Best ARES Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from AI LLM evaluation tools ranked against ARES on the same published basis.
- 1ARES vs Vellum
- 2ARES vs Weights & Biases
- 3ARES vs Evidently AI
- 4ARES vs Promptfoo
- 5ARES vs DeepEval
- 6ARES vs Giskard
- 7ARES vs Opik
- 8ARES vs Rhesis AI
- 9ARES vs Confident AI
- 10ARES vs Galileo
- 11ARES vs HELM
- 12ARES vs Langfuse
- 13ARES vs LangWatch
- 14ARES vs Maxim AI
- 15ARES vs Braintrust
- 16ARES vs HoneyHive
- 17ARES vs LangSmith
- 18ARES vs NVIDIA NeMo Evaluator
- 19ARES vs Arize Phoenix
- 20ARES vs LM Evaluation Harness
ARES alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vellum | 7.4 | Free plan | $30/mo | Android, Browser, iOS, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 2 | Weights & Biases | 7.4 | Free plan | $60/mo | API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 3 | Evidently AI | 7.3 | Free plan | $80/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 4 | Promptfoo | 7.2 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 5 | DeepEval | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows |
| 6 | Giskard | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 7 | Opik | 7.0 | Free plan | $19/mo | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 8 | Rhesis AI | 7.0 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 9 | Confident AI | 6.9 | Free plan | $200/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 10 | Galileo | 6.9 | Free plan | $100/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 11 | HELM | 6.9 | Free plan | Free | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 12 | Langfuse | 6.9 | Free plan | $29/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 13 | LangWatch | 6.9 | Free plan | €29/mo | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 14 | Maxim AI | 6.9 | Free plan | $29/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 15 | Braintrust | 6.8 | Free plan | $249/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 16 | HoneyHive | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 17 | LangSmith | 6.8 | Free plan | $39/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 18 | NVIDIA NeMo Evaluator | 6.8 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted |
| 19 | Arize Phoenix | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 20 | LM Evaluation Harness | 6.7 | Free plan | Free | API, Linux, self-hosted |
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Questions about ARES alternatives
What is the best alternative to ARES?
Vellum, number 1 in AI LLM evaluation tools with a score of 7.4 out of 10. The others here: Weights & Biases, Evidently AI, Promptfoo and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to ARES?
Vellum is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 20 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.