{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "langwatch", "name": "LangWatch", "vendor": "Reasoning Engine B.V. (LangWatch)", "vendorUrl": "https://langwatch.ai", "kind": "http-api", "category": "agent-observability", "summary": "LangWatch is an open-source platform for tracing, evaluating and testing LLM applications and agents, with prompt management, datasets and an AI gateway. It runs hosted or self-hosted, with a REST API, SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langwatch", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langwatch.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langwatch.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/langwatch.json", "repo": "https://github.com/langwatch/langwatch", "license": "Apache 2.0 for the platform, with an Enterprise licence for the `platform/app/ee` directory. The SDKs and the MCP server are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "sse", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://app.langwatch.ai", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "langwatch" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@langwatch/mcp-server" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "langwatch" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person signs up at app.langwatch.ai and creates keys under Settings, API Keys, with no review step. API keys (`sk-lw-`) go in `X-Auth-Token` or as a Bearer token. A personal key never exceeds its owner's permissions, a service key belongs to the organisation and only admins create one. Either can be All or Restricted to read or write per permission category, scoped to projects, teams or the organisation, given an expiry and revoked. Ingestion keys (`ik-lw-`) can only write traces to one project. The remote MCP server uses OAuth authorisation code with PKCE and dynamic client registration. The CLI logs in with a device code approved in a browser.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The Developer plan is free with no card and includes 50,000 events a month, 2 users and 3 scenarios, so an agent can start without a contract once a person has signed up. Growth is 29 euros per core seat a month with 200,000 events, then 5 euros per 100,000 events and 3 euros per GB kept beyond the included retention. Enterprise is sold through sales. Instant Evals cost $0.0546 per million input tokens, with a $1 budget on unpaid organisations. The pricing page has a currency switch and we read the euro prices only. Self-hosting under Apache 2.0 is free with no volume cap, and an Enterprise licence is priced per seat (https://langwatch.ai/pricing, https://langwatch.ai/docs/pricing.md).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the OpenAPI document or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 101, "popularity": { "githubStars": 4925, "npmWeekly": 50105, "pypiWeekly": 87325, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://langwatch.ai/docs/introduction", "llmsTxt": "https://langwatch.ai/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://app.langwatch.ai/api/gateway/v1/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "obs.traces", "obs.evals", "obs.prompts", "obs.datasets", "obs.gateway" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "open-source", "self-hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "openapi", "opentelemetry", "python", "typescript", "go", "cli", "status-page", "eu-hosted" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-02", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 65.5, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 318, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 90, "payments": 40, "reliability": 53, "schema": 87, "security": 71, "transparency": 75 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-08-19. Advisory GHSA-h25p-f8f6-2ccf, rated moderate. The standalone HTTP mode of `@langwatch/mcp-server` 0.7.0 to 1.0.0 authorised requests by session id alone and accepted an API key in the URL. Fixed in 2.0.0 on 7 August 2026 and flagged as a breaking change. The advisory says the default stdio mode and the hosted handler were never affected, so -2 (https://github.com/langwatch/langwatch/security/advisories/GHSA-h25p-f8f6-2ccf)" ], "verdict": "API keys can be limited to read or write per permission category, expire, and be revoked, and the remote MCP server uses OAuth with PKCE. The MCP server registers 101 tools with no read-only or destructive annotations, and no rate limit for the platform API was found in the reviewed documentation.", "bestFor": "Teams that want tracing, evaluations and simulated-user agent tests in one open-source product, hosted in the EU or self-hosted, and that drive it from a coding assistant through MCP or the CLI.", "strengths": [ "API keys take read or write per permission category, a project, team or organisation scope and an expiry. Ingestion keys can only write traces", "A public OpenAPI 3.1 document covers 328 operations and is served without a key, with llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every docs page", "Apache 2.0 platform with MIT SDKs and MCP server. Self-hosting has no volume cap, and every outbound call is documented with its off switch", "The free Developer plan needs no card and includes 50,000 events a month. Paid usage is published at 5 euros per 100,000 events", "Platform 3.20.1 shipped on 2 October 2026, with 21 platform releases dated since 11 July in the repository