Opik vs HoneyHive

Opik9.4Visit HoneyHive8.8Visit

Higher score Opik #1 in AI Agent Observability Tools 9.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Opik

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HoneyHive #5 in AI Agent Observability Tools 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 3 features Visit HoneyHive

• Opik fits best

  Teams wanting broad, low-cost agent observability

• HoneyHive fits best

  Teams focused on production agent quality

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Side by side

Feature	Opik 9.4/10 Visit ↗	HoneyHive 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	8.8
Ranking	#1 in AI Agent Observability Tools	#5 in AI Agent Observability Tools
Best for	Teams wanting broad, low-cost agent observability	Teams focused on production agent quality
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$19/mo	—
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Community, Docs	Email, Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO/SAML	SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Integrations	40+ integrations	100+ integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Opik 1/3 · HoneyHive 1/3
Session replay	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Prompt and tool tracing	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Cost tracking	✓	✓
Specs
Trace retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment options	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Agent framework support	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Traces model calls, tools, retrieval steps, and agent actions Combines evaluations, prompt management, monitoring, and cost tracking Offers open-source self-hosting plus cloud deployment options	Traces prompts, tools, retrieval steps, and agent handoffs Combines automated, human, and LLM-judge evaluations Supports prompt deployments, regression tracking, drift detection, and alerts
Cons	Enterprise features such as SSO and SLAs require the Enterprise plan Enterprise pricing is custom rather than published Free Cloud does not list Pro's customizable limits and retention	Enterprise capabilities use custom pricing SAML and custom SSO are limited to Enterprise Self-hosted, hybrid, and single-tenant options are Enterprise features
Our verdict	Opik is an open-source LLM observability and evaluation platform from Comet for teams building chatbots, RAG pipelines, and multi-step agents. It records model calls, tool invocations, retrieval steps, and agent actions, then provides… Read the review →	HoneyHive is an AI observability and evaluation platform for developers, AI engineering teams, and enterprises operating LLM applications and agents. It records distributed traces across prompts, model calls, tools, retrieval steps, and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Opik — where it wins

  • Traces model calls, tools, retrieval steps, and agent actions
  • Combines evaluations, prompt management, monitoring, and cost tracking
  • Offers open-source self-hosting plus cloud deployment options

  Where it doesn't

  • Enterprise features such as SSO and SLAs require the Enterprise plan
  • Enterprise pricing is custom rather than published
  • Free Cloud does not list Pro's customizable limits and retention

• HoneyHive — where it wins

  • Traces prompts, tools, retrieval steps, and agent handoffs
  • Combines automated, human, and LLM-judge evaluations
  • Supports prompt deployments, regression tracking, drift detection, and alerts

  Where it doesn't

  • Enterprise capabilities use custom pricing
  • SAML and custom SSO are limited to Enterprise
  • Self-hosted, hybrid, and single-tenant options are Enterprise features

• Opik9.4/10 · Free plan

  A broad observability toolkit with open-source deployment and a low-cost paid cloud tier.

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• HoneyHive8.8/10 · Free plan

  A broad observability and evaluation suite for teams improving production agent quality.

  Visit HoneyHiveFull verdict →