LiteLLM vs Braintrust
Facts come from each vendor's own pages; download numbers are the headline package of each tool in 2026-W40.
| Fact | LiteLLM | Braintrust |
|---|---|---|
| PyPI downloads, week (rank) | 22,710,323 (#1)litellm | 1,650,096 (#7)braintrust |
| npm downloads, week (rank) | no npm SDK | 2,046,537 (#3)braintrust |
| GitHub stars (rank) | 60,298 (#1)BerriAI/litellm | 28 (#40)braintrustdata/braintrust-sdk-javascript |
| PyPI series (12 weeks) | ||
| npm series (12 weeks) | no npm SDK | |
| Categories | Gateways with observability | Tracing & observability, Evaluation, Prompt management |
| Status | Generally available | Generally available |
| Licence | MIT (open core) | Proprietary |
| Self-host | Yes | Enterprise only |
| OpenTelemetry | Exporter / bridge | Native (OTLP) |
| Pricing model | contact | usage |
| Entry price | Contact sales; Open Source $0 self-hosