LLM eval tools compared, which one for what (7 picks)
Summary
A comparison of seven popular LLM evaluation tools, split between in-code libraries (promptfoo, DeepEval, Ragas) and tracing/experiment platforms (Langfuse, Arize Phoenix, LangSmith, Braintrust), with guidance on when to use each.
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