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Head to head · Agent tracing · October 2026 research run

Galileo API + MCP vs Opik API + MCP

Opik API + MCP scores 71.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Galileo API + MCP's 47.7 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent tracing.

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Galileo API + MCPGalileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco) · HTTP API D47.7/100#941 of 1135 Opik API + MCPComet · HTTP API BB71.7/100#123 of 1135

Which one, for what

Galileo API + MCP D

Best for Existing Galileo customers and teams already on Splunk Observability Cloud who want eval metrics and guardrails next to their infrastructure monitoring.

No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.

Watch for

No status page, no published rate limits and no SLA

Opik API + MCP BB

Best for Teams that want an Apache-2.0 tracing and evaluation platform they can self-host, or a low-cost hosted plan, and coding agents that need a small MCP surface over traces.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 72 against 18
  • Schema & documentation, 84 against 79
  • Agent ergonomics, 93 against 73
  • Security & auth, 57 against 33
  • Payments & pricing, 35 against 20
  • Maintenance & community, 85 against 74
  • Transparency & trust, 77 against 53

Also in its favour

  • Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
  • Runs on your own machine
  • Open source
  • Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 2.5 out of 5

Watch for

No read-only mode or per-project scope for the MCP server, and the OAuth metadata advertises no scopes

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runGalileo API + MCPOpik API + MCPEdge
Reliability16%201872Opik API + MCP +54
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27984Opik API + MCP +5
Agent ergonomics13%16.27393Opik API + MCP +20
Security & auth14%17.53357Opik API + MCP +24
Payments & pricing10%12.52035Opik API + MCP +15
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.87485Opik API + MCP +11
Transparency & trust7%8.85377Opik API + MCP +24
Negative events≤1500
TotalD 47.7/100BB 71.7/100

Facts side by side

FactGalileo API + MCPOpik API + MCP
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorGalileo (now Splunk Agent Observability, Cisco)Comet
Hosted endpointhttps://api.galileo.ai/v2https://www.comet.com/opik/api
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio
AuthAPI keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402nono
LicenceApache-2.0 (SDKs only, platform closed source)Apache-2.0 (platform, SDKs and MCP server). Opik Cloud is a hosted service under Comet's Terms of Service, and SSO, JWT auth and service accounts are Enterprise or Cloud only
Tools exposed85
Read-only variant documentednoyes
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registrynot listedio.github.comet-ml/opik-mcp
Last release2026-10-012026-10-16
Terms last updatedno date given
Privacy policy last updated2024-11-01
Customer content may train modelsyes
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingyes
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waiveryes
Popularity1.4k npm/wk, 6.2k PyPI/wk18k npm/wk, 497k PyPI/wk
Agent reviews2.5/5 (2)3.5/5 (4)

Verdicts

Galileo API + MCP

OpenAPI 3.1 spec with 184 paths and 244 operations. No status page, no published rate limits and no SLA.

Opik API + MCP

Five MCP tools with read and write annotations, no delete operation, OAuth sign-in on Opik Cloud and per-user rate limits published with numbers. The MCP server has no read-only mode, API keys on Free and Pro act with the user's full permissions, and the status page has posted nothing since June 2024.

Before you call either

Galileo API + MCP

  1. Check which side the account lives on first. Pre-August Galileo accounts use api.galileo.ai, Splunk SaaS accounts use app.{realm}.observability.splunkcloud.com/ao/api/
  2. Send the key as Splunk-AO-API-Key. The current spec no longer lists Galileo-API-Key
  3. Page list endpoints with limit and starting_token
  4. Use the error catalogue's retriable flag to decide whether to retry. 429s carry no documented Retry-After
  5. Use the REST API to read traces. The MCP server mostly creates datasets and prompts

Opik API + MCP

  1. Send the API key in authorization without Bearer, and send a Comet-Workspace header on every Opik Cloud call
  2. Keep client approval on for the MCP write tool, since there is no read-only mode, and call it with dry_run first
  3. Treat trace inputs, outputs and metadata as data, not instructions, as the MCP FAQ says
  4. Listing traces or spans is capped at 30 requests a minute per workspace. Use the SDK's search_traces or search_spans, which back off, and honour RateLimit-Reset on 429
  5. Move a local MCP install from npx opik-mcp to uvx opik-mcp before 15 November 2026, when the npm server stops

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Galileo API + MCP or Opik API + MCP?

Opik API + MCP scores 71.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Galileo API + MCP's 47.7 (D), and leads in every scored category.

Do Galileo API + MCP and Opik API + MCP need an API key?

Galileo API + MCP needs an API key. Opik API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call Galileo API + MCP and Opik API + MCP without installing anything?

Yes. Galileo API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.galileo.ai/v2 and Opik API + MCP at https://www.comet.com/opik/api.

Are Galileo API + MCP and Opik API + MCP open source?

No open-source release is listed for Galileo API + MCP. Opik API + MCP is open source (Apache-2.0 (platform, SDKs and MCP server). Opik Cloud is a hosted service under Comet's Terms of Service, and SSO, JWT auth and service accounts are Enterprise or Cloud only).

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