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Langfuse

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Langfuse is an open-source AI engineering platform (by ClickHouse) for tracing, evaluating, and improving LLM applications. It offers LLM observability, prompt management, evaluation, and metrics, processing 10+ billion observations monthly.

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Pricing5 options

Free tier available ('Start free')

managed cloud launched via 'Launch App'.

Hobby plan is Free with no credit card required, 50k units/month, 30 days data access, 2 u

Core plan is $29/month with 100k units/month included (additional $8/100k units, lower wit

Pro plan is $199/month with 3 years data access, data retention management, unlimited anno

Platforms
AI engineering platformLangfuse Cloud Service
API accessNot public
Founded2023
AvailabilityWeb / remote
LicenseMIT

Best suited to

Source-backed fit
Teams collaboratively building LLM applications Engineers needing production LLM observability and tracing Organizations requiring self-hostable AI infrastructure Enterprises needing SOC2/ISO27001/HIPAA-ready LLM tooling Builders integrating OpenAI, LangChain, or other LLM frameworks Used by 19 of Fortune 50 companies and 100,000+ engineers.
Decision support

Common questions and adoption checks

6 sourced answers

Short answers to the questions buyers and builders commonly ask about Langfuse. Each answer cites the shared ledger below, where every source is listed once.

01What does Langfuse say it can do?

Trace, evaluate, and improve AI agents with one open platform, connecting tracing, monitor · Observability with hierarchical traces capturing every LLM call, tool invocation, and retr · Product areas include LLM Observability, Prompt Management, Evaluation, and Metrics. · Observability and tracing for LLM applications

Trace, evaluate, and improve AI agents with one open platform. Use production data to understand behavior, collaborate on fixes, and ship better quality at lower cost and latency.
02Who is Langfuse intended for?

Used by 19 of Fortune 50 companies and 100,000+ engineers. · Trusted by 40,000+ builders. · Teams collaboratively developing LLM applications

Used by 19 of Fortune 50 10+ billion observations/month 100,000+ engineers building on Langfuse
03What use cases does Langfuse describe?

LLM Observability, Prompt Management, and Evaluation. · Production-scale LLM engineering platform processing 10+ billion observations/month. · Debugging, analyzing, and iterating on LLM applications · RAG observability and evaluations, including retrieval relevance, answer faithfulness, and

Product Overview LLM Observability Prompt Management Evaluation Metrics
04What should teams verify before adopting Langfuse?

Example project provides view-only access · Image generation limited to 3 generations per minute

The example project provides view-only access .
05What pricing information is available for Langfuse?

Free tier available ('Start free'); managed cloud launched via 'Launch App'. · Hobby plan is Free with no credit card required, 50k units/month, 30 days data access, 2 u · Core plan is $29/month with 100k units/month included (additional $8/100k units, lower wit · Pro plan is $199/month with 3 years data access, data retention management, unlimited anno

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06Does Langfuse document API access?

API-first architecture · Exposes custom evaluation workflows via API/SDKs.

Platform API-first architecture
Decision guide

Capabilities and operating fit

AI infrastructure

This profile connects the jobs Langfuse is described as handling with its delivery model, access options and the subjects used to match it to related products in this directory.

Common use cases

  • LLM observability and tracing for AI agents
  • Debugging and analyzing LLM application behavior
  • Prompt management with versioning and deployment
  • Evaluation of output quality and production health
  • Monitoring cost, latency, and session/user metadata
  • Managing datasets and experiments for LLM apps

Access signals

Pricing model
Free tier available ('Start free'); managed cloud launched via 'Launch App'. · Hobby plan is Free with no credit card required, 50k units/month, 30 days data access, 2 u · Core plan is $29/month with 100k units/month included (additional $8/100k units, lower wit · Pro plan is $199/month with 3 years data access, data retention management, unlimited anno
API
Not publicly listed
Source links
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Source-backed

Verified facts

Updated July 28, 2026

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Official website

HTTP 200 verified twice

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First-party description

Langfuse

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Source-supported facts

Open-source AI engineering platform · Operated by/part of ClickHouse · Trace, evaluate, and improve AI agents

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Open source

Yes

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Capability

Trace, evaluate, and improve AI agents with one open platform, connecting tracing, monitoring, datasets, experiments, and evaluation.

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Company

Langfuse is operated by ClickHouse ('Langfuse joins ClickHouse').

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Use case

LLM Observability, Prompt Management, and Evaluation.

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Audience

Used by 19 of Fortune 50 companies and 100,000+ engineers.

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Deployment

Self-hosting supported via Docker Compose, Kubernetes (Helm), AWS (Terraform), GCP (Terraform), and Azure (Terraform); or use the managed 'Launch App' cloud offering.

