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Head-to-head · LLM Evaluation Tools

Galileo vs Giskard

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 7 checks side by side
Higher score Galileo #3 in LLM Evaluation Tools 9.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Galileo
Giskard #8 in LLM Evaluation Tools 8.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 6 features Visit Giskard

Galileo leads on 0 checks, Giskard on 0, and 7 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 7 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreGalileo · 9.1/10
  • Free planboth
  • Most featuresGalileo · 6 of 6

Galileo scores higher on our rubric for llm evaluation tools: 9.1 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #8.

Galileo is the better fit for organizations needing mature evaluation and guardrails. Giskard is the better fit for open-source RAG and safety evaluation teams.

  • Galileo fits best

    Organizations needing mature evaluation and guardrails

  • Giskard fits best

    Open-source RAG and safety evaluation teams

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Side by side

Feature Galileo 9.1/10 Visit ↗ Giskard 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.1 8.6
Ranking #3 in LLM Evaluation Tools #8 in LLM Evaluation Tools
Best for Organizations needing mature evaluation and guardrails Open-source RAG and safety evaluation teams
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $100/mo —
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web Web
Support Email, Phone, Docs · 24/7 Community, Docs
Compliance SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO/SAML SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Solo, Small business, Enterprise
Features Galileo 6/6 · Giskard 5/6
Custom metrics ✓ ✓
LLM-as-a-judge ✓ ✓
Safety evaluations ✓ ✓
Human review workflows ✓ ✓
Prompt versioning ✓ (best) Not checked yet
CI/CD integration ✓ ✓
Specs
Deployment options Both Both
Our review
Pros
  • Offline evaluations, custom metrics, LLM-as-a-judge, and safety checks
  • Production tracing, regression gates, and runtime guardrails in one platform
  • Free plan includes 5,000 traces monthly and unlimited custom evals
  • Open-source Python library supports local testing and deployment
  • Combines RAG checks, vulnerability scanning, and behavioral evaluations
  • Supports custom metrics, human review, scheduling, and CI/CD workflows
Cons
  • Pro is $100/month with annual billing and scales by trace volume
  • Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
  • Advanced deployment and security controls are reserved for Enterprise
  • Free vulnerability scans and RAG reports are basic
  • Advanced security and review features are reserved for Enterprise
  • The feature set may exceed the needs of teams seeking simple evaluations
Our verdict

Galileo is an AI evaluation and observability platform for developers and enterprise AI teams. It covers LLM and agent workflows, RAG applications, prompts, datasets, and model outputs through offline evaluation runs, production tracing,…

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Giskard provides open-source and enterprise tools for evaluating, testing, and red-teaming LLM agents and AI applications. It is suited to teams building RAG systems, safety evaluation programs, and production AI workflows that need more…

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  1. GalileoLLM Evaluation Tools 9.1Free plan
  2. GiskardLLM Evaluation Tools 8.6Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Galileo — where it wins

    • Offline evaluations, custom metrics, LLM-as-a-judge, and safety checks
    • Production tracing, regression gates, and runtime guardrails in one platform
    • Free plan includes 5,000 traces monthly and unlimited custom evals

    Where it doesn't

    • Pro is $100/month with annual billing and scales by trace volume
    • Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
    • Advanced deployment and security controls are reserved for Enterprise

  • Giskard — where it wins

    • Open-source Python library supports local testing and deployment
    • Combines RAG checks, vulnerability scanning, and behavioral evaluations
    • Supports custom metrics, human review, scheduling, and CI/CD workflows

    Where it doesn't

    • Free vulnerability scans and RAG reports are basic
    • Advanced security and review features are reserved for Enterprise
    • The feature set may exceed the needs of teams seeking simple evaluations
  • Galileo9.1/10 · Free plan

    A mature evaluation platform spanning offline testing, production tracing, and runtime controls.

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  • Giskard8.6/10 · Free plan

    Open-source LLM and RAG evaluation with enterprise security and review workflows.

    Visit GiskardFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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