Langfuse is an open-source LLM engineering platform with 29K+ GitHub stars for tracing, evaluating, and monitoring AI applications. Acquired by ClickHouse, it provides detailed traces of LLM calls, prompt management with versioning, dataset-based evaluation, user feedback collection, and cost tracking. Framework-agnostic with native integrations for LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI SDK, and Vercel AI SDK. Offers both self-hosted deployment and a managed cloud service.
Alternatives to W&B Weave
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Helicone is an open-source LLM observability and AI gateway platform with proxy-based request logging, cost tracking, latency monitoring, caching, rate limits, user analytics, prompt tools, and HQL. It supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, LiteLLM, Anyscale, Together AI, and OpenRouter integrations, and now presents itself as part of Mintlify while continuing managed and self-hosted gateway/observability workflows.
Phoenix by Arize is an open-source AI observability platform for tracing, evaluating, and debugging LLM applications. It captures prompt-response pairs, retrieval context, agent tool calls, and latency data through OpenTelemetry-based instrumentation. Provides experiment tracking, dataset management, and evaluation frameworks for systematically improving AI application quality. 10K+ GitHub stars.
Open-source W&B Weave alternatives
Langfuse, Helicone, Arize Phoenix — see all open-source developer tools.
Free W&B Weave alternatives
Langfuse, Helicone, Arize Phoenix offer a free plan or free tier.
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FAQ
Which W&B Weave alternative is listed first?
Langfuse is first in the editor-selected list of 3 W&B Weave alternatives and carries an editorial review score of 87/100. The stored order is editorial; review scores do not determine membership or position.
Are there open-source W&B Weave alternatives?
Yes — Langfuse, Helicone, Arize Phoenix are open source.
Are there free W&B Weave alternatives?
Yes — Langfuse, Helicone, Arize Phoenix offer a free plan or free tier.