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Promptfoo vs Arize Phoenix: catalog facts
PromptfooArize Phoenix
Freemium

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

Freemium

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

Command line Web, Self-hosted
  • Runs from the command line with a single npx command
  • Compares prompts and models side by side
  • Tracing, evals, prompts and experiments in one tool
  • Runs locally, in Docker or on Kubernetes
  • Red-teaming features are intended for authorized testing of your own applications
  • Some reporting features belong to the paid enterprise edition
  • Source-available license rather than an OSI-approved one
  • Some advanced features are in the separate paid Arize AX product
Downloadable app 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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