Comparison

LangSmith vs Ollama

On the evidence we track, Ollama leads this comparison with a composite score of 73/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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LangSmith52
★Ollama73
Score
vioscaleAI score
LangSmith52 / 100low · 12%
Ollama73 / 100medium · 56%
Pricing
Free tier
LangSmith–
Ollama✓
Model
LangSmith–
Ollamafreemium
Price level
LangSmith–
Ollamamid
Starting price
LangSmith–
Ollama$20
Transparent
LangSmith–
Ollama✓
Integrations
Count
LangSmith–
Ollama40,000
Reliability
Status page
LangSmith✓
Ollama–
Adoption
Dependent repos
LangSmith–
Ollama0
Github stars
LangSmith–
Ollama183,171
Package downloads weekly
LangSmith–
Ollama2,940,647
Activity
Commits last 30d
LangSmith–
Ollama100
Release
Cadence days
LangSmith–
Ollama2
History
LangSmith–
Ollama20 items
License
Spdx
LangSmith–
OllamaMIT
Language
Primary
LangSmith–
OllamaGo
Content
Faq
LangSmith4 items
Ollama8 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

LangSmith

LangSmith enables users to observe, evaluate, and deploy AI agents through a web interface that requires no coding. The platform provides tools for agent engineering and monitoring.

Independently observed

Ollama

Leader

Ollama enables developers to run open-source language models either on their own computers or through Ollama's cloud infrastructure, with a guarantee that user prompts and responses are never logged, stored, or used for training. Models can run locally without internet (limited by hardware) or in the cloud with no performance constraints.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

LangSmith

Pricing not documented yet.

Ollama

Leader
from $20/moHybridFree tier

Free to start; Pro from $20/mo with $60 usage credits; Max at $100/mo with $300 usage credits; Team at $500/mo with shared $1,000 usage credits; Enterprise with custom pricing

  • FreeFree
    • Run models locally
    • Starter usage credits included
    • Access to starter models
    • Add credits to unlock all models
    • No service fees
  • Pro$20/mo or $200/yr billed annually
    • Everything in Free, plus
    • $60 of usage credits per month
    • Access to larger pro models
    • Run multiple models concurrently
    • Fast mode (coming soon)
  • Max$100/mo
    • Everything in Pro, plus
    • $300 of usage credits per month
    • Early access to the newest models
    • 10 concurrent requests
  • Team$500/mo
    • Unlimited users
    • $1,000 of usage credits per month, shared across the team
    • Centralized billing and administration
    • Priority support
    • Shared projects, skills, and instructions
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Team, plus
    • Model access controls
    • Limit team access to specific models
    • Set cost budgets for users and API keys
    • Private Slack channel with dedicated support
    • +1 more
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
LangSmith✓
Ollama✗
macOS
LangSmith✗
Ollama✓
Windows
LangSmith✗
Ollama✓
Linux
LangSmith✗
Ollama✓
CLI
LangSmith✗
Ollama✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
LangSmith✓
Ollama✓
Self-hosted
LangSmith✗
Ollama✓
Hybrid
LangSmith✗
Ollama✓

Integrations

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

LangSmith

Not documented yet.

Ollama

Leader
72 total
  • Claude Code
  • OpenClaw
  • OpenCode
  • Codex
  • Copilot
  • Droid
  • Open WebUI
  • Onyx
  • LibreChat
  • Lobe Chat
  • NextChat
  • Perplexica
  • big-AGI
  • Lollms WebUI
  • ChatOllama
  • Bionic GPT
  • Chatbot UI
  • Hollama
  • Chatbox
  • Ollama RAG Chatbot
  • Dify.AI
  • AnythingLLM
  • Maid
  • Witsy
  • +48 more
Independently observed
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