LangSmith
Partial infoTracing, evals, and prompt management from the LangChain team.
LangSmith is a managed platform for tracing, evaluating, and monitoring LLM apps, with a prompt hub and dataset tooling. It works with or without LangChain and offers enterprise self-hosting.
License
Proprietary
Deployment
Managed, Hybrid
Pricing
Free developer tier; usage-based and enterprise plans.
SDKs / languages
Python, TypeScript
Founded
2023
Strengths
- Deep tracing + evals in one place
- Prompt hub and datasets
- Framework-agnostic
Limitations
- Core platform is proprietary
- Self-hosting is enterprise-only
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Facts verified 19 July 2026. Neutral summary, not an endorsement; verify current details with the vendor.