Langfuse

An open-source (MIT) LLM engineering platform for call tracing, cost, prompt management and evaluation of LLM apps in one place

Developer Tools

CurrencyUSDKRWEUR

Personal starting price$29+Official site price
Free tierFree plan available
Korean supportLimited

Information updated 2026-10-20, source: official site and public reports. Prices and benefits may change. Check the official site before you pay.

Pros

  • MIT open source/free self-hosting (all core features)
  • Tracing/token/cost aggregation
  • Prompt version management/playground
  • LLM-as-judge/dataset evaluation
  • Free cloud plan

Cons

  • A developer tool, so hard for non-developers
  • The cloud charges extra when units are exceeded
  • No Korean interface

These are opinions compiled by Pickx from public sources.

Cautions

The usage unit is 'units' (traces, observations and so on), with overage charged at $8 per 100k. SSO/RBAC need the Teams add-on ($300 per month) or Enterprise. ClickHouse acquired it, and it was officially announced that it will remain open source with no plans to change the license

At a glance

Langfuse is an open-source platform that tracks which prompts an LLM app used to call which models and how much cost/latency there was, and also handles prompt management and quality evaluation. It suits development teams running AI features in real services. You can use it in the cloud (a free plan exists) or self-hosted (MIT, free).

Main features/supported AI

Feature/modelDescriptionNotes
TracingAgent traces/graphs, per session/user, token/cost tracking, multimodal
Prompt ManagementPrompt versioning, deployment, caching, playground
EvaluationOnline/offline evaluation, datasets/experiments, LLM-as-judge, human annotation queues
MetricsCustom dashboards/alertsLangfuse v4+
IntegrationsPython/JS SDK, OpenTelemetry, LiteLLM proxy logging, public APIWorks with any model provider

Plans

PlanPrice (monthly billing / yearly billing)What you can do/limitsFeatures
Hobby (cloud)Free50,000 units per month, 30 days of data, 2 usersFor personal projects
Core
  • $29
  • Yearly billing discount needs checking
100,000 units per month included ($8 per extra 100,000), 90 days of data, unlimited users
Pro
  • $199
  • Needs checking
100,000 units per month included, 3 years of data/retention policy managementTeams add-on $300/mo (SSO/RBAC)
Enterprise (cloud)
  • $2,499
  • Annual commitment possible
100,000 units per month included, 3 years of dataCustom volume pricing
Self-hosted Open SourceFreeAll core features, unlimited projects/usersMIT license
Self-hosted EnterpriseQuoteAdmin API, project RBAC, retention policies, audit logs, SCIM, dedicated supportSOC 2/ISO 27001 reports

Who it suits

  • Hobby: Developers who want to record the calls/costs of a personal AI project for free
  • Core: When a small team wants to manage the cost/quality of AI features in operation
  • Self-hosted Open Source: Companies that cannot send log data outside

Compared with similar services

  • Langfuse vs LangSmith: LangSmith is a commercial service centered on the LangChain ecosystem, while Langfuse is MIT open source and free to self-host
  • Langfuse vs LiteLLM: LiteLLM is a gateway that relays/controls model calls, while Langfuse is an observability tool that records/analyzes/evaluates calls (they can be used together)
  • Langfuse vs Helicone: Both are LLM observability tools, and Langfuse has a wider range of prompt management/evaluation features

Notes

Good for

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Prices converted at 1 USD = ₩1,329.49 (2026-10-19). Original price shown in brackets. Taxes as listed by each provider.

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