Braintrust free tier includes Evals, prompt playground, and data management for Gen AI… Catalogue date August 2026. Compare with 7 alternatives in AI / ML.
Subtypes in AI / ML: llm_evaluation — scores model or agent output against a dataset, a rubric or a judge model on runs you trigger; llm_observability — records the prompts, responses, latency, cost and tool calls an application sent to a model, for reading afterwards. We read that on 2026-09-01 from https://www.braintrust.dev/pricing, where it says: “Free usage is included for traces, evals, and your whole team” How we use this.
Braintrust's free tier offers Evals, prompt playground, and data management for Gen AI… We rate it stable. The one record we hold was our own error and has been withdrawn. Best for ai / ml workloads — 7 alternatives available.
Evals, prompt playground, and data management for Gen AI. Starter plan (free): 1 GB processed data/month, 10k scores/month, 14 days data retention. Unlimited users, projects, datasets, playgrounds, and experiments. Overage: $4/GB data, $2.50 per 1k scores.
We read that on 2026-09-21 from https://www.braintrust.dev/pricing, and our check recorded: the page names Braintrust as "braintrust" and states "$4" and "$2.50" and "1 GB / month". A source check reads the cited page for the service's name and a price; the limits above are from our own record.
How Braintrust compares against every one of the 7 we list, not against a selection of them. A surface with room for every member of a tied set may rotate their order. A surface with room for only some of them names none of them, because which ones it named would be the claim, and a claim seeded on the date is not the one we serve tomorrow. How we decide this.
| Service | Free Tier | Stability |
|---|---|---|
| Braintrust | Free | stable |
| Langfuse | Free | unrated |
| Portkey | Free | unrated |
| Comet ML | Free | caution |
| LangWatch | Free | unrated |
| Keywords AI | Free | stable |
| Arize AX | Free | stable |
| LangSmith | Free | caution |
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{
"tool": "search_deals",
"arguments": {
"query": "Braintrust",
"limit": 5
}
}
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