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DeepEval vs LangSmith

Compare DeepEval and LangSmith side by side. Both are tools in the Observability, Prompts & Evals category.

Quick Comparison

DeepEval
DeepEval
LangSmith
LangSmith
CategoryObservability, Prompts & EvalsObservability, Prompts & Evals
PricingFreemium
Best ForLangChain developers who need integrated tracing, evaluation, and prompt management
Websitedeepeval.comsmith.langchain.com
Key Features
  • Trace visualization for LLM chains
  • Prompt versioning and management
  • Evaluation and testing suite
  • Dataset management
  • Tight LangChain integration
Use Cases
  • Debugging LangChain and LangGraph applications
  • Prompt iteration and A/B testing
  • LLM output evaluation and scoring
  • Team collaboration on prompt engineering
  • Regression testing for LLM apps

When to Choose DeepEval vs LangSmith

LangSmith
Choose LangSmith if you need
  • Debugging LangChain and LangGraph applications
  • Prompt iteration and A/B testing
  • LLM output evaluation and scoring
Pricing: Freemium

About DeepEval

DeepEval is an open-source LLM evaluation framework built for unit testing AI outputs. It provides 14+ evaluation metrics including hallucination detection, answer relevancy, and contextual recall. Integrates with pytest, supports custom metrics, and works with any LLM provider for automated quality assurance in CI/CD pipelines.

About LangSmith

LangSmith is LangChain's observability and evaluation platform for LLM applications. It provides detailed tracing of every LLM call, chain execution, and agent step—showing inputs, outputs, latency, token usage, and cost. LangSmith includes annotation queues for human feedback, dataset management for evaluation, and regression testing for prompt changes. It's the most comprehensive debugging tool for LangChain-based applications.

What is Observability, Prompts & Evals?

Tools for monitoring LLM applications in production, managing and versioning prompts, and evaluating model outputs. Includes tracing, logging, cost tracking, prompt engineering platforms, automated evaluation frameworks, and human annotation workflows.

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