Comparison

Arize Phoenix vs Galileo

A like-for-like, spec-level comparison. Both entries are verified against their docs and repo.

Arize Phoenix

Open-source LLM tracing and eval.

  • + Open source with OTel foundations
  • + Good LLM-as-a-judge evals built in
  • − Elastic license restricts some hosted offerings
  • − Enterprise features in the paid Arize cloud

Galileo

Guardrails and evaluation for production LLMs.

  • + Strong on hallucination and safety metrics
  • + Good for regulated industries
  • − Proprietary and enterprise-priced
  • − Less general-purpose tracing
Spec Arize Phoenix Galileo
Category eval-observability eval-observability
License Elastic-2.0 Proprietary
Open source Yes No
Self-hostable Yes No
MCP support No No
Pricing free paid
Starting price Self-host free Custom
Models multi multi
Languages python, typescript python
GitHub stars 10.3k
Last activity 2026-06-25