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Langfuse vs Arize Phoenix: catalog facts
LangfuseArize Phoenix
Freemium

Open source for self-hosting, with a hosted version that can be started for free.

Freemium

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

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Tracing, prompt management and evaluation in one tool
  • Can be self-hosted or used as a hosted service
  • Tracing, evals, prompts and experiments in one tool
  • Runs locally, in Docker or on Kubernetes
  • Requires instrumenting your application with its SDK
  • Self-hosting means running and maintaining the server yourself
  • Source-available license rather than an OSI-approved one
  • Some advanced features are in the separate paid Arize AX product
Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source Closed source
License not stated License: Elastic-2.0
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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