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Integration

Supports ingesting traces via OpenAI, LangChain, or the SDKs.

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Capability

Observability with hierarchical traces capturing every LLM call, tool invocation, and retrieval step; filter by user, session, cost, latency, or custom metadata.

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Pricing

Free tier available ('Start free'); managed cloud launched via 'Launch App'.

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Support

Community support via GitHub (31.6k Stars, 300+ Contributors), Q&A threads, and roadmap threads.

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Use case

Production-scale LLM engineering platform processing 10+ billion observations/month.

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Company

Langfuse is part of ClickHouse ("Langfuse by ClickHouse", "Langfuse joins ClickHouse").

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Capability

Product areas include LLM Observability, Prompt Management, Evaluation, and Metrics.

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Pricing

Hobby plan is Free with no credit card required, 50k units/month, 30 days data access, 2 users, community support via GitHub.

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Pricing

Core plan is $29/month with 100k units/month included (additional $8/100k units, lower with volume), 90 days data access, unlimited users, in-app support.

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Pricing

Pro plan is $199/month with 3 years data access, data retention management, unlimited annotation queues, high rate limits, SOC2 & ISO27001 reports, HIPAA-ready region, prioritized in-app support plus optional Teams Add-on $300/mo.

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Pricing

Enterprise plan is $2499/month with SSO (e.g. Okta), SSO enforcement, fine-grained RBAC, Dedicated Slack / MS Teams Channel, Audit Logs, SCIM API, custom rate limits, Uptime SLA, Support SLA, dedicated support engineer, yearly commitment op

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Open source

Langfuse has an open-source codebase with 31.6k GitHub stars and 300+ contributors.

[3]langfuse.com/pricing
Deployment

Self-hosting guides are available for Docker Compose, Kubernetes (Helm), AWS (Terraform), GCP (Terraform), and Azure (Terraform).

[3]langfuse.com/pricing
Security

Pro tier includes SOC2 & ISO27001 reports and a HIPAA-ready region.

[3]langfuse.com/pricing
Security

Enterprise tier adds Enterprise SSO (e.g. Okta), SSO enforcement, fine-grained RBAC, Audit Logs, SCIM API, Uptime SLA, and Support SLA.

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Audience

Trusted by 40,000+ builders.

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Support

Support options range from community Q&A (1.8k threads) and GitHub community on Hobby, in-app support on Core, prioritized in-app support plus optional Teams Add-on on Pro, to dedicated support engineer and SLA-backed channels on Enterprise

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Open source

true

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Platform

AI engineering platform

[2]langfuse.com/docs
Use case

Debugging, analyzing, and iterating on LLM applications

[2]langfuse.com/docs
Audience

Teams collaboratively developing LLM applications

[2]langfuse.com/docs
Deployment

Self-hostable

[2]langfuse.com/docs
Capability

Observability and tracing for LLM applications

[2]langfuse.com/docs
Capability

Prompt Management with version control and deployment

[2]langfuse.com/docs
Capability

Evaluation to measure output quality and monitor production health

[2]langfuse.com/docs
Integration

Native SDKs for Python and JS plus 100+ library/framework integrations

[2]langfuse.com/docs
Protocol

OpenTelemetry-based for compatibility

[2]langfuse.com/docs
Api

API-first architecture

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Distribution

Data exports to blob storage

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Security

Enterprise security and administration features

[2]langfuse.com/docs
Capability

Trace capture including LLM, retrieval, embedding, and API calls; multi-turn session tracking; user tracking; agent graph representation

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Practical capabilities

What it helps with

8 documented areas

A concise view of the jobs, capabilities and integrations described in the recorded product sources.

Use case

LLM observability and tracing for AI agents

Use case

Debugging and analyzing LLM application behavior

Use case

Prompt management with versioning and deployment

Use case

Evaluation of output quality and production health

Use case

Monitoring cost, latency, and session/user metadata

Use case

Managing datasets and experiments for LLM apps

Use case

LLM Observability, Prompt Management, and Evaluation.

Use case

Production-scale LLM engineering platform processing 10+ billion observations/month.

Availability

Where it runs and where to get it

Source checked

Documented product formats, platforms and official distribution destinations. Availability can vary by region and plan.

