Free and open first
Best Llm Monitoring in 2026
- 26 apps
- Research read 7 Oct 2026
- How the order is worked out
- 1
Agenta
Free plan Open source APISelf-hostedWebAgenta combines agent-building, automation, and run observability, with both cloud and self-hosted options.
- 2
AgentOps
Free plan Open source APISelf-hostedWebAgentOps brings tracing, replay, audit trails, and cost monitoring together for agent applications, with broad framework and provider integrations.
- 3
Future AGI AI Evaluation SDK
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3Future AGI brings evaluation, tracing, and simulation together for teams building AI agents, with several deployment options.
- 4
Langfuse
Free plan Open source APILinuxSelf-hosted+1Langfuse brings tracing, prompt workflows, and evaluation features into one AI engineering platform, with both hosted and self-hosted options.
- 5
LangWatch
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+2LangWatch brings agent simulation, evaluation, tracing, and deployment options together for teams working toward production.
- 6
OpenLIT
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3Choose OpenLIT if you want LLM tracing, evaluations, prompt tools, and cost tracking, with the option to self-host under an Apache 2.0 license.
- 7
Opik
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3Opik brings tracing, evaluation, testing, and production monitoring into one platform, with both cloud and self-hosted options.
- 8
W&B Weave
Free plan Open source APIiPhoneLinux+4W&B Weave brings tracing, evaluation, monitoring, and safety scoring together for production AI agents.
- 9
Traceloop
Free plan Open source APISelf-hostedWebTraceloop brings tracing, evaluation, and release checks together, with OpenLLMetry available for exporting observability data.
- 10
TruLens
Free plan Open source APISelf-hostedTruLens offers tracing, evaluation, and version comparison for AI applications, with customizable metrics and self-hosted storage options.
- 11
Arize AX
Free plan APISelf-hostedWebArize AX combines tracing, evaluations and experiments with tools for investigating agent failures.
- 12
Arize Phoenix
Free plan APISelf-hostedWebPhoenix brings tracing, evaluation, prompt inspection, and dataset experiments to AI application teams. It is free and open source, with deployment choices and usage management left to users.
- 13
Braintrust
Free plan APISelf-hostedWebBraintrust combines production trace inspection with dataset evaluations and prompt iteration.
- 14
Galileo
Free plan APISelf-hostedWebGalileo combines evaluation, observability, and guardrails with several deployment options and developer interfaces. Check the trace allowance and SSO availability against your deployment needs.
- 15
Helicone
Free plan APISelf-hostedWebHelicone brings routing and observability tools together, with a free tier and self-hosting options. Its maintenance-mode status is worth weighing when considering it for a new deployment.
- 16
LangSmith
Free plan APILinuxMac+3LangSmith combines agent evaluation with prompt tools and observability, including cost and trajectory tracking.
- 17
HoneyHive
Free plan APISelf-hostedWebHoneyHive covers trace inspection, evaluations, live monitoring, and version experiments for AI agents. Teams should compare the free plan’s limits with their event volume and retention needs.
- 18
Laminar
Free plan APISelf-hostedWebChoose Laminar if you need OpenTelemetry-native tracing and debugging for AI agents, with evaluations and cloud or self-hosted deployment options.
- 19
Portkey
Free plan APISelf-hostedWebPortkey brings model access, prompt management, and activity monitoring under one platform. Review the plan's log retention, deployment, and support terms against your team's requirements.
- 20
Cognifity Verdict
Free plan LinuxMacWeb+1 - 21
Athina
Free plan Web - 22
Datadog LLM Observability
Free plan Web - 23
Observe
Free trial APILinuxMac+2Observe combines telemetry collection, distributed tracing, integrations, and AI-assisted incident work in one platform.
- 24
Bifrost AI Observability
Free plan - 25
MLflow AI Monitoring
Free plan Web
#1Places #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 on this list can be bought by the makers of the software on it. See the price