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LLM observability

Editorial picks for "best llm observability".

48 tools

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Elasticsearch Vector Search

RAG · BYO embeddings (OpenAI, Cohere, Hugging Face, Mistral, Bedrock, Vertex, Azure) plus Elastic's built-in ELSER sparse model and E5 dense model
8.7

Hybrid vector + keyword search in the enterprise-grade Elasticsearch engine

Freemium· Resource based pricing: Pay as you go (monthly) or prepaid · Usage based pricing: Pay as you go (monthly) or prepaid · License based pricing: ?RAG chatbot over enterprise docsHybrid semantic + keyword product search
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LangSmith

Evaluation · Platform (any LLM)
8.7

LangChain's eval + observability platform.

Freemium· Developer: $0 · Plus: $39 · Enterprise: Custom pricingLLM tracingevals
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Quivr

RAG · Multi-model (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Gemma)
8.4

Open-source RAG framework for building custom AI assistants over your own documents in a few lines of Python.

Free· Open source (pip install quivr-core); pay only for LLM/vector-store usagedocument-qacustom-knowledge-base
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Semantic Kernel

Agents · Multi-model
8.4

Microsoft's open-source SDK for wiring LLMs, plugins, and agents into enterprise .NET, Python, and Java apps.

Free· Free, MIT-licensed SDK; you pay for the underlying model APIsagent-orchestrationllm-plugins
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Helicone

Evaluation · Platform (any LLM)
8.3

Open-source LLM observability — one-line proxy install.

Freemium· Free 100k req/mo; Pro from $25/moobservabilitycost tracking
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Vanna.ai

RAG · Multi-model (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Ollama)
8.3

Open-source text-to-SQL agent that learns your schema and writes queries against your real warehouse.

Freemium· Explorer: $50 · Team: $500 · Enterprise: Contact salestext-to-sqlnatural-language-bi
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AgentOps

Agents · Multi-model
8.2

Observability and debugging platform purpose-built for AI agents, with time-travel replay and cost tracking across 400+ LLMs.

Freemium· Free up to 5,000 events; Pro from $40/mo; Enterprise customagent-observabilityllm-tracing
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Arize AI

Evaluation · Multi-model
8.2

Enterprise observability and evaluation platform for LLM agents and generative AI applications.

Freemium· AX Free: Free · AX Pro: $50 · AX Enterprise: Customllm-observabilityagent-evaluation
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BentoML

Agents · Multi-model
8.2

Open-source framework and managed platform for serving and scaling AI models in production.

Freemium· OSS free (Apache 2.0); managed Bento cloud has free tier + usage-based pricingmodel-servingllm-inference
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Athina AI

Evaluation · Multi-model
8.1

Collaborative LLM evaluation and observability platform for teams shipping AI features to production.

Freemium· Starter free (10k logs/mo); Pro & Enterprise customllm-evaluationprompt-management
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HoneyHive

Evaluation · Multi-model
8.1

OpenTelemetry-native observability and evaluation platform for LLM agents in production.

Freemium· Free tier available; paid/enterprise tiers via salesagent-observabilityllm-evaluation
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Mastra

Agents · Multi-model (90+ providers)
8.1

Open-source TypeScript framework for building, deploying, and observing AI agents and workflows.

Freemium· Starter: $0 · Teams: $250 · Enterprise: Custom pricingai-agentsworkflow-orchestration
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MLflow

Evaluation · Multi-model
8.1

Open-source platform for tracking, evaluating, and deploying ML models and LLM applications.

Free· Free and open source (Apache 2.0); managed offering via Databricksllm-evaluationexperiment-tracking
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TruLens

Evaluation · Multi-model (LLM-as-judge)
8.1

Open-source evaluation and tracing framework for LLM apps and agents, built on OpenTelemetry.

Free· Free, open source (Apache-licensed Python package)llm-evaluationrag-evaluation
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W&B Weave

Evaluation · Multi-model
8.1

Production observability, tracing, and evaluation for LLM and agent systems from the Weights & Biases stack.

Freemium· Free tier available; paid and enterprise plans via W&Bllm-tracingagent-observability
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CAMEL-AI

Agents · Multi-model
8.0

Open-source Python framework for building multi-agent systems and synthetic data pipelines.

Free· Free, open-source; pay for the underlying LLM API callsmulti-agent-systemssynthetic-data-generation
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PromptLayer

Evaluation · Platform (any LLM)
7.9

Lightweight prompt logging + management for OpenAI/Claude apps.

