vioscale
Comparison

LangSmith vs Ollama

On the evidence we track, Ollama leads this comparison with a composite score of 80/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

LangSmith full profile →Ollama full profile →
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LangSmith57
★Ollama80
Score
Vioscale score
LangSmith57 / 100low · 12%updating
Ollama80 / 100medium · 61%updating
Pricing
Free tier
LangSmith–
Ollama✓
Model
LangSmith–
Ollamacommercial
Price level
LangSmith–
Ollamamid
Starting price
LangSmith–
Ollama$20
Transparent
LangSmith–
Ollama✓
Integrations
Count
LangSmith–
Ollama40,000
Security
Gdpr
LangSmith–
Ollama✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
LangSmith✓
Ollama–
Adoption
Dependent repos
LangSmith–
Ollama0
Github stars
LangSmith–
Ollama179,509
Package downloads weekly
LangSmith–
Ollama4,843,586
Activity
Commits last 30d
LangSmith–
Ollama100
Release
Cadence days
LangSmith–
Ollama2
History
LangSmith–
Ollama20 items
License
Spdx
LangSmith–
OllamaMIT
Language
Primary
LangSmith–
OllamaGo
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
LangSmith–
Ollama7 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

A platform for running open-source language models through CLI, API, or desktop interfaces, with broad integration support for development tools. Provides both private local execution and cloud-hosted inference while maintaining strict data privacy and refusing to train on user inputs.

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/mofreemiumFree tier

Free tier available. Paid plans from $20/mo (Pro) to $100/mo (Max) for individuals; $25/seat/mo for teams (min. 5 seats).

  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited public models
    • 40,000+ community integrations
    • CLI, API, and desktop apps
    • Run models on your own hardware
    • Access cloud models
    • +1 more
  • Pro$20/mo or $200/year
    • Everything in Free
    • Access larger, more powerful cloud models
    • Run 3 cloud models concurrently
    • Upload and share private models
    • Extra usage balance available
  • Max$100/mo (new signups paused)
    • Everything in Pro
    • Run 10 cloud models concurrently
    • Extra usage balance available
  • Team$25/seat/mo (minimum 5 seats = $125/mo)
    • Access to powerful open models in US and Europe
    • High performance (up to 2x faster than competing gateways)
    • Zero data retention and logging
    • Shared billing and administration
    • Priority support
    • +6 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
LangSmith✓
Ollama✓
Windows
LangSmith✗
Ollama✓
Linux
LangSmith✗
Ollama✓
CLI
LangSmith✗
Ollama✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
LangSmith✓
Ollama✓
Self-hosted
LangSmith✗
Ollama✓
On-premise
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
64 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
  • +40 more
Independently observed

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