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Arize Phoenix vs PromptLayer: catalog facts
Arize PhoenixPromptLayer
Freemium

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

Freemium

Free plan available with paid tiers for teams.

Web, Self-hosted Web
  • Tracing, evals, prompts and experiments in one tool
  • Runs locally, in Docker or on Kubernetes
  • Visual prompt editing without code redeploys
  • Evaluations with datasets, graders and human review
  • Source-available license rather than an OSI-approved one
  • Some advanced features are in the separate paid Arize AX product
  • Hosted service; prompts and logs live on its servers
  • Requires an account
Self-hosted, Hosted service Web application, Hosted service
Closed source Closed source
License: Elastic-2.0 License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Account needed
Not stated if it works offline Needs internet

Checked September 26, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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