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Neptune.ai

Metadata store for MLOps

As of 30 August 2026, Neptune.ai has a free plan and paid plans start at $49/month. Neptune. Softwr lists it under Machine Learning. Neptune.ai is made by Neptune Labs, launched in 2017, available on Web, Self-hosted.

Overview

What Neptune.ai does

Neptune.ai is a metadata store for MLOps that helps teams track, organize, and compare experiments. It provides flexible logging, powerful querying, and integrations with popular ML frameworks for experiment management and model versioning.

What people use it for

  • Machine learning
  • Data analysis
  • Model training
  • Predictive analytics

The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Neptune.ai.

  • Free tier limited to 100 hours per month, exhausted quickly with serious ML work
  • Lacks hyperparameter sweeps compared to Weights and Biases
  • No pipeline orchestration or broader MLOps lifecycle management
  • Dashboard visualization limitations - automatic resizing affects visualization order and size
  • Cloud-based SaaS only (as of last available service) requires internet connectivity

Cross-shopped

What people choose instead of Neptune.ai

Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.

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    Weights & Biases logo
    Weights & Biases

    Weights & Biases: Also experiment tracking with superior UI/UX and real-time collaboration features, though with higher per-user pricing.

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    Neptune.ai
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    MLflow logo
    MLflow

    MLflow: Open-source MLOps platform with comprehensive lifecycle management and flexible self-hosted deployment, free option.

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    Neptune.ai
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    Comet ML logo
    Comet ML

    Comet ML: Experiment tracking platform with better model registration and production monitoring capabilities than Neptune.

Capabilities

Features

  • Experiment tracking

  • Model registry

  • Metadata logging

  • Comparison views

  • Custom dashboards

  • PyTorch

    Integration with PyTorch

  • TensorFlow

    Integration with TensorFlow

  • Keras

    Integration with Keras

  • scikit-learn

    Integration with scikit-learn

  • XGBoost

    Integration with XGBoost

  • Web support

    Available on web

  • Linux support

    Available on linux

Answered, with sources

Questions people ask

Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.

Does Neptune.ai support self-hosting?

Yes. Neptune can be self-hosted on a Kubernetes cluster with ClickHouse, MySQL, and Redis dependencies, allowing organizations to maintain full data control.

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What machine learning frameworks does Neptune integrate with?

Neptune integrates with PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, Hugging Face Transformers, and Optuna for hyperparameter optimization.

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What is the cost for a team of 10 data scientists?

Neptune's Team plan costs $49 per user per month, resulting in $490/month for 10 users, comparable to Weights and Biases at $50/user.

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When is Neptune.ai shutting down?

Neptune.ai is shutting down its external SaaS service on March 5, 2026, following its acquisition by OpenAI in December 2025. Customers must export and migrate data before that date.

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Behind it

Who makes Neptune.ai

Company
Neptune Labs
Based in
Warsaw, Poland
Founders
Jakub Czakon, Piotr Niedźwiedź

Timeline

Neptune.ai over time

  1. Milestone2026-03-05

    Neptune.ai SaaS service shuts down, data export deadline

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  2. Acquisition2025-12-03

    OpenAI acquires Neptune.ai

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  3. Funding2020-06-01$8m

    Series A funding of $8 million led by Almaz Capital

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  4. Founded2017-01-01

    Neptune.ai founded by Jakub Czakon and Piotr Niedźwiedź

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