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Best LLM Observability Tools in 2026

When you need visibility into an LLM application, compare what each tool can trace and how it handles evaluation and prompt work. Agent tracing, LLM tracing, and retrieval tracing describe different parts of the activity you may want to inspect; LLM evaluations and prompt management add other oversight dimensions.

  1. 01 AgentOps
    From $40/mo Free plan Open source Web · API · Self-hosted
    9.3 Visit Specs
  2. 02 Evidently AI

    It suits teams that evaluate or monitor language models, AI applications, agents, or predictive ML workflows.

    From $80/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.3 Visit Specs
  3. 03 Braintrust

    Braintrust is aimed at teams operating AI agents in production, from early-stage teams to enterprises.

    From $249/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    9.2 Visit Specs
  4. 04 Langfuse

    Langfuse suits teams building AI agent applications that need tracing, prompt management, and evaluation tools.

    From $29/mo Free plan Open source Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    9.0 Visit Specs
  5. 05 LangSmith

    LangSmith suits teams engineering AI agents that need evaluation, tracing, prompt work, deployment, and production monitoring.

    From $39/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.0 Visit Specs
  6. 06 LangWatch

    LangWatch suits AI teams shipping agents, including developers, product owners, QA, and domain experts working with evaluation workflows.

    From €29/mo Free plan Open source Web · macOS · Linux · API
    9.0 Visit Specs
  7. 07 Opik

    Opik suits teams developing applications or agents that make calls to an LLM and want tracing and evaluation across the development cycle.

    From $19/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.8 Visit Specs
  8. 08 Giskard

    Giskard suits teams evaluating conversational AI agents for security and quality issues before production.

    Free plan Open source Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.7 Visit Specs
  9. 09 W&B Weave

    Weave suits teams monitoring and evaluating production AI agents, particularly those using supported frameworks and models.

    From $60/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.6 Visit Specs
  10. 10 OpenLIT

    OpenLIT suits teams that need LLM tracing, evaluation, prompt management, and cost tracking, especially those seeking self-hosted deployment.

    Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.5 Visit Specs
  11. 11 Arize AX

    AX suits teams building AI agents that need tracing, evaluations, investigations, and experiments.

    From $50/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.4 Visit Specs
  12. 12 Confident AI

    It suits engineers, QA teams, product managers, subject-matter experts, and annotators responsible for AI quality and governance.

    From $200/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.4 Visit Specs
  13. 13 Promptfoo

    It suits developers and enterprises evaluating prompts or testing AI applications for risks.

    Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.3 Visit Specs
  14. 14 Helicone

    Helicone suits teams routing and observing AI application requests across model providers, including teams that need self-hosting or LLM cost tracking.

    From $79/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.2 Visit Specs
  15. 15 Lunary
    From $20/mo Open source Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.2 Visit Specs
  16. 16 Arize Phoenix

    It suits teams operating AI applications that need model, retrieval, tool, prompt, and evaluation tracing.

    Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.1 Visit Specs
  17. 17 Laminar

    Laminar suits teams instrumenting AI-agent systems that need tracing, evaluations, debugging, and dashboards.

    From $30/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.1 Visit Specs
  18. 18 Maxim AI

    It suits cross-functional AI teams that need to evaluate agents and monitor them in production.

    From $29/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.1 Visit Specs
  19. 19 Fiddler AI

    Fiddler positions its platform for enterprises managing AI agents and predictive applications at scale.

    Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.0 Visit Specs
  20. 20 Galileo

    Galileo is designed for engineers, product managers and subject matter experts building AI applications.

    From $100/mo Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.9 Visit Specs
  21. 21 TruLens
    Free plan Open source API · Self-hosted
    7.9 Visit Specs
  22. 22 HoneyHive

    HoneyHive is aimed at AI platform teams, AI engineers, domain experts, and risk or governance teams.

    Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.8 Visit Specs
  23. 23 Parea AI

    It suits teams building production LLM applications that need evaluations, production observability, prompt testing, or human review.

    From $150/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.7 Visit Specs
  24. 24 Respan (formerly Keywords AI)

    Respan suits teams that need to route model requests while tracing and evaluating AI workflows in production.

    From $16.58/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.7 Visit Specs
  25. 25 Ragas
    Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.1 Visit Specs
How this list is ordered. Specifiction scores each tool on how fully its maker documents it, whether its prices are published, where the research puts it, the platforms it runs on and whether it can be tried for free (how we rank). Makers can also buy a numbered place (how Specifiction is paid for).

Token cost tracking can help you assess usage alongside deployment options, free-plan availability, and paid-from pricing. Evidently AI, W&B Weave, and Opik are among the named options to compare. Check which listed capabilities match the signals you need to monitor, and weigh how each tool’s deployment and plan details fit your setup.

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