Software · head to head
Langfuse vs Baseten
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Langfuse billing is metered per unit, where a unit is any trace, observation, or score sent to the platform; the free Hobby tier includes only 50,000 units per month before graduated per-unit charges apply, as of August 2026.; Baseten gPU compute is billed per minute by hardware class, from $0.01052 per minute on a T4 up to $0.16633 per minute on a B200, so costs vary by which accelerator a workload lands on, as of August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Langfuse and Baseten actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (usage-based), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Langfuse
- Billing is metered per unit, where a unit is any trace, observation, or score sent to the platform; the free Hobby tier includes only 50,000 units per month before graduated per-unit charges apply, as of August 2026.
Baseten
- GPU compute is billed per minute by hardware class, from $0.01052 per minute on a T4 up to $0.16633 per minute on a B200, so costs vary by which accelerator a workload lands on, as of August 2026.
Pricing, plan by plan
Langfuse
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Langfuse review.
Baseten
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Baseten review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Langfuse if
Nothing in the data separates Langfuse from Baseten on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Baseten if
Nothing in the data separates Baseten from Langfuse on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Langfuse or Baseten better?
- Neither clearly leads. Langfuse starts at On request and Baseten at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Langfuse or Baseten?
- Langfuse starts at On request and Baseten at On request.
- Does Langfuse or Baseten run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
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