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OSS LLM engineering platform (acquired by ClickHouse, Jan 2026) versus LLM tracing, evaluation, and dataset management

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Choose Langfuse when…

  • You want open-source LLM observability
  • Self-hosting your tracing stack is important
  • You need cost tracking across models and users

Choose LangSmith when…

  • You're already in the LangChain ecosystem
  • You want end-to-end tracing for LangChain apps
  • Dataset management and evals are part of your workflow

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Field
Langfuse
LangSmith
Category
Observability
Observability
Type
Open Source
Commercial
Free Tier
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Pricing Plans
Cloud: $59/mo
Plus: $39/mo
GitHub Stars
7,000
Health
95 Active

Langfuse

Open-source platform for tracing, evaluations, and prompt management. Self-hostable alternative to LangSmith with broad framework support. Acquired by ClickHouse in January 2026; OSS core continues with deeper ClickHouse-backed analytics.

LangSmith

LangChain's observability platform. Trace every LLM call, run evals on datasets, and manage prompts in production.

Shared Connections7 tools both integrate with

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Only LangSmith (2)

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