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Promptfoo vs MLflow: catalog facts
PromptfooMLflow
Freemium

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

Free

Free and open source.

Command line Web, Self-hosted, Command line
  • Runs from the command line with a single npx command
  • Compares prompts and models side by side
  • Tracing built on OpenTelemetry, independent of LLM provider
  • 50+ built-in evaluation metrics and LLM judges
  • Red-teaming features are intended for authorized testing of your own applications
  • Some reporting features belong to the paid enterprise edition
  • Broad feature set takes time to learn
  • Running it for a team means hosting and maintaining a server yourself
Downloadable app Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account 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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