Freemium· Free: $0 · Pro: $49 · Team: $500 · Enterprise: Customprompt loggingversioning
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Headroom

Agents · Model-agnostic (Anthropic, OpenAI, Vertex, Bedrock, Azure, 100+ via LiteLLM)
7.4

Open-source context compression layer that strips 70-95% of boilerplate before it hits your LLM.

Free· Apache 2.0 open source; free for commercial usetoken-compressionagent-context
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AgentMemory

Agents · Multi-model (Claude, Gemini, MiniMax, OpenRouter)
7.3

Open-source persistent memory runtime for AI coding agents, with hybrid retrieval and zero external dependencies.

Free· Free, open-source (Apache 2.0); bring your own LLM API keyagent-memorycoding-agents
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Bifrost

Agents · Multi-model (OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, Vertex, 1000+ via providers)
7.3

Open-source AI gateway that unifies 1000+ models behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint with failover, budgets, and MCP routing.

Freemium· Free Forever: Free · Enterprise: Contact salesllm-gatewaymulti-provider-routing
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Kong AI Gateway

Agents · Multi-model
7.3

Enterprise API gateway extended to route, govern, and observe LLM and agent traffic across providers.

Freemium· Free trial: $0 · Plus: Charged per Gateway per month · Enterprise: Custom pricing · Essentials: $0 · Pro: $12llm-gatewaymulti-llm-routing
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Langfuse

Evaluation · Model-agnostic
7.3

Open-source LLM observability, prompt management, and evaluation in one platform.

Freemium· Free self-host & Hobby tier; Core $29/mo, Pro $199/mo, Enterprise $2,499/mollm-observabilityprompt-management
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Opik

Evaluation · Multi-model
7.3

Open-source LLM observability and evaluation platform for debugging and monitoring AI agents in production.

Freemium· Free open-source self-host; free Cloud tier (no card); Enterprise contact salesllm-tracingagent-evaluation
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Chainlit

Agents · Multi-model
7.2

Open-source Python framework for building production-grade conversational AI interfaces in minutes.

Free· Open-source (Apache 2.0); optional paid Literal AI observability tierchatbot-uiagent-frontend
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MCP Toolbox for Databases

Agents · Multi-model
7.2

Open-source MCP server that wires AI agents and IDEs straight into 50+ production databases with auth, pooling, and observability baked in.

Free· Free and open source (Apache 2.0); self-hostedagent-database-accessmcp-server
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Plano

Agents · Multi-model
7.2

Envoy-based data plane for AI agents that handles routing, guardrails, and observability outside your app code.

Free· Open source; commercial pricing not disclosedagent-orchestrationllm-routing
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Portkey AI Gateway

Agents · Multi-model (1,600+ LLMs)
7.2

Open-source AI gateway that routes a single API call across 1,600+ LLMs with caching, fallbacks, and observability.

Freemium· Developer: Free Forever · Production: $49/month · Enterprise: Custom Pricingllm-routingfallbacks-and-retries
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WeKnora

RAG · Multi-model
7.2

Tencent's open-source RAG framework that turns raw documents into a queryable knowledge base, ReAct agent, and self-maintaining wiki.

Free· Free, open-source (self-hosted)document-qaenterprise-knowledge-base
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Arthur

Evaluation · Multi-model
7.1

Open-source toolkit for testing, tracing, and monitoring production AI agents.

Freemium· Free: $0/mo · Premium: $60/mo · Enterprise: Customagent-evaluationprompt-management
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ElizaOS

Agents · Multi-model (BYO via plugins)
7.1

Open-source agentic OS for building and orchestrating multi-agent swarms across Discord, Telegram, X, and onchain.

Free· Free, open-source (self-hosted); bring your own model API keysmulti-agent-swarmssocial-bots
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Fiddler AI

Evaluation · Fiddler Centor (proprietary evaluators)
7.1

Enterprise AI observability and guardrails platform for monitoring agents, LLMs, and ML models in production.

Enterprise· Free: Free · Developer: $0.002 per trace · Enterprise: Contact salesllm-observabilityagent-monitoring
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iii

Agents · Bring-your-own
7.1

Self-hosted distributed runtime for multi-language workers and AI agents under one protocol.

Free· Open-source; commercial pricing not publishedagent-orchestrationdistributed-workers
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Maxim AI

Evaluation · Multi-model
7.1

End-to-end evaluation, simulation, and observability platform for shipping production-grade AI agents.

