# Baseten vs MLflow

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Baseten

| Attribute | Baseten | MLflow |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 82.6 (47% (low)) | 78.8 (47% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 27,317 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 9,366,011 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An inference platform for deploying open-source, custom, and fine-tuned AI models in production with high-performance infrastructure, cross-cloud availability, and seamless developer workflows. | Open source platform for debugging, evaluating, monitoring, and optimizing AI agents and LLM applications with production-grade tracing, evaluation, prompt management, and experiment tracking. Also supports full machine learning lifecycle management including model training and deployment. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"serving","managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"framework_agnostic":true}` | `{"role":"framework","evaluation":true,"managed_cloud":false,"model_serving":true,"self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"llm_observability":true,"prompt_management":true,"framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 3 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"LLM providers (any)"},{"name":"Agent frameworks (any)"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Basic","summary":"$0/month base + usage","features":["Dedicated deployments","Model APIs","Training","Fast cold starts","SOC 2 Type II certified","HIPAA compliant","Email and in-app chat support"],"description":"Deploy custom, fine-tuned, and open-source models with dedicated deployments, Model APIs, training, and SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliance.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"Volume discounts available","features":["Everything in Basic","Priority access to high-demand GPUs","Dedicated compute","Higher Model API rate limits","Hands-on engineering expertise","Dedicated Slack and Zoom support"],"description":"Everything in Basic plus priority GPU access, dedicated compute, higher Model API rate limits, engineering expertise, and dedicated support.","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Volume discounts available","features":["Everything in Pro","Custom SLAs","Self-hosted deployments","On-demand flex compute","Use existing cloud commitments","Full data residency control","Advanced security and compliance","Custom global regions","Advanced RBAC with Teams"],"description":"Everything in Pro plus custom SLAs, self-hosted deployments, on-demand flex compute, data residency control, advanced security, and custom global regions.","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Pay-as-you-go from $0/month. Free credits for new accounts. Model API pricing from $0.10–$3.00 per 1M input tokens depending on model; compute instances from $0.00058–$0.16633 per minute.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://baseten.co","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T22:45:11.653Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://mlflow.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:18:38.042Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 10 |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (MLOps & LLMOps Tools)

| Capability | Baseten | MLflow |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | Model serving | Agent / RAG framework |
| **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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-08-07T00:01:30.998Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*