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OpenLIT is an open-source Agent Harness Engineering platform for LLM tracing, evaluations, prompt management, and cost tracking, built on OpenTelemetry and free to self-host under Apache 2.0.

See how OpenLIT compares with other AI engineering and LLM observability tools.

Why teams choose OpenLIT

  • OpenTelemetry-native: vendor-neutral, portable telemetry data
  • GPU monitoring for NVIDIA GPUs out of the box
  • Self-hostable with Apache 2.0 license, free forever
  • Vector DB monitoring alongside LLM tracing
  • 60+ integrations across LLMs, frameworks, Vector DBs, and GPUs
  • Prompt Hub, Vault, and Fleet Hub included

Detailed Comparisons

OpenLIT vs Langfuse

Compare OpenLIT and Langfuse for LLM observability. See how OpenTelemetry-native monitoring, GPU tracking, and self-hosted deployment stack up.

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OpenLIT vs Helicone

Compare OpenLIT and Helicone for LLM observability. OpenLIT is SDK-based with no proxy latency, OpenTelemetry-native, and fully self-hostable.

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OpenLIT vs LangSmith

Compare OpenLIT and LangSmith for LLM monitoring. OpenLIT is open-source, self-hostable, and framework-agnostic. LangSmith is a proprietary cloud platform optimised for LangChain.

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OpenLIT vs Datadog LLM Observability

Compare OpenLIT and Datadog for LLM observability. OpenLIT is purpose-built, open-source, and free to self-host. Datadog is a general-purpose platform with LLM monitoring as a paid add-on.

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OpenLIT vs Arize Phoenix

Compare OpenLIT and Arize Phoenix for LLM observability. OpenLIT is Apache 2.0 with a full self-hosted platform (traces, evals, Prompt Hub, GPU). Phoenix is Elastic License 2.0 with strong tracing and eval UX.

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OpenLIT vs Comet Opik

Compare OpenLIT and Comet Opik for LLM observability. Both are Apache 2.0 and self-hostable. OpenLIT adds OTel-native GPU telemetry, Prompt Hub, Vault, and a full AI engineering platform around traces and evals.

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OpenLIT vs Braintrust

Compare OpenLIT and Braintrust for LLM evaluation and prompt management. OpenLIT is Apache 2.0 and free to self-host with OTel-native tracing. Braintrust is a commercial, cloud-first platform strong on experiments and eval UX.

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OpenLIT vs OpenLLMetry

Compare OpenLIT and OpenLLMetry. OpenLLMetry is an OpenTelemetry instrumentation library. OpenLIT is a full self-hosted AI engineering platform plus SDKs that also speak OTLP.

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