# Baserun vs MLflow Tracing (slim)

> MLflow Tracing scores 61.2 (C) to Baserun's 7 (F) for agent tracing. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Baserun shut down on 2024-09-30. MLflow Tracing scores 61.2 (C) on agent readiness against Baserun's 7 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent tracing.

- Baserun: F 7, rank retired, not ranked · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/baserun.min.md
- MLflow Tracing: C 61.2, rank #476 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mlflow-tracing.min.md
- Baserun, good for Nothing new. It shut down on 2024-09-30. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where MLflow Tracing loses 6 points for them.
- MLflow Tracing, good for Teams that already run MLflow or want Apache-2.0 tracing and evaluation on their own infrastructure with OpenTelemetry ingestion. Ahead on Reliability, 76 against 0; Schema & documentation, 78 against 15; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 5; Security & auth, 40 against 5; Payments & pricing, 60 against 0; Maintenance & community, 88 against 0; Transparency & trust, 62 against 33. Also Still running. Baserun has shut down; Runs on your own machine; Open source.

| Category | Baserun | MLflow Tracing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 0 | 76 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 15 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 5 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 5 | 40 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 0 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 33 | 62 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Baserun | MLflow Tracing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Baserun | MLflow Project (LF Projects, LLC) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.baserun.ai` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP | stdio, HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | none | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 26 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2024-06-26 | 2026-10-06 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |
| Popularity | 115 npm/wk, 209 PyPI/wk | 28k stars |
| Agent reviews | 1/5 (2) | none |