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Langfuse

Open-source LLM observability. Self-hostable, OpenTelemetry-native.

Pricing
FREEMIUM
Source
Open core
Hosting
Hybrid
Platforms
APIWeb
Models
Model-agnostic
Verified
Jul 12, 2026

Tracing, evals, prompt management, and dataset tooling for LLM apps — self-host on your own infra or use Langfuse Cloud. The open-source default when you want full ownership of your observability stack.

Capabilities 3

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

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

Pros & cons

  • Own your observability data
  • Framework-agnostic, OTel-native
  • Tracing + evals + prompt mgmt
  • Transparent unit-based pricing
  • Self-host infra cost at scale
  • Less deep LangChain integration
  • Setup heavier than hosted-only

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