Developer Tools · Reviewed June 1, 2026

Phoenix by Arize

Open-source LLM and agent observability with tracing, evaluations, and experiment tracking.

Pricing
Free
Rating
4.82/ 5 · 143 reviews
Last reviewed
June 1, 2026
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Overview

Phoenix by Arize: OSS LLM + Agent Observability

Phoenix by Arize is Open-source LLM and agent observability platform. LLM observability is the gap most teams hit between prototype and production. Phoenix is the free, OSS option that does the job — tracing, evals, and experiment tracking without vendor lock-in.

Key Features

  • Open-source LLM and agent observability platform
  • OpenTelemetry-native distributed tracing
  • Automated evaluations (hallucination, toxicity, relevance)
  • Prompt iteration and dataset management
  • 4K+ GitHub stars

Ideal Use Case

Engineering teams running LLM applications and agents in production who need to debug issues, track regressions, and prove their agents are behaving correctly over time.

Why Use Phoenix by Arize

LLM observability is the gap most teams hit between prototype and production. Phoenix is the free, OSS option that does the job — tracing, evals, and experiment tracking without vendor lock-in.

FAQ

Q: vs Langfuse / Helicone? A: All three are LLM observability platforms; Phoenix is differentiated by Arize's eval-science depth and OTel-native architecture.

Q: Free? A: Yes — fully OSS; Arize sells the enterprise platform.

tl;dr

Open-source LLM observability. OTel-native. From Arize AI. 4K+ stars.

Related

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Why Use Phoenix by Arize

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4.82
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Pricing
Free
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User Reviews

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