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LangfusevsLangSmith

OSS LLM engineering platform 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
LLM Infrastructure
LLM Infrastructure
Type
Open Source
Commercial
Free Tier
✓ Yes
✓ Yes
Pricing Plans
Cloud: $59/mo
Plus: $39/mo
GitHub Stars
7,000

Langfuse

Open-source platform for tracing, evaluations, and prompt management. Self-hostable alternative to LangSmith with clean UX.

LangSmith

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

Shared Connections6 tools both integrate with

Only Langfuse (21)

Claude CodeOpenHandsCrewAIAutoGenLlamaIndexDifyMastraAgnoLiteLLMPortKey

Only LangSmith (2)

PydanticAILangfuse

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