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A practical pick when agent quality, debugging, and evaluation matter as much as raw model output.
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An observability, evaluation, and deployment layer for teams building and shipping LLM agents and applications.
LangSmith is built for teams that need to trace, evaluate, and improve AI systems over time rather than just generate outputs once. It is especially useful for developers and AI product teams who care about debugging agents, monitoring traces, and managing a more serious deployment workflow.
Editorial note
A practical pick when agent quality, debugging, and evaluation matter as much as raw model output.
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LangSmith has a free Developer plan at $0 per seat/month plus usage. Plus is about $39 per seat/month plus usage, and Enterprise pricing is custom.
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