LLM Observability Alternatives (2026)

Respectful comparisons: what each tool does well, where I'd look elsewhere, and when Tokenwise fits.

alternatives-agentops

alternatives-arize-phoenix

alternatives-braintrust

alternatives-comet-opik

alternatives-datadog-llm-observability

alternatives-freeplay

alternatives-hamming-ai

alternatives-helicone

alternatives-langfuse

alternatives-langsmith

alternatives-litellm

alternatives-lunary

alternatives-new-relic-ai-monitoring

alternatives-openllmetry

alternatives-openrouter

alternatives-portkey

alternatives-raga-ai

alternatives-traceloop

alternatives-vellum

alternatives-weights-and-biases-traces

Switching is one baseURL change

Tokenwise is a 1-line proxy swap — no lock-in, no SDK rewrite. Keep your stack and get a weekly plan to cut your bill ~30%.