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Braintrust

AI observability platform for evals, production tracing, prompt management, and regression detection.

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In Plain English

AI observability platform for evals, production tracing, prompt management, and regression detection.

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Overview

Braintrust is an end-to-end LLMOps platform aimed at engineering teams that need to ship quality AI products and keep them quality as models, prompts, and data evolve. Its three pillars are Evals, Tracing, and Playground. Evals let you turn any dataset into a graded benchmark with deterministic scorers, LLM-as-judge rubrics, or custom Python functions, then run experiments across prompts and models to see which changes actually move the needle. Tracing captures every step of a production agent — LLM calls, tool invocations, retrieval results — into a searchable timeline with cost, latency, and per-step inputs and outputs. Playground is a versioned, collaborative prompt editor that pulls real production traces into a side-by-side comparison so PMs and engineers can iterate without redeploying. Braintrust integrates natively with OpenAI, Anthropic, Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, and OpenAI's Agents SDK, and has been adding MCP support to make tool traces a first-class object. Pricing starts at $0 Free, then a Pro plan around $249/month with higher trace and event volume, plus per-GB storage. Enterprise tiers add SSO, dedicated infrastructure, and SOC 2 commitments. Teams adopt Braintrust when they outgrow ad-hoc spreadsheet evals and need a shared workbench for prompt engineering, agent debugging, and production regression detection across multiple model providers.

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Using with OpenClaw

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Monitor OpenClaw agent performance and usage through Braintrust integration. Track costs, latency, and success rates.

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Gain insights into your OpenClaw agent's behavior and optimize performance using Braintrust's analytics and monitoring capabilities.

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Editorial Review

Braintrust is strongest when an AI product team wants evaluation, observability, and regression testing in one operating loop rather than another dashboard nobody uses.

Key Features

Loop Agent+

Describe a quality issue in plain English (e.g., 'responses are too formal') and Loop analyzes your production traces to generate 12 candidate prompt variations targeting that specific problem. The agent learns from evaluation outcomes, so each cycle improves on the last rather than starting from scratch. This is the core differentiator versus every other observability tool in our directory.

Production Trace Logging+

Captures every LLM call with full input/output, latency, token costs, and metadata across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 20+ providers. Traces are searchable and filterable, and become the raw material the Loop agent uses for optimization. Free tier supports 1K eval rows/month with 14-day retention; Pro is unlimited with 30-day retention.

Custom Scorers and Evaluators+

Define automated quality scorers — accuracy, helpfulness, tone, factuality, custom business metrics — that run on every production trace or eval batch. Scorers can be LLM-as-judge, code-based, or human-rated, and feed back into Loop for targeted optimization. Catches regressions before they reach users and quantifies prompt changes objectively.

Dataset Management+

Curate evaluation datasets directly from production traces, marking real user interactions as test cases rather than relying on synthetic examples. Datasets version automatically and integrate with CI/CD pipelines for regression testing. This grounds evaluation in real user behavior and edge cases that synthetic tests typically miss.

Side-by-Side Experiment Comparison+

Run multiple prompt variations or model providers in parallel and compare results across all your scorers in a single dashboard. Useful for vendor selection (OpenAI vs Anthropic vs Google), prompt iteration, and cost/quality trade-off decisions. Outputs are diff-able at the row level so you can see exactly where two configurations diverge.

Pricing Plans

Free

$0

    Pro

    $249/mo

      Enterprise

      Custom

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        Getting Started with Braintrust

        1. 1Define your first Braintrust use case and success metric.
        2. 2Connect a foundation model and configure credentials.
        3. 3Attach retrieval/tools and set guardrails for execution.
        4. 4Run evaluation datasets to benchmark quality and latency.
        5. 5Deploy with monitoring, alerts, and iterative improvement loops.
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        Best Use Cases

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        Systematic prompt and model evaluation

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        Production observability for agents

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        Catching regressions when swapping models

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        Cross-functional prompt iteration with PMs

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        RAG quality measurement

        Integration Ecosystem

        7 integrations

        Braintrust works with these platforms and services:

        🧠 LLM Providers
        OpenAIAnthropicGoogleMistral
        ☁️ Cloud Platforms
        AWS
        📈 Monitoring
        Datadog
        🔗 Other
        GitHub
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        Limitations & What It Can't Do

        We believe in transparent reviews. Here's what Braintrust doesn't handle well:

