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OpenAI Evals Pricing

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At a glance

100% free and open-source (MIT License) developed by OpenAI. $0 software license via pip install evals with unlimited local and CI/CD evaluation runs. Users only pay direct API token consumption costs to OpenAI (e.g., GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini) for test generation and model-graded LLM-as-a-Judge evaluations.

Self-hosting cost

OpenAI Evals is open source under the MIT license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

Free & cheaper Testing & QA

same category, free plan or open-source license

OpenLITopen source100% free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license ($0 self-hosted on Docker and Kubernetes). Features OpenTelemetry-native LLM tracing, GPU hardware metrics (NVIDIA/AMD/Intel), Prompt Hub, and security guardrails. Managed OpenLIT Cloud edition is available for hosted enterprise deployments.MCP Inspectoropen sourceFree and 100% open source under the MIT license ($0 software cost). mcp-inspector is the official Model Context Protocol developer testing suite, running entirely locally via npx/Node.js with no subscription tiers, cloud fees, or telemetry.Playwrightopen sourcePlaywright is a free and open-source end-to-end testing framework created by Microsoft under the Apache 2.0 license. It provides cross-browser automation across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit without any licensing fees.Grafanaopen sourceGrafana is free and open-source under AGPL-3.0 for self-hosting. Grafana Cloud features a generous free tier (10k metrics series, 50GB logs/traces) and a Pro tier starting at $19/month plus pay-as-you-go usage.
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FAQ

How much does OpenAI Evals cost?

100% free and open-source (MIT License) developed by OpenAI. $0 software license via pip install evals with unlimited local and CI/CD evaluation runs. Users only pay direct API token consumption costs to OpenAI (e.g., GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini) for test generation and model-graded LLM-as-a-Judge evaluations.

Does OpenAI Evals have a free plan?

Yes — OpenAI Evals is completely free.

Can you self-host OpenAI Evals for free?

OpenAI Evals is open source under the MIT license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

What are free or cheaper OpenAI Evals alternatives?

OpenLIT, MCP Inspector, Playwright are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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