# Helm vs Patronus AI

| Attribute | Helm | Patronus AI |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 66.9 (60% (medium)) | 69 (37% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 5,000 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 30,177 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"arm_support":true,"cncf_maturity":"graduated","pricing_model":"free_open_source","architecture_model":"open_source_cli"}` | `{"pricing_model":"per_test_execution_cloud","architecture_model":"managed_enterprise_saas","mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":false,"llm_as_a_judge_prompt_grading_framework":true,"dashboard_analytics_for_metric_drift_over_time":true,"multi_model_side_by_side_ab_regression_testing":true,"red_teaming_and_adversarial_vulnerability_scanning":true,"specialized_rag_metrics_faithfulness_context_relevance":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 5 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Smolagents"},{"name":"OpenAI Agents"},{"name":"Pydantic"},{"name":"CrewAI"},{"name":"Langchain"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://helm.sh","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T13:42:13.702Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Developer","summary":"Free with $10 API credits","features":["$10 in free credits","Patronus Experiments (last 2 weeks)","Patronus Comparisons","Patronus Datasets","Optional Patronus API"],"components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":10,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Free tier for API evaluation","contactSales":false},{"free":true,"name":"Individual","summary":"Free tier with 20 pages","features":["20 pages","Customizable options","Secure data storage","Email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Free platform tier","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"pages":"20"}},{"free":false,"name":"Base","summary":"$25/month for 600 pages","features":["600 pages","Page add-ons available","24/7 customer support","Analytics and reporting","Account Management"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Professional plan","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"pages":"600"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing, unlimited usage, enterprise deployment options","features":["Unlimited pages and runs","On-premise or dedicated VPC deployment","Custom data retention","SSO","Premium Platform Features (Evaluation Runs, webhooks)","Premium API Features (higher rate limits, volume discounts)","Custom eval model fine-tuning","Eval dataset generation"],"description":"Custom enterprise solution with security and AI services","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"pages":"Unlimited"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"API - Small Evaluator","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"calls"},"kind":"metered","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"API - Large Evaluator","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"calls"},"kind":"metered","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"API - Eval Explanations","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"calls"},"kind":"metered","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tiers available ($0/mo), paid plan from $25/mo, API pricing from $10/1k calls","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://patronus.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T10:57:53.715Z","startingPrice":{"amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":25,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 2 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v4.2.4","date":"2026-08-13T15:33:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.21.4","date":"2026-08-14T14:55:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.21.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v4.2.3","date":"2026-07-09T20:56:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.21.3","date":"2026-07-09T21:20:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.21.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.21.2","date":"2026-06-20T04:36:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.21.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v4.2.2","date":"2026-06-17T20:50:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v4.2.1","date":"2026-06-12T15:06:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.21.1","date":"2026-06-12T14:51:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.21.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v4.2.0","date":"2026-05-14T01:13:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.21.0","date":"2026-05-14T01:22:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.21.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v4.1.4","date":"2026-04-09T06:01:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.20.2","date":"2026-04-09T21:17:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.20.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v4.1.3","date":"2026-03-11T23:01:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.20.1","date":"2026-03-12T00:26:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.20.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v4.1.1","date":"2026-02-09T18:33:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v4.1.0","date":"2026-01-21T22:31:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.20.0","date":"2026-01-21T23:27:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.20.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v4.0.5","date":"2026-01-14T23:46:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.19.5","date":"2026-01-15T00:30:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.19.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/tag/v4.1.0-rc.1","date":"2026-01-12T19:54:05Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v4.1.0-rc.1"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 9 | - |
| security.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"}` | - |

## Capabilities (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 |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:10:00.720Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*