Maxim AI vs Giskard

Maxim AI9.0Visit Giskard8.6Visit

Higher score 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

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Giskard #8 in LLM Evaluation Tools 8.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 6 features Visit Giskard

• Maxim AI fits best

  Cost-conscious teams building evaluation workflows

• Giskard fits best

  Open-source RAG and safety evaluation teams

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Side by side

Feature	Maxim AI 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Giskard 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.6
Ranking	#4 in LLM Evaluation Tools	#8 in LLM Evaluation Tools
Best for	Cost-conscious teams building evaluation workflows	Open-source RAG and safety evaluation teams
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$29/seat/mo	—
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	14 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Docs · 24/7	Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO/SAML	SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Enterprise
Features Maxim AI 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	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	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	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	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	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,… Read the review →	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… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 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

• 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

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

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

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• Giskard8.6/10 · Free plan

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

  Visit GiskardFull verdict →