        • ⚠Requires coding skills and SDK integration — not usable by non-technical product or content teams
        • ⚠14-day retention on free tier limits longer-term trend analysis and quarterly reviews
        • ⚠Complex configuration compared to drop-in monitoring alternatives like Helicone
        • ⚠Pro pricing scales per-seat, making it costly for large teams that only need a few power users
        • ⚠Enterprise features and pricing not transparent — requires sales conversation for custom infrastructure or compliance needs

        Pros & Cons

        ✓ Pros

        • ✓Evals, tracing, and prompt playground in a single shared workbench
        • ✓Playground pulls real production traces in for side-by-side comparison
        • ✓Regression detection across model swaps is a first-class workflow
        • ✓Native integrations with the major SDKs (OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, Vercel AI)
        • ✓MCP support makes tool traces structured spans rather than blobs

        ✗ Cons

        • ✗Jump from Free to $249/mo Pro is steep with limited middle tier
        • ✗LLM-as-judge scorers require careful rubric design to be reliable
        • ✗Opinionated workflow — friction if your team prefers fully custom pipelines
        • ✗Self-host only on Enterprise

        Frequently Asked Questions

        How does Loop agent save money vs manual prompt engineering?+

        Manual optimization typically costs 10-20 engineering hours monthly at $100/hour, or $1,000-2,000 in burdened cost. The Loop agent analyzes production traces and automatically generates 12 prompt variations targeting specific issues you describe in plain English. Most teams see ROI within 2-3 months on the Pro tier at $25/seat. The agent also learns from your evaluation results, so improvements compound over time rather than starting from scratch each cycle.

        Braintrust vs Langfuse vs Helicone — which should I choose?+

        Choose Braintrust ($25/seat) for automated optimization plus monitoring when you have a production LLM app generating revenue. Choose Langfuse (free, self-hosted) for budget-conscious teams that want full data control and only need monitoring. Choose Helicone (~$20/month) for simple OpenAI usage tracking without evaluation needs. The decision hinges on whether you need automated improvement (Braintrust) or just visibility (Langfuse/Helicone). Braintrust is the only one of the three with a Loop agent for automated prompt generation.

        Is the free tier enough for production use?+

        It works for small apps with under 1K eval rows per month and 14-day retention windows. The free tier includes the full Loop agent, so you can validate the optimization workflow before paying. Most production teams quickly hit limits on team members (2 max) or eval volume and upgrade to Pro within the first month. For experimentation, prototypes, or solo developers shipping low-traffic apps, the free tier is genuinely usable rather than a stripped-down trial.

        What's the cost vs building observability in-house?+

        DIY observability typically runs $9K+ in initial setup: monitoring infrastructure costs, custom evaluation scripts (40+ engineering hours), and optimization consulting ($5K+ for a contractor). Ongoing maintenance adds another $500-1,000/month in engineering time. Braintrust Pro at $25/seat/month includes everything: traces, evaluations, the Loop agent, datasets, and scorers. For a 5-person team, that's $125/month versus $1,500+/month DIY — a 12x cost reduction.

        Does Braintrust work with non-OpenAI models?+

        Yes, Braintrust is model-agnostic and integrates with OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, open-source models via Hugging Face, and 20+ other LLM providers. This is a key differentiator versus LangSmith, which is optimized for the LangChain ecosystem. You can run side-by-side evaluations across multiple providers in a single dashboard, which is useful for cost optimization or vendor risk reduction. Custom model endpoints are supported through the SDK.

        🔒 Security & Compliance

        🛡️ SOC2 Compliant
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        SOC2
        Yes
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        GDPR
        Yes
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        HIPAA
        Yes
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        SSO
        Yes
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        Self-Hosted
        No
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        On-Prem
        No
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        RBAC
        Yes
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        Audit Log
        Unknown
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        API Key Auth
        Yes
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        Open Source
        No
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        Encryption at Rest
        Unknown
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        Encryption in Transit
        Unknown
        Data Retention: configurable
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        Alternatives to Braintrust

        Langfuse

        LLM Observability

        Langfuse is an open-source LLM observability and engineering platform providing tracing, prompt management, evaluations, and dataset management for production AI applications.

        DeepEval

        Testing & Quality

        Open-source LLM evaluation framework with 50+ research-backed metrics including hallucination detection, tool use correctness, and conversational quality. Pytest-style testing for AI agents with CI/CD integration.

        Helicone

        LLM Observability

        Open-source LLM observability and AI gateway — logs every prompt, response, cost, and latency across 20+ providers with a one-line proxy or async SDK, plus caching, retries, and prompt experiments.

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