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Opik vs Arize Phoenix: catalog facts
OpikArize Phoenix
Free

The open-source platform is free to self-host.

Freemium

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

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Tracing, automated evaluations and dashboards together
  • Covers RAG systems and agent workflows
  • Tracing, evals, prompts and experiments in one tool
  • Runs locally, in Docker or on Kubernetes
  • Self-hosting means running several services yourself
  • Contributors must sign a CLA
  • Source-available license rather than an OSI-approved one
  • Some advanced features are in the separate paid Arize AX product
Self-hosted 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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