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Arize Phoenix vs Promptfoo: catalog facts
Arize PhoenixPromptfoo
Freemium

Phoenix is free to self-host; Arize AX is a separate managed paid platform.

Freemium

The open-source CLI is free; enterprise features are sold separately.

Web, Self-hosted Command line
  • Tracing, evals, prompts and experiments in one tool
  • Runs locally, in Docker or on Kubernetes
  • Runs from the command line with a single npx command
  • Compares prompts and models side by side
  • Source-available license rather than an OSI-approved one
  • Some advanced features are in the separate paid Arize AX product
  • Red-teaming features are intended for authorized testing of your own applications
  • Some reporting features belong to the paid enterprise edition
Self-hosted, Hosted service Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License: Elastic-2.0 License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 26, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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