Cost / license

Free tier available ('Start free'); managed cloud launched via 'Launch App'. · Hobby plan is Free with no credit card required, 50k units/month, 30 days data access, 2 u · Core plan is $29/month with 100k units/month included (additional $8/100k units, lower wit · Pro plan is $199/month with 3 years data access, data retention management, unlimited annoMITYesLangfuse has an open-source codebase with 31.6k GitHub stars and 300+ contributors.trueMIT · Yes · Langfuse has an open-source codebase with 31.6k GitHub stars and 300+ contributors. · true

Origin

Langfuse joined ClickHouse

Platforms

AI engineering platformLangfuse Cloud ServiceLive, shared web example project viewable before signup
Implementation details

Adoption notes

DeploymentSelf-hosting supported via Docker Compose, Kubernetes (Helm), AWS (Terraform), GCP (Terraf · Self-hosting guides are available for Docker Compose, Kubernetes (Helm), AWS (Terraform), · Self-hostable · Self-hosting via Docker Compose, Kubernetes (Helm), AWS (Terraform), GCP (Terraform), and
LicenseMIT · Yes · Langfuse has an open-source codebase with 31.6k GitHub stars and 300+ contributors. · true
Model supportNot disclosed by source
Data controlPro tier includes SOC2 & ISO27001 reports and a HIPAA-ready region. · Enterprise tier adds Enterprise SSO (e.g. Okta), SSO enforcement, fine-grained RBAC, Audit · Enterprise security and administration features
Learning curveIntermediate
Primary use casesLLM observability and tracing for AI agents, Debugging and analyzing LLM application behavior, Prompt management with versioning and deployment, Evaluation of output quality and production health, Monitoring cost, latency, and session/user metadata, Managing datasets and experiments for LLM apps, LLM Observability, Prompt Management, and Evaluation., Production-scale LLM engineering platform processing 10+ billion observations/month., Debugging, analyzing, and iterating on LLM applications, RAG observability and evaluations, including retrieval relevance, answer faithfulness, and, Agent evaluation, assessing end-to-end trajectories for agents with tool use and planning, trace, evaluate, and improve LLM applications and AI agents in production, Inspecting traces that show timing, costs, input/output, and evaluation scores, Scoring live traces in production to turn interesting examples into datasets and compare c, Blocking deploys on regressions through CI/CD experiments., Running deterministic checks via Code Evaluators.

What to verify before adopting

  • Example project provides view-only access
  • Image generation limited to 3 generations per minute
Evolution and major updates

Langfuse timeline

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12 dated updates
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  1. Release note

    v2 Metrics and Observations API (Beta)

    Open details

    New high-performance v2 beta APIs for metrics and observations with cursor-based pagination, selective field retrieval, and optimized data architecture.

    View source [7]
  2. Release note

    v2 Metrics and Observations API (Beta)

    Open details

    New high-performance v2 APIs for metrics and observations with cursor-based pagination, selective field retrieval, and optimized data architecture.

    View source [7]
  3. Release note

    Dataset Item Versioning

    Open details

    Track dataset changes over time with automatic versioning on every addition, update, or deletion of dataset items.

    View source [7]
  4. Release note

    Dataset Item Versioning

    Open details

    Track dataset changes over time with automatic versioning on every addition, update, or deletion of dataset items.

    View source [7]
  5. Release note

    Batch Add Observations to Datasets

    Open details

    Select multiple observations from the observations table and add them to a new dataset in bulk.

    View source [7]
Citation ledger

Recorded sources

19 unique pages

Facts, answers, structured details, milestones and primary resource links cite this shared ledger. Each external page appears once; release tags from the same GitHub project are grouped under one release history.

  1. 1langfuse.com 15 facts · 4 answers · Official site
  2. 2langfuse.com/docs 14 facts · 4 answers · Documentation
  3. 3langfuse.com/pricing 12 facts · 3 answers · Pricing
  4. 4langfuse.com/guides 12 facts · 2 answers · Official site
  5. 5langfuse.com/press 12 facts · 1 answer · Official site
  6. 6langfuse.com/integrations 11 facts · Official site
  7. 7langfuse.com/changelog 11 milestones
  8. 8langfuse.com/privacy 10 facts · Security
  9. 9langfuse.com/about 9 facts · Official site
  10. 10langfuse.com/blog 8 facts · Official site
  11. 11langfuse.com/docs/demo 1 fact · 2 answers · Documentation
  12. 12langfuse.com/docs/evaluation/overview 1 answer · Documentation
  13. 13langfuse.com/changelog/2026-07-24-any-table-is-a-chart 1 milestone
  14. 14langfuse.com/docs/metrics/overview Documentation
  15. 15langfuse.com/docs/observability/get-started Documentation
  16. 16langfuse.com/docs/observability/overview Documentation
  17. 17langfuse.com/docs/prompt-management/features/playground Documentation
  18. 18langfuse.com/docs/prompt-management/get-started Documentation
  19. 19langfuse.com/docs/roadmap Documentation
Research status120 substantive facts · 17 source pages · quality score 100/100