changelog" ], "weaknesses": [ "The MCP server registers 101 tools, deletes and key creation among them, with no toolsets and no `readOnlyHint` or `destructiveHint` annotations in the source", "No request rate limit for the platform API was found in the reviewed documentation. Only two operations in the OpenAPI document declare a 429", "The status page shows Scenarios down for 9 hours 34 minutes on 8 September 2026 and trace processing degraded for 14 hours 44 minutes on 31 July", "The Terms of Service of 22 September 2026 say users will not access the platform through automated or non-human means, which the API and MCP server contradict", "The audit log is Enterprise only and records neither sign-ins nor reads of traces" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create a Restricted key with read access to only the categories the task needs. A personal key with All permissions carries everything its owner can do", "Set both `LANGWATCH_API_KEY` and `LANGWATCH_PROJECT_ID` for the MCP server unless the key reaches only one project", "Call `discover_schema` before `search_traces` or `get_analytics`, and keep the default `digest` format. `json` returns the full raw trace", "Allowlist MCP tools in the client. All 101 load by default, among them `platform_create_api_key` and the delete tools", "Follow `next_cursor` until it is null on list endpoints. A full page does not mean more rows exist" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 65.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 90, "payments": 40, "reliability": 53, "schema": 87, "security": 71, "transparency": 73 }, "provenanceScore": 77 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g langwatch", "http": "curl https://app.langwatch.ai/api/gateway/v1/openapi.json", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add langwatch --env LANGWATCH_API_KEY=sk-lw-... --env LANGWATCH_PROJECT_ID=your-project-id -- npx -y @langwatch/mcp-server", "config": { "mcpServers": { "langwatch": { "args": [ "-y", "@langwatch/mcp-server" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "LANGWATCH_API_KEY": "sk-lw-...", "LANGWATCH_PROJECT_ID": "your-project-id" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/obs.traces", "tool": "https://letme.dev/langwatch" }, "area": "developer", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Instant Evals, judge input tokens", "unit": "1m-tokens", "usd": 0.0546, "note": "Output is free. Unpaid organisations have a $1 budget in total" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Reasoning Engine B.V. (doing business as LangWatch)", "domain": "langwatch.ai", "domainRegistered": "2023-09-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://langwatch.ai/legal/terms-conditions", "privacy": "https://langwatch.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.langwatch.ai", "changelog": "https://langwatch.ai/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The privacy policy (last updated 29 September 2026) applies to Reasoning Engine B.V., doing business as LangWatch, and covers the website and the Cloud Service. The Terms of Service (last updated 22 September 2026) cover the platform and the on-premise product.", "The terms page names the entity as Reasoning Engines B.V. in its heading and Reasoning Engine B.V. in its definitions, gives Singel 126, Amsterdam as the registered office and Herengracht 551, Amsterdam as the contact address. The site footer reads LangWatch B.V.", "The API, the hosted MCP server and the OpenAPI document are served from app.langwatch.ai. Hosted services for self-hosted installs with a licence use connect.langwatch.ai and gateway.langwatch.ai.", "https://langwatch.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns the website's HTML shell, not a security.txt file. SECURITY.md in the repository gives security@langwatch.ai and GitHub private reporting.", "RDAP for langwatch.ai gives a registration date of 2023-09-17 and GoDaddy.com, LLC as registrar.", "The trust report and sub-processor list are on app.eu.vanta.com, whose robots.txt disallows every path, so we did not read them." ], "score": 77 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langwatch.json", "live": { "slug": "langwatch", "probe": { "target": "https://app.langwatch.ai", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:32.128184547Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 67, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 90, "p95ms24h": 158, "samples24h": 209, "samples30d": 209, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 169, "ok": 169 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 40, "ok": 40 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.langwatch.ai", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:50:45.203628525Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "langwatch/langwatch", "version": "langwatch-3.20.1", "released": "2026-10-02", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:01:41.038363513Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@langwatch/mcp-server", "version": "2.1.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:01:39.446290411Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "langwatch", "version": "1.19.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:01:38.618750656Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "langwatch", "version": "1.4.0", "released": "2026-09-06", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:01:40.840754661Z" } ], "githubStars": 4927, "npmWeekly": 40157, "pypiWeekly": 90049, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://langwatch.