Promptfoo vs Giskard

Promptfoo9.3Visit Giskard8.6Visit

Higher score Promptfoo #2 in LLM Evaluation Tools 9.3/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 6 features Visit Promptfoo

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

• Promptfoo fits best

  Teams needing evaluation plus red teaming

• Giskard fits best

  Open-source RAG and safety evaluation teams

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Side by side

Feature	Promptfoo 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Giskard 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.6
Ranking	#2 in LLM Evaluation Tools	#8 in LLM Evaluation Tools
Best for	Teams needing evaluation plus red teaming	Open-source RAG and safety evaluation teams
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	—
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Community, Docs	Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001	SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Enterprise
Features Promptfoo 5/6 · Giskard 5/6
Custom metrics	✓	✓
LLM-as-a-judge	✓	✓
Safety evaluations	✓	✓
Human review workflows	✓	✓
Prompt versioning	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
CI/CD integration	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment options	Both	Both
Our review
Pros	Evaluates prompts, models, and RAG pipelines with custom assertions Combines red teaming, vulnerability scanning, and safety evaluations Supports local, self-hosted, cloud, API, and CI/CD workflows	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	Enterprise and On-Premise pricing is custom Advanced collaboration and monitoring features require paid tiers Its broad scope may exceed the needs of teams seeking only prompt comparison	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	Promptfoo is an open-source CLI and library for evaluating, testing, and red-teaming large-language-model applications. It is designed for developers and teams building AI applications that need to benchmark prompts, models, or RAG… 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

• Promptfoo — where it wins

  • Evaluates prompts, models, and RAG pipelines with custom assertions
  • Combines red teaming, vulnerability scanning, and safety evaluations
  • Supports local, self-hosted, cloud, API, and CI/CD workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • Enterprise and On-Premise pricing is custom
  • Advanced collaboration and monitoring features require paid tiers
  • Its broad scope may exceed the needs of teams seeking only prompt comparison

• 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

• Promptfoo9.3/10 · Free plan

  A broad evaluation toolkit for teams that need testing, security scans, and CI/CD gates.

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• Giskard8.6/10 · Free plan

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

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