LangSmith alternatives

Memory reads, vector DB retrievals, state changes are distinct span types in traces. RAG eval separates retrieval quality (context precision) from generation quality (faithfulness). Dataset versioning guards against eval drift. Full LangSmith record →

  1. 1 AgentOps Memory observability & monitoring

    also in Memory observability & monitoring · same storage (relational) · same retrieval (exact-match) · same memory unit (episode) · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 5.8k released 2025-08-29 MIT (SDK) Compare with LangSmith →

  2. 2 Langfuse Memory observability & monitoring ⚠ acquired — acquired by ClickHouse

    also in Memory observability & monitoring · same storage (relational) · same retrieval (exact-match) · same memory unit (episode) · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 36k MIT (core; ee/ directories under separate… Compare with LangSmith →

  3. 3 n8n AI Agent Memory Framework-embedded memory

    same storage (relational) · same retrieval (exact-match) · same memory unit (episode) · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS — Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 208k released 2026-10-19 Sustainable Use License + n8n Enterprise… Compare with LangSmith →

  4. 4 LangGraph Persistence Framework-embedded memory

    same storage (relational) · same retrieval (exact-match) · same memory unit (episode) · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 43k released 2026-10-16 MIT Compare with LangSmith →

  5. 5 context-mode Coding-agent memory

    same storage (relational) · same retrieval (exact-match) · same memory unit (episode) · also has MCP

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 32k released 2026-10-22 Elastic License 2.0 Compare with LangSmith →

  6. 6 Screenpipe Personal AI / PKM / lifelogging memory

    same storage (relational) · same retrieval (exact-match) · same memory unit (episode)

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ? ★ 22k released 2026-10-22 source-available (Screenpipe Commercial License) Compare with LangSmith →

  7. 7 Agno (Phidata) Memory Framework-embedded memory

    same storage (relational) · same memory unit (episode) · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 43k released 2026-10-21 Apache-2.0 Compare with LangSmith →

  8. 8 Mastra Memory Framework-embedded memory

    same storage (relational) · same memory unit (episode) · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 27k released 2026-10-21 Apache-2.0 (core; ee/ dirs under… Compare with LangSmith →

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