Comparison

LM Evaluation Harness vs Promptfoo

No clear leader: Promptfoo (54.4) and LM Evaluation Harness (53.7) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
LM Evaluation Harness54
Promptfoo54
Score
Vioscale score
LM Evaluation Harness54 / 100low · 40%updating
Promptfoo54 / 100medium · 55%updating
Pricing
Free tier
LM Evaluation Harness
Promptfoo
Model
LM Evaluation Harnesscommercial
Promptfoofreemium
Price level
LM Evaluation Harnessfree
Promptfoolow
Transparent
LM Evaluation Harness
Promptfoo
Integrations
Count
LM Evaluation Harness5
Promptfoo6
Security
Iso27001
LM Evaluation Harness
Promptfoo
Scorecard
LM Evaluation Harness5.6
Promptfoo
Soc2
LM Evaluation Harness
Promptfoo
Adoption
Dependent repos
LM Evaluation Harness252
Promptfoo
Github stars
LM Evaluation Harness13,802
Promptfoo
Activity
Commits last 30d
LM Evaluation Harness50
Promptfoo
Release
Cadence days
LM Evaluation Harness66
Promptfoo
History
LM Evaluation Harness18 items
Promptfoo
License
Spdx
LM Evaluation HarnessMIT
Promptfoo
Language
Primary
LM Evaluation HarnessPython
Promptfoo
Market
Availability
LM Evaluation Harness

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ai evals testing. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Architecture model
LM Evaluation HarnessOpen source CLI
Promptfoo-
LLM as a judge prompt grading framework
LM Evaluation Harness-
Promptfoo
Specialized rag metrics faithfulness context relevance
LM Evaluation Harness-
Promptfoo-
Deterministic regex and json schema assertions
LM Evaluation Harness-
Promptfoo
Synthetic test dataset generation from documents
LM Evaluation Harness-
Promptfoo-
Ci cd github actions pipeline blocking gates
LM Evaluation Harness-
Promptfoo
Red teaming and adversarial vulnerability scanning
LM Evaluation Harness-
Promptfoo
Multi model side by side ab regression testing
LM Evaluation Harness
Promptfoo-
Human in the loop hitl annotation UI
LM Evaluation Harness-
Promptfoo-
Dashboard analytics for metric drift over time
LM Evaluation Harness-
Promptfoo-
SOC2 type ii
LM Evaluation Harness-
Promptfoo
Mit or apache permissive oss license
LM Evaluation Harness-
Promptfoo-
Pricing model
LM Evaluation HarnessFree open source
Promptfoo-

What each one is

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

LM Evaluation Harness

A Python-based evaluation framework that enables testing of language models against 60+ standard academic benchmarks with support for various model formats, APIs, and custom evaluation metrics.

Independently observed

Promptfoo

A comprehensive LLM security testing solution that automatically scans for vulnerabilities such as prompt injections and jailbreaks through dynamic red teaming. Offers both open-source software for local testing and enterprise SaaS with team collaboration, continuous monitoring, and compliance dashboards.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

LM Evaluation Harness

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Promptfoo

HybridFree tier

Free open-source Community tier; Enterprise and On-Premise plans with custom pricing

  • CommunityFree
    • All LLM evaluation features
    • All model providers and integrations
    • Red teaming (10k probes/month)
    • Custom integration with your own app
    • Run locally or self-host on your own infrastructure
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Community features
    • Custom red teaming limits
    • Team sharing & collaboration
    • Continuous monitoring
    • Centralized security/compliance dashboard
    • +6 more
  • On-PremiseContact sales
    • Complete data isolation
    • On-premise deployment
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
LM Evaluation Harness
Promptfoo
CLI
LM Evaluation Harness
Promptfoo
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
LM Evaluation Harness
Promptfoo
Self-hosted
LM Evaluation Harness
Promptfoo
On-premise
LM Evaluation Harness
Promptfoo
Hybrid
LM Evaluation Harness
Promptfoo

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

LM Evaluation Harness

5 total - 4 not shared
  • Hugging Face
  • PyTorch
  • VLLM
  • OpenAI-compliant APIs
Independently observed

Promptfoo

11 total - 10 not shared
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google (Gemini)
  • DeepSeek
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol)
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Webhooks
  • Agent frameworks
  • CI/CD platforms
  • Python providers
Independently observed

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