# Langfuse vs vLLM

| Attribute | Langfuse | vLLM |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 66.4 (56% (medium)) | 63.5 (58% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 5 |
| adoption.github_stars | 35,781 | 93,797 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 6,493,381 | 463,948 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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 It is indexed under MLOps & LLMOps Tools.","source":"https://langfuse.com/changelog/2025-08-08-openai-pricing-availability","question":"What is Langfuse?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Langfuse is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Paid editions are also offered: Core and Enterprise, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://langfuse.com/changelog/2025-08-08-openai-pricing-availability","question":"Is Langfuse free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Langfuse supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://langfuse.com/changelog/2025-08-08-openai-pricing-availability","question":"What platforms does Langfuse support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Langfuse can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://langfuse.com/changelog/2025-08-08-openai-pricing-availability","question":"Can Langfuse be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 21 integrations for Langfuse, including LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, LiteLLM, Pydantic AI, Google ADK, CrewAI, LiveKit and Haystack, plus 13 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://langfuse.com/changelog/2025-08-08-openai-pricing-availability","question":"What does Langfuse integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Langfuse. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Langfuse not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://langfuse.com","question":"What security certifications does Langfuse have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. Langfuse is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/langfuse","question":"Is Langfuse open source?","confidence":0.85}]` | `[{"answer":"An open-source framework that provides optimized LLM inference with low latency and high throughput. It includes continuous batching, memory-efficient attention mechanisms, quantization support, and distributed serving across diverse hardware platforms. It is indexed under MLOps & LLMOps Tools.","source":"https://docs.vllm.ai","question":"What is vLLM?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"vLLM is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://docs.vllm.ai","question":"Is vLLM free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"vLLM supports Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://docs.vllm.ai","question":"What platforms does vLLM support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. vLLM can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://docs.vllm.ai","question":"Can vLLM be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 32 integrations for vLLM, including Hugging Face, NVIDIA Dynamo, OpenAI-compatible API, Anthropic Messages API, FlashAttention, FlashInfer, CUTLASS and torch.compile, plus 24 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://docs.vllm.ai","question":"What does vLLM integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. vLLM is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm","question":"Is vLLM open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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 | A production-grade inference engine designed for efficient serving of large language models with support for distributed deployment, GPU acceleration, and multi-model endpoints. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"observability","evaluation":true,"managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":false,"pricing_model":"free_open_source","self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"llm_observability":true,"prompt_management":true,"architecture_model":"open_source_self_hosted","framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":true,"token_cost_and_latency_waterfall_charts":true,"prompt_playground_and_in_dashboard_replay":true,"multi_step_agentic_workflow_distributed_tracing":true,"opentelemetry_openllmetry_native_export_support":true,"user_feedback_score_api_for_thumbs_up_down_tags":true,"native_integration_with_langchain_and_llamaindex":true}` | `{"role":"serving","open_source":true,"managed_cloud":false,"model_serving":true,"self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"gpu_acceleration":true,"kubernetes_native":true,"llm_observability":true,"framework_agnostic":true,"continuous_batching":true,"multi_model_serving":true,"multi_gpu_multi_node":true,"quantization_support":true,"openai_compatible_api":true,"multi_framework_support":true}` |
| integrations.count | 100 | 29 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"Vercel AI SDK"},{"name":"LiteLLM"},{"name":"Pydantic AI"},{"name":"Google ADK"},{"name":"CrewAI"},{"name":"LiveKit"},{"name":"Haystack"},{"name":"LlamaIndex"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Amazon Bedrock"},{"name":"Azure OpenAI"},{"name":"Mistral AI"},{"name":"Google Gemini"},{"name":"xAI"},{"name":"vLLM"},{"name":"Groq"},{"name":"OpenAI SDK"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"OpenSearch"},{"name":"Hugging Face"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"bidirectional"}]` | `[{"name":"Hugging Face"},{"name":"NVIDIA Dynamo"},{"name":"OpenAI-compatible API"},{"name":"Anthropic Messages API"},{"name":"FlashAttention"},{"name":"FlashInfer"},{"name":"CUTLASS"},{"name":"torch.compile"},{"name":"gRPC"},{"name":"GPTQ"},{"name":"AWQ"},{"name":"GGUF"},{"name":"ModelOpt"},{"name":"TorchAO"},{"name":"OpenAI API"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"PyTorch"},{"name":"Ray"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"FastAPI"},{"name":"Transformers"},{"name":"Outlines"},{"name":"Google Cloud TPU"},{"name":"Intel Gaudi"},{"name":"AMD Instinct"},{"name":"Apple Silicon"},{"name":"IBM Spyre"},{"name":"Huawei Ascend"},{"name":"Rebellions NPU"},{"name":"TRTLLM-GEN"},{"name":"CuTeDSL"},{"name":"OpenAI","native":true,"direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | Python |
| license.spdx | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobby"},{"free":false,"name":"Core"},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise"}],"summary":"Multiple tiers available; specific pricing not shown in provided text","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://langfuse.com/changelog/2025-08-08-openai-pricing-availability","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T09:38:11.860Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://docs.vllm.ai","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:53:56.648Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 12 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://langfuse.com/docs/security-and-guardrails | https://docs.vllm.ai/en/latest/usage/security/ |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=rock8s%2Flangfuse&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":80,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=vllm&per_page=100","last_12m":52,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (MLOps & LLMOps Tools)

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

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:02:07.580Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*