Freemium· Developer: Free · Professional: $29 /seat /month · Business: $49 /seat /month · Enterprise: Customagent-evaluationllm-observability
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Portkey

Agents · Multi-model
7.1

Production LLM gateway with observability, guardrails, and prompt management for teams shipping AI in anger.

Freemium· Developer: Free Forever · Production: $49/month · Enterprise: Custom Pricingllm-gatewayobservability
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Puzzlet AI

Agents · Multi-model
7.1

Git-native prompt management and observability platform for teams shipping LLM applications.

Freemium· Basic: $20 · Pro: $50 · Enterprise: Contact salesprompt-managementllm-observability
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Respan (formerly Keywords AI)

Evaluation · Multi-model (500+ via gateway)
7.1

LLM engineering platform combining a multi-model gateway with tracing, evals, and prompt management.

Freemium· Free tier; paid plans (pricing not public); enterprise on requestllm-observabilityprompt-management
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Kotaemon

RAG · Multi-model (OpenAI, LlamaCPP, any OpenAI-compatible endpoint)
7.0

Open-source RAG UI for chatting with your own documents, locally or self-hosted.

Free· Free, open-source (MIT-style); self-hosted infrastructure costs onlydocument-qaprivate-rag
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LangFast

Evaluation · Multi-model
7.0

No-signup LLM playground for testing, comparing, and versioning prompts against your own API keys.

Paid· One-time lifetime ~$60-$120; 14-day money-backprompt-testingprompt-versioning
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Phoenix

Evaluation · Multi-model
7.0

Open-source LLM and agent observability platform with tracing, evals, and experimentation built on OpenTelemetry.

Freemium· AX Free: Free · AX Pro: $50 · AX Enterprise: Customllm-tracingagent-debugging
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Superwise

Evaluation · Multi-model
7.0

Agentic management platform for runtime guardrails, policy enforcement, and observability across LLM agents.

Freemium· Starter: Free · Pro+: ? · Enterprise: ?llm-guardrailsai-governance
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Agenta

Evaluation · Multi-model
6.9

Open-source LLMOps platform for prompt engineering, evaluation, and observability in one workspace.

Freemium· Hobby: $0 forever · Pro: $29 /month · Business: $299 /month · Enterprise: Custom · Open source: Free foreverprompt-engineeringllm-evaluation
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Izlo

Agents · Model-agnostic
6.9

Prompt management platform with version control, collaboration, and an API for production deployment.

Paid· Solo: $20 · Pro: $25 per user/month · Enterprise: $39 per user/monthprompt-managementversion-control
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TrueFoundry

Agents · Multi-model
6.9

Enterprise control plane for deploying, governing, and scaling agentic AI on your own infrastructure.

Enterprise· Developer: $0 · Pro*: $499 · Pro Plus: $2999 · Enterprise: Customagent-deploymentllm-serving
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Parea AI

Evaluation · Multi-model
6.8

LLM evaluation, observability, and prompt management platform for teams shipping production AI apps.

Freemium· Free (2 seats, 3k logs/mo); Team $150/mo; Enterprise customllm-evaluationprompt-management
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Browserbase

Agents · Model-agnostic via Model Gateway (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, others)

Headless browser infrastructure for AI agents

Freemium· Start for Free: Free · Get Developer: $20 · Get Startup: $99 · Contact Sales: CustomAI web-browsing agentsLLM-driven end-to-end testing
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Caveman

Agents · Model-agnostic proxy (Claude, GPT, Gemini, 30+ others); ships CaveGemma, a fine-tuned Gemma-4 released under MIT

The token-efficient stack for agent-native development

Freemium· Free: $0 · Indie: $29/mo · Team: $349/mo · Enterprise: CustomLLM cost optimizationMulti-provider AI gateway
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ClickHouse

RAG

The open-source columnar database powering real-time analytics — and, increasingly, LLM observability and RAG backends.

Freemium· Open-source self-managed: free. ClickHouse Cloud: from $50/month (usage-based on compute + storage, AWS/GCP/Azure). Enterprise tier available with dedicated support and BYOC options.LLM trace and cost analyticsRAG retrieval with hybrid vector + metadata filters
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Grafana MCP

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Official Grafana Labs MCP server — dashboards, Prometheus, Loki, alerts and incidents in your LLM client

Free· Free and open source (Apache 2.0). You still need a Grafana instance — OSS Grafana is free; Grafana Cloud has a free tier plus paid Pro/Advanced/Enterprise plans.Incident investigation from Claude DesktopConversational PromQL and LogQL querying