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Head-to-head · LLM Evaluation Tools

Galileo vs Maxim AI

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 8 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
Maxim AI #4 in LLM Evaluation Tools 9.0/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Maxim AI

Galileo leads on 0 checks, Maxim AI on 1, and 7 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 8 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
  • Lowest starting priceMaxim AI · $29/seat/mo
  • Free planboth
  • Free trialonly Maxim AI

Galileo scores higher on our rubric for llm evaluation tools: 9.1 against 9.0 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #4.

Maxim AI is cheaper to start at $29/mo against $100/mo.

Galileo is the better fit for organizations needing mature evaluation and guardrails. Maxim AI is the better fit for cost-conscious teams building evaluation workflows.

  • Galileo fits best

    Organizations needing mature evaluation and guardrails

  • Maxim AI fits best

    Cost-conscious teams building evaluation workflows

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Side by side

Feature Galileo 9.1/10 Visit ↗ Maxim AI 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.1 9.0
Ranking #3 in LLM Evaluation Tools #4 in LLM Evaluation Tools
Best for Organizations needing mature evaluation and guardrails Cost-conscious teams building evaluation workflows
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $100/mo $29/seat/mo (best)
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — 14 days
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web Web
Support Email, Phone, Docs · 24/7 Email, Docs · 24/7
Compliance SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO/SAML SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO/SAML
Integrations 12 integrations 12 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Galileo 6/6 · Maxim AI 6/6
Custom metrics ✓ ✓
LLM-as-a-judge ✓ ✓
Safety evaluations ✓ ✓
Human review workflows ✓ ✓
Prompt versioning ✓ ✓
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
  • Combines prompts, simulations, evaluators, review, observability, and CI/CD
  • Free Developer plan supports up to 3 seats and 10k logs monthly
  • Integrates with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, LangChain, and LangGraph
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
  • Developer plan limits teams to 3 seats and 1 workspace
  • Developer data retention is limited to 3 days
  • Enterprise pricing is custom rather than listed
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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Maxim AI is an evaluation and observability platform for teams building AI agents and applications. It covers prompt experimentation and comparison, prompt versioning and deployment, agent simulations, automated and human evaluations,…

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  1. GalileoLLM Evaluation Tools 9.1Free plan
  2. Maxim AILLM Evaluation Tools 9.0Free plan · 14-day trial

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

  • Maxim AI — where it wins

    • Combines prompts, simulations, evaluators, review, observability, and CI/CD
    • Free Developer plan supports up to 3 seats and 10k logs monthly
    • Integrates with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, LangChain, and LangGraph

    Where it doesn't

    • Developer plan limits teams to 3 seats and 1 workspace
    • Developer data retention is limited to 3 days
    • Enterprise pricing is custom rather than listed
  • Galileo9.1/10 · Free plan

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

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  • Maxim AI9.0/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

    A broad evaluation workflow with a free plan and $29-per-seat Professional tier.

    Visit Maxim AIFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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