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Weights & Biases

Weights & Biases

The ML experiment tracking and LLM observability platform used by top AI teams.

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LangSmith

LangSmith

Debug, test, and monitor your LLM apps — full trace visibility for every run.

Free-Limited
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At a Glance

AttributeWeights & BiasesLangSmith
License / PricingFree-LimitedFree-Limited
Typeaiai
GitHub Stars
Rating4.7/54.5/5
Key Features6 listed6 listed
Integrations5 listed5 listed
Categories
MLOpsAI Observability
AI Observability

Key Features

Weights & Biases

  • Automatic experiment tracking with one line of code
  • Sweeps for automated hyperparameter optimization
  • Artifacts for dataset and model versioning
  • W&B Tables for visualizing model predictions
  • Weave for LLM tracing, evaluation, and monitoring
  • Reports for shareable ML research documentation

LangSmith

  • Full trace visualization for every LLM call and chain step
  • Dataset management for evaluation benchmarks
  • Automated evaluators with LLM-as-judge
  • Prompt versioning and A/B testing
  • Production monitoring with latency and error tracking
  • Human annotation workflows for labeling

Real-World Use Cases

Weights & Biases

Hyperparameter sweep across GPU cluster

Define a sweep config with parameter search space

LangSmith

Debug a hallucinating RAG pipeline

Add LANGSMITH_API_KEY to your environment

Integrations

Weights & Biases

mlflowhuggingfacekubeflowpytorchtensorflow

LangSmith

langchainllamaindexopenaianthropicpinecone

🏆 Which should you choose?

Choose Weights & Biases if…

  • you're already in the MLOps ecosystem and prefer Weights & Biases's workflow
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Choose LangSmith if…

  • you're already in the AI Observability ecosystem and prefer LangSmith's workflow
Full LangSmith guide →