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:40:17.627005627Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://langwatch.ai/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:02:13.439746678Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://langwatch.ai/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:40:54.069741719Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1f739d75f78b" }, { "url": "https://langwatch.ai/docs/pricing.md", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:40:56.185797292Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "fa4c5fec5f4c" }, { "url": "https://langwatch.ai/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:41:02.185630185Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "5ca650ce8d8f" }, { "url": "https://langwatch.ai/legal/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:40:58.677055151Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a70eff21db6c" }, { "url": "https://langwatch.ai/legal/terms-conditions", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:41:00.156380007Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "87fe91cb224b" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T03:53:32.128184547Z" } }, "answer": "LangWatch scores 65.5 (B) on agent readiness against MLflow Tracing's 61.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. MLflow Tracing leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "mlflow-tracing", "name": "MLflow Tracing", "vendor": "MLflow Project (LF Projects, LLC)", "vendorUrl": "https://mlflow.org", "kind": "http-api", "category": "agent-observability", "summary": "Open-source tracing, evaluation and prompt management for LLM applications and agents, part of MLflow, a Linux Foundation project. Owners run the server themselves, and agents read and annotate traces through an experimental MCP server or the `mlflow traces` CLI.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mlflow-tracing", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mlflow-tracing.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mlflow-tracing.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mlflow-tracing.json", "repo": "https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "stdio", "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mlflow" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mlflow-tracing" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@mlflow/core" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No authentication on a default server. Starting it with `mlflow server --app-name basic-auth` requires a username and password on every request, with role-based access control and no default admin password. The MCP server is a local stdio process that reads `MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI` and the MLflow credential environment variables, such as `MLFLOW_TRACKING_USERNAME` and `MLFLOW_TRACKING_PASSWORD`. Single sign-on needs a community plugin or a reverse proxy.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free to self-host under Apache-2.0, with no account or contract. The owner pays for compute, a database and artifact storage. The MLflow project sells nothing. Its README links managed MLflow from Databricks, Amazon SageMaker, Azure ML and Nebius, whose prices were not read (checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the repository docs or the MCP server source (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 26, "popularity": { "githubStars": 28320, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://mlflow.org/docs/latest/genai/", "llmsTxt": "https://mlflow.org/docs/latest/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "obs.traces", "obs.evals", "obs.prompts", "obs.datasets", "obs.gateway" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "apache-2.0", "mcp", "cli", "opentelemetry", "llms-txt", "python", "typescript", "linux-foundation" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 61.2, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 476, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 88, "payments": 60, "reliability": 76, "schema": 78, "security": 40, "transparency": 62 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -6, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-09: GHSA-26p8-2jq9-3vq9, critical, remote code execution on MLflow servers without authentication through third-party scorer deserialisation, affecting 3.12.0rc0 up to 3.17.0 and patched in 3.17.0 of 6 October. Four more advisories were published between 27 July and 4 August 2026, among them GHSA-7gwp-5pfp-969j, a high-severity unauthenticated SSRF in webhook delivery patched in 3.15.0. All are published with fixes, so the deduction is reduced (https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/security/advisories)" ], "verdict": "Apache-2.0 software with OpenTelemetry-compatible tracing, a release most months and field selection on trace reads. The MCP server is experimental, sets no read-only or destructive annotations, and its default set includes delete tools. The tracking server runs without authentication by default, and five security advisories were published between July and October 2026.", "bestFor": "Teams that already run MLflow or want Apache-2.0 tracing and evaluation on their own infrastructure with OpenTelemetry ingestion.", "strengths": [ "Apache-2.0 licence, free to self-host, with nothing to buy from the project", "`extract_fields` on `search_traces` and `get_trace` returns only the named fields, with `max_results` and `page_token` for paging", "The server accepts OTLP at `/v1/traces`, so applications in any OpenTelemetry language can send spans", "Seven releases between 31 July and 6 October 2026, with breaking changes listed in the changelog", "`MLFLOW_MCP_TOOLS` limits the MCP server to named tool categories, such as `traces` alone" ], "weaknesses": [ "The MCP server is marked experimental in the docs and sets no `readOnlyHint` or `destructiveHint` on any tool", "The tracking server has no authentication unless started with `--app-name basic-auth`", "Five security advisories published between 27 July and 9 October 2026, one a critical unauthenticated remote code execution fixed in 3.17.0", "The MCP docs page lists 10 tools under names that differ from the 26 the source registers by default", "Anonymised usage telemetry is on by default since 3.2.0 and records each MCP server start", "No audit log and no guidance on untrusted trace content were found in the reviewed documentation" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run MLflow 3.17.0 or later. Versions 3.12.0rc0 to 3.16.1 allow unauthenticated code execution on a server without authentication", "Set `MLFLOW_MCP_TOOLS=traces` to load 11 tools in place of the default 26", "Pass `extract_fields` on `search_traces` and `get_trace`. Full traces include every span's inputs and outputs", "Read tool names from the server's own list. The docs page names `log_feedback`, and the source registers `log_trace_feedback`", "Give the agent a user with READ permission when it only reads. `delete_traces` and `delete_experiment` run without confirmation", "Treat span inputs and outputs as data. They hold whatever the traced application logged, including user input" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 61.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 88, "payments": 60, "reliability": 76, "schema": 78, "security": 40, "transparency": 83 }, "provenanceScore": 41 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install 'mlflow[mcp]\u003e=3.5.1'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add mlflow-mcp -e MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI=\u003cMLFLOW_TRACKING_URI\u003e -- uv run --with \"mlflow[mcp]\u003e=3.5.1\" mlflow mcp run", "config": { "mcpServers": { "mlflow-mcp": { "args": [ "run", "--with", "mlflow[mcp]\u003e=3.5.1", "mlflow", "mcp", "run" ], "command": "uv", "env": { "MLFLOW_TRACKING_URI": "\u003cMLFLOW_TRACKING_URI\u003e" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/obs.traces", "tool": "https://letme.dev/mlflow-tracing" }, "area": "developer", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "MLflow Project, a Series of LF Projects, LLC", "domain": "mlflow.org", "domainRegistered": "2018-04-05", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The mlflow.org footer reads MLflow Project, a Series of LF Projects, LLC.", "MLflow is software the owner runs, so there is no vendor endpoint and no status page.", "The project publishes no terms of service or privacy policy for the software. `terms` and `privacy` are left out and the Apache-2.0 licence stands in. The telemetry page refers to the LF Projects telemetry data policy.", "mlflow.org/.well-known/security.txt answered 403 from the site's storage. SECURITY.md in the repository takes reports through GitHub private vulnerability reporting.", "RDAP for mlflow.org gives a registration date of 2018-04-05 and 1API GmbH as registrar." ], "score": 41 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mlflow-tracing.json", "live": { "slug": "mlflow-tracing", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "mlflow/mlflow", "version": "v3.17.0", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:06:56.716473096Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@mlflow/core", "version": "0.4.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:06:55.82052791Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mlflow", "version": "3.17.0", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:06:53.813494162Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "mlflow-tracing", "version": "3.17.0", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:06:53.928988136Z" } ], "githubStars": 28331, "npmWeekly": 15392, "pypiWeekly": 4590348, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mlflow/mlflow/master/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:45:35.157905643Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "81678c02de88" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T18:45:35.157905643Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Reasoning Engine B.V. (LangWatch)", "b": "MLflow Project (LF Projects, LLC)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://app.langwatch.ai", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio", "b": "stdio, HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache 2.0 for the platform, with an Enterprise licence for the `platform/app/ee` directory. The SDKs and the MCP server are MIT", "b": "Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "101", "b": "26", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-02", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-09-22", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-29", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "4.9k stars, 50k npm/wk, 87k PyPI/wk", "b": "28k stars", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "LangWatch scores 65.5 (B) on agent readiness against MLflow Tracing's 61.