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Arize Phoenix

LLM tracing and evaluation with retrieval debugging.

Pricing
FREEMIUM
Hosting
Hybrid
Platforms
APIWeb
Models
Model-agnostic
Verified
Jun 7, 2026

Phoenix is Arize's observability platform — run locally in a notebook or as a hosted service. Especially strong for inspecting RAG pipelines, finding bad chunks, and tracking retrieval quality over time.

Capabilities 3

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • LLM observability (primary capability)
  • LLM evaluation (secondary capability)
  • Prompt management (secondary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Source-available, runs locally
  • Strong RAG/retrieval debugging
  • OpenTelemetry-based tracing
  • Notebook-friendly
  • Less polished than hosted SaaS evals
  • Production scale leans on Arize cloud
  • Setup effort for full pipelines
  • Smaller than LangSmith ecosystem

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