Comparison

Langfuse vs MLflow

On the evidence we track, MLflow leads this comparison with a composite score of 76/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Langfuse64
MLflow76
Score
Vioscale score
Langfuse64 / 100medium · 66%
MLflow76 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tier
Langfuse
MLflow
Model
Langfusefreemium
Price level
Langfuselow
MLflowfree
Transparent
Langfuse
MLflow
Integrations
Count
Langfuse100
MLflow15
Reliability
Status page
Langfuse
MLflow
Adoption
Dependent repos
Langfuse0
MLflow5,089
Github stars
Langfuse33,763
MLflow27,687
Package downloads weekly
Langfuse6,083,004
MLflow9,993,245
Activity
Commits last 30d
Langfuse100
MLflow100
Release
Cadence days
Langfuse
MLflow10
History
Langfuse20 items
MLflow20 items
License
Spdx
LangfuseMIT
Language
Primary
LangfuseTypeScript
MLflowPython
Market
Availability
MLflow

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for mlops & llmops tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Tool role
LangfuseLLM observability / eval
MLflowEnd-to-end ML platform
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core
Langfuse
MLflow
Managed cloud available
Langfuse
MLflow
On-prem / VPC deployment
Langfuse
MLflow
Observability
LLM tracing / observability
Langfuse
MLflow
Evaluation (offline / LLM-judge / human)
Langfuse
MLflow
Dev
Prompt management + versioning
Langfuse
MLflow
Tracking
Experiment tracking / model registry
Langfuse
MLflow
Serving
Model serving / inference endpoint
Langfuse
MLflow
Interop
OpenTelemetry / OpenLLMetry compatible
Langfuse
MLflow
Framework-agnostic
Langfuse
MLflow
Gateway
Multi-provider model support
Langfuse
MLflow
Data
No-train-on-customer-data guarantee
Langfuse-
MLflow-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Langfuse

A comprehensive observability and development platform that combines tracing, prompt management, evaluation, and experimentation, enabling teams to understand LLM behavior in production and ship improved applications with confidence

Independently observed

MLflow

Leader

A comprehensive, open-source platform that provides experiment tracking, model registry, LLM tracing, prompt management, and deployment capabilities across the complete machine learning and AI lifecycle

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Langfuse

SubscriptionFree tier

Multiple tiers available; specific pricing not shown in provided text

  • HobbyFree
  • Core-
  • Enterprise-
as of verify ↗

MLflow

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Langfuse
MLflow
CLI
Langfuse
MLflow
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Langfuse
MLflow
Self-hosted
Langfuse
MLflow
On-premise
Langfuse
MLflow

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (6)
  • LangChain
  • LiteLLM
  • Pydantic AI
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google Gemini

Langfuse

23 total - 17 not shared
  • Vercel AI SDK
  • Google ADK
  • CrewAI
  • LiveKit
  • Haystack
  • LlamaIndex
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Azure OpenAI
  • Mistral AI
  • xAI
  • vLLM
  • Groq
  • OpenAI SDK
  • Cohere
  • Elasticsearch
  • OpenSearch
  • Hugging Face
Independently observed

MLflow

Leader
28 total - 22 not shared
  • Databricks
  • AWS S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Azure Storage
  • AzureML
  • Kubernetes
  • Anthropic Claude
  • SAP AI Core
  • JFrog
  • Aliyun
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MSSQL
  • Claude Code
  • OpenAI Codex
  • Gemini
  • Ollama
  • OpenClaw
  • Qwen Code
  • Amazon S3
  • OpenTelemetry/OTLP
  • OpenAI-compatible endpoints
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.