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. MLflow Tracing leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, LangWatch or MLflow Tracing?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do LangWatch and MLflow Tracing need an API key?" }, { "answer": "LangWatch has a hosted endpoint at https://app.langwatch.ai. MLflow Tracing runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call LangWatch and MLflow Tracing without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Yes. LangWatch is open source (Apache 2.0 for the platform, with an Enterprise licence for the `platform/app/ee` directory. The SDKs and the MCP server are MIT). MLflow Tracing is open source (Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are LangWatch and MLflow Tracing open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 78", "Security \u0026 auth, 71 against 40", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 62" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Teams that want tracing, evaluations and simulated-user agent tests in one open-source product, hosted in the EU or self-hosted, and that drive it from a coding assistant through MCP or the CLI.", "slug": "langwatch", "watchFor": "The MCP server registers 101 tools, deletes and key creation among them, with no toolsets and no `readOnlyHint` or `destructiveHint` annotations in the source" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 76 against 53", "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 67", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams that already run MLflow or want Apache-2.0 tracing and evaluation on their own 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepeval-vs-mlflow-tracing" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 23, "edge": "mlflow-tracing", "key": "reliability", "langwatch": 53, "mlflow-tracing": 76, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "langwatch", "key": "schema", "langwatch": 87, "mlflow-tracing": 78, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "mlflow-tracing", "key": "ergonomics", "langwatch": 67, "mlflow-tracing": 72, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 31, "edge": "langwatch", "key": "security", "langwatch": 71, "mlflow-tracing": 40, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "mlflow-tracing", "key": "payments", "langwatch": 40, "mlflow-tracing": 60, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "langwatch", "key": "maintenance", "langwatch": 90, "mlflow-tracing": 88, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 13, "edge": "langwatch", "key": "transparency", "langwatch": 75, "mlflow-tracing": 62, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "LangWatch scores 65.5 (B) on agent readiness against MLflow Tracing's 61.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. MLflow Tracing leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do agent tracing.", "verdicts": { "langwatch": "API keys can be limited to read or write per permission category, expire, and be revoked, and the remote MCP server uses OAuth with PKCE. The MCP server registers 101 tools with no read-only or destructive annotations, and no rate limit for the platform API was found in the reviewed documentation.", "mlflow-tracing": "Apache-2.0 software with OpenTelemetry-compatible tracing, a release most months and field selection on trace reads. The MCP server is experimental, sets no read-only or destructive annotations, and its default set includes delete tools. The tracking server runs without authentication by default, and five security advisories were published between July and October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/langwatch-vs-mlflow-tracing", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/langwatch-vs-mlflow-tracing.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/langwatch-vs-mlflow-tracing.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/langwatch-vs-mlflow-tracing.min.md" }, "markdown": "LangWatch scores 65.5 (B) on agent readiness against MLflow Tracing's 61.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. MLflow Tracing leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do agent tracing.\n\n- LangWatch: grade B, 65.5/100, rank #318 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langwatch.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/langwatch.json\n- MLflow Tracing: grade C, 61.2/100, rank #476 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mlflow-tracing.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mlflow-tracing.json\n- Best agent tracing, monitoring and evaluation tools: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-observability/index.md\n- All 120 evals comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-observability/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### LangWatch (B)\n\nGood for: Teams that want tracing, evaluations and simulated-user agent tests in one open-source product, hosted in the EU or self-hosted, and that drive it from a coding assistant through MCP or the CLI.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 78\n- Security \u0026 auth, 71 against 40\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 62\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: The MCP server registers 101 tools, deletes and key creation among them, with no toolsets and no `readOnlyHint` or `destructiveHint` annotations in the source\n\n### MLflow Tracing (C)\n\nGood for: Teams that already run MLflow or want Apache-2.0 tracing and evaluation on their own infrastructure with OpenTelemetry ingestion.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 76 against 53\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 67\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40\n\nWatch for: The MCP server is marked experimental in the docs and sets no `readOnlyHint` or `destructiveHint` on any tool\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | LangWatch | MLflow Tracing | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 53 | 76 | MLflow Tracing +23 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 78 | LangWatch +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 72 | MLflow Tracing +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 71 | 40 | LangWatch +31 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 60 | MLflow Tracing +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 90 | 88 | LangWatch +2 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 62 | LangWatch +13 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -6 | |\n| **Total** | | **65.5 · B** | **61.2 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | LangWatch | MLflow Tracing |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Reasoning Engine B.V. (LangWatch) | MLflow Project (LF Projects, LLC) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.langwatch.ai` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio | stdio, HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache 2.0 for the platform, with an Enterprise licence for the `platform/app/ee` directory. The SDKs and the MCP server are MIT | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 101 | 26 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-22 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-29 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | |\n| Popularity | 4.9k stars, 50k npm/wk, 87k PyPI/wk | 28k stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**LangWatch.** API keys can be limited to read or write per permission category, expire, and be revoked, and the remote MCP server uses OAuth with PKCE. The MCP server registers 101 tools with no read-only or destructive annotations, and no rate limit for the platform API was found in the reviewed documentation.\n\n**MLflow Tracing.** Apache-2.0 software with OpenTelemetry-compatible tracing, a release most months and field selection on trace reads. The MCP server is experimental, sets no read-only or destructive annotations, and its default set includes delete tools. The tracking server runs without authentication by default, and five security advisories were published between July and October 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### LangWatch\n\n1. Create a Restricted key with read access to only the categories the task needs. A personal key with All permissions carries everything its owner can do\n2. Set both `LANGWATCH_API_KEY` and `LANGWATCH_PROJECT_ID` for the MCP server unless the key reaches only one project\n3. Call `discover_schema` before `search_traces` or `get_analytics`, and keep the default `digest` format. `json` returns the full raw trace\n4. Allowlist MCP tools in the client. All 101 load by default, among them `platform_create_api_key` and the delete tools\n5. Follow `next_cursor` until it is null on list endpoints. A full page does not mean more rows exist\n\n### MLflow Tracing\n\n1. Run MLflow 3.17.0 or later. Versions 3.12.0rc0 to 3.16.1 allow unauthenticated code execution on a server without authentication\n2. Set `MLFLOW_MCP_TOOLS=traces` to load 11 tools in place of the default 26\n3. Pass `extract_fields` on `search_traces` and `get_trace`. Full traces include every span's inputs and outputs\n4. Read tool names from the server's own list. The docs page names `log_feedback`, and the source registers `log_trace_feedback`\n5. Give the agent a user with READ permission when it only reads. `delete_traces` and `delete_experiment` run without confirmation\n6. Treat span inputs and outputs as data. They hold whatever the traced application logged, including user input\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, LangWatch or MLflow Tracing?\n\nLangWatch scores 65.5 (B) on agent readiness against MLflow Tracing's 61.2 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. MLflow Tracing leads on reliability, agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do LangWatch and MLflow Tracing need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call LangWatch and MLflow Tracing without installing anything?\n\nLangWatch has a hosted endpoint at https://app.langwatch.ai. MLflow Tracing runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n### Are LangWatch and MLflow Tracing open source?\n\nYes. LangWatch is open source (Apache 2.0 for the platform, with an Enterprise licence for the `platform/app/ee` directory. The SDKs and the MCP server are MIT). MLflow Tracing is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/langwatch-vs-mlflow-tracing.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/langwatch-vs-mlflow-tracing.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"langwatch\", \"b\": \"mlflow-tracing\"}`. 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