# Langfuse vs Weights & Biases

| Attribute | Langfuse | Weights & Biases |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 66.4 (56% (medium)) | 64.6 (44% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 9,299 |
| adoption.github_stars | 35,781 | 11,268 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 6,493,381 | - |
| 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":"Weights & Biases provides an AI development platform for building and managing machine learning models with integrated experiment tracking, dataset and model management, prompt versioning, and collaborative code features. It supports multiple deployment options including cloud-hosted SaaS, dedicated instances, and self-managed deployments. It is indexed under MLOps & LLMOps Tools.","source":"https://wandb.ai","question":"What is Weights & Biases?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Weights & Biases supports the web and iOS. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://wandb.ai","question":"What platforms does Weights & Biases support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Weights & Biases can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://wandb.ai","question":"Can Weights & Biases be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 10 integrations for Weights & Biases, including OpenAI, Alibaba Qwen, Meta Llama, Microsoft Phi, Hangzhou DeepSeek, Z.ai GLM, MoonshotAI Kimi and CoreWeave, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://wandb.ai","question":"What does Weights & Biases integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Weights & Biases. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Weights & Biases not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://wandb.ai","question":"What security certifications does Weights & Biases have?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Weights & Biases 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://github.com/wandb/wandb","question":"Is Weights & Biases 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 collaborative development platform that enables tracking of ML experiments, versioning of models, evaluation of AI systems, and deployment to production. It provides specialized observability and tracing capabilities for LLM applications, with support for both managed cloud and self-hosted infrastructure. |
| 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":"platform","evaluation":true,"managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"llm_observability":true,"prompt_management":true,"framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":true}` |
| integrations.count | 100 | 9 |
| 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":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Alibaba Qwen"},{"name":"Meta Llama"},{"name":"Microsoft Phi"},{"name":"Hangzhou DeepSeek"},{"name":"Z.ai GLM"},{"name":"MoonshotAI Kimi"},{"name":"CoreWeave"},{"name":"LangChain","native":false},{"name":"TensorBoard","native":true},{"name":"AWS Bedrock","category":"cloud"},{"name":"Claude Code","category":"ide"},{"name":"Google Agent Development Kit"},{"name":"SambaNova Cloud","category":"cloud"},{"name":"Friendli","category":"deployment"},{"name":"deepset"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | Python |
| license.spdx | MIT | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"web":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":"free","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://wandb.ai","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T10:12:41.326Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | free |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| release.cadence_days | - | 16 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"ISO/IEC 27001:2022","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27017:2015","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27018:2019","status":"active"},{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"},{"name":"NIST 800-53","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://langfuse.com/docs/security-and-guardrails | - |
| 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":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=wandb&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (MLOps & LLMOps Tools)

| Capability | Langfuse | Weights & Biases |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | LLM observability / eval | End-to-end ML platform |
| **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 2026-10-16T20:59:31.291Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*