AI Evaluation & Testing Tools

The essential tools for evaluating, testing, and monitoring AI and LLM applications. From prompt testing to production observability, these platforms help you ship reliable AI features.

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Freeplay.ai

LLM Development Platform

The LLM product development platform

Freeplay is a comprehensive platform for building, testing, and optimizing LLM-powered applications. It provides prompt management, A/B testing, evaluation frameworks, and collaboration tools for teams building AI products. With version control for prompts, automated testing pipelines, and detailed analytics, Freeplay helps teams ship better AI features faster.

Key Features:

  • Prompt versioning and management
  • A/B testing for prompts and models
  • Automated evaluation pipelines
  • Team collaboration and workflows
  • Analytics and performance tracking
  • Multi-model support (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)

Best For:

Product teams building LLM-powered features who need structured prompt management, testing, and collaboration

Pricing:

Free tier available, Pro plans from $99/month

Integrations:

OpenAIAnthropic ClaudeAzure OpenAIGoogle Vertex AICustom models
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Braintrust

AI Evaluation Platform

The enterprise AI evaluation platform

Braintrust is an enterprise-grade platform for evaluating and improving AI applications. It provides comprehensive evaluation frameworks, logging, tracing, and analytics for LLM-powered products. With support for custom evaluators, regression testing, and detailed observability, Braintrust helps teams maintain quality as they scale AI features.

Key Features:

  • Comprehensive evaluation framework
  • Custom evaluator support
  • Regression testing for LLMs
  • Detailed logging and tracing
  • Real-time monitoring dashboards
  • CI/CD integration for AI testing

Best For:

Enterprise teams who need rigorous evaluation frameworks and observability for production AI systems

Pricing:

Free tier available, Enterprise pricing on request

Integrations:

OpenAIAnthropicLangChainLlamaIndexGitHub ActionsCI/CD pipelines
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LangSmith

LLM Observability

The LLM application development platform by LangChain

LangSmith is LangChain's platform for debugging, testing, evaluating, and monitoring LLM applications. It provides end-to-end tracing of LLM calls, dataset management, evaluation tools, and production monitoring. Deeply integrated with LangChain but works with any LLM framework, LangSmith gives full visibility into your AI application's behavior.

Key Features:

  • End-to-end LLM call tracing
  • Dataset management and curation
  • Automated and human evaluation
  • Production monitoring and alerts
  • Playground for prompt iteration
  • LangChain deep integration

Best For:

Teams using LangChain or building complex LLM applications who need full observability and debugging

Pricing:

Free tier available, Plus from $39/month, Enterprise on request

Integrations:

LangChainLangGraphOpenAIAnthropicHugging FaceCustom LLMs
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Arize AI

AI Observability

ML and LLM observability for production AI

Arize AI is a comprehensive observability platform for machine learning and LLM applications in production. It provides monitoring, troubleshooting, and evaluation tools for AI systems at scale. With support for embeddings, prompt/response analysis, and automated issue detection, Arize helps teams maintain reliable AI products.

Key Features:

  • Production LLM monitoring
  • Embedding drift detection
  • Prompt and response analysis
  • Automated issue detection
  • Performance benchmarking
  • Integration with ML pipelines

Best For:

ML/AI teams running production systems who need comprehensive observability and automated monitoring

Pricing:

Free tier available, Pro from $50/month, Enterprise on request

Integrations:

OpenAIAnthropicLangChainHugging FaceAWS SageMakerDatabricks
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Humanloop

Prompt Engineering Platform

The prompt engineering and evaluation platform

Humanloop is a platform for prompt engineering, evaluation, and monitoring of LLM applications. It provides tools for prompt versioning, A/B testing, human feedback collection, and automated evaluation. With a focus on iterative improvement and collaboration, Humanloop helps teams optimize their AI features continuously.

Key Features:

  • Visual prompt engineering
  • Version control for prompts
  • Human feedback collection
  • Automated evaluation metrics
  • A/B testing and experiments
  • Fine-tuning data collection

Best For:

Teams focused on prompt optimization who need structured workflows for iterating and improving prompts

Pricing:

Free tier available, Pro from $99/month

Integrations:

OpenAIAnthropicAzure OpenAICohereCustom models
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Patronus AI

LLM Testing Platform

Automated testing and evaluation for LLMs

Patronus AI provides automated testing and evaluation tools specifically designed for LLM applications. It offers pre-built evaluators for common issues like hallucinations, toxicity, and PII leakage, along with custom evaluation capabilities. With continuous monitoring and regression testing, Patronus helps teams ship reliable AI products.

Key Features:

  • Hallucination detection
  • Toxicity and safety evaluation
  • PII leakage detection
  • Custom evaluator creation
  • Regression testing automation
  • Benchmark comparisons

Best For:

Teams prioritizing AI safety and reliability who need automated detection of hallucinations, toxicity, and data leakage

Pricing:

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Integrations:

OpenAIAnthropicLangChainCI/CD pipelinesCustom LLMs
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PromptLayer

Prompt Management

The first platform built for prompt engineers

PromptLayer is a prompt management and observability platform that tracks, manages, and optimizes LLM requests. It provides a visual interface for prompt versioning, request logging, and performance analytics. With features for collaboration and A/B testing, PromptLayer makes prompt engineering more systematic and data-driven.

Key Features:

  • Request logging and history
  • Prompt template management
  • Visual prompt versioning
  • Performance analytics
  • Team collaboration tools
  • A/B testing for prompts

Best For:

Prompt engineers and teams who want to systematically track, version, and optimize their prompts

Pricing:

Free tier available, Pro from $29/month

Integrations:

OpenAIAnthropicLangChainPythonJavaScript/TypeScript
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Promptfoo

Open Source LLM Eval

Open source LLM evaluation and testing

Promptfoo is an open-source tool for testing and evaluating LLM outputs. It provides a CLI and library for running evaluations against multiple prompts and models, with support for custom assertions and automated scoring. Self-hosted and privacy-friendly, Promptfoo is ideal for teams who want control over their evaluation pipeline.

Key Features:

  • CLI-based evaluation runner
  • Multi-prompt and multi-model testing
  • Custom assertion support
  • Red teaming and security testing
  • CI/CD integration
  • Self-hosted and privacy-friendly

Best For:

Developers who want open-source, self-hosted LLM evaluation with full control over their testing pipeline

Pricing:

Free and open source, Cloud version available

Integrations:

OpenAIAnthropicOllamaHugging FaceGitHub ActionsAny LLM API
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WhyLabs

AI Observability

AI observability for reliable ML and LLMs

WhyLabs is an AI observability platform that provides monitoring, security, and evaluation for ML and LLM applications. Built on the open-source whylogs library, it offers data quality monitoring, model performance tracking, and LLM-specific features like hallucination detection and prompt injection monitoring.

Key Features:

  • Real-time model monitoring
  • Data quality and drift detection
  • LLM security monitoring
  • Hallucination detection
  • Open source whylogs integration
  • Customizable alerts and dashboards

Best For:

Teams needing comprehensive ML/AI observability with a focus on data quality, security, and open-source foundations

Pricing:

Free tier available, Growth from $200/month

Integrations:

whylogsLangChainMLflowSageMakerDatabricksHugging Face
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Galileo

AI Quality Platform

AI quality intelligence for LLM applications

Galileo is an AI quality intelligence platform that helps teams debug, evaluate, and improve LLM applications. It provides automated evaluation metrics, hallucination detection, and root cause analysis for LLM failures. With features for data curation and fine-tuning optimization, Galileo helps teams build more reliable AI products.

Key Features:

  • Automated quality metrics
  • Hallucination and uncertainty detection
  • Root cause analysis for failures
  • Data curation for fine-tuning
  • Production monitoring
  • Evaluation benchmarking

Best For:

Teams focused on LLM quality and reliability who need deep insights into model behavior and failure modes

Pricing:

Free tier available, Pro pricing on request

Integrations:

OpenAIAnthropicLangChainHugging FaceCustom models
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How to Choose AI Evaluation Tools

For Prompt Development

Choose platforms focused on prompt iteration and testing:

  • Freeplay.ai - Best all-in-one prompt development platform
  • Humanloop - Best for prompt engineering workflows
  • PromptLayer - Best for prompt versioning and tracking

For Production Monitoring

Choose observability platforms for production AI systems:

  • Arize AI - Best comprehensive AI observability
  • WhyLabs - Best open-source foundation
  • LangSmith - Best for LangChain users

For Quality & Safety Testing

Choose tools focused on reliability and safety evaluation:

  • Patronus AI - Best for hallucination and safety detection
  • Galileo - Best for quality intelligence and debugging
  • Braintrust - Best for enterprise evaluation frameworks

For CI/CD Integration

Choose tools that integrate into your development pipeline:

  • Promptfoo - Best open-source CLI for CI/CD
  • Braintrust - Best enterprise CI/CD integration
  • Freeplay.ai - Good automated testing pipelines

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