

Patronus AI✗

Windows

Helm✓

Patronus AI✗

Linux

Helm✓

Patronus AI✗

CLI

Helm✓

Patronus AI✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Helm✗

Patronus AI✓

Self-hosted

Helm✓

Patronus AI✗

On-premise

Helm✗

Patronus AI✓

Hybrid

Helm✗

Patronus AI✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Helm

Not documented yet.

Patronus AI

5 total

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Pydantic
CrewAI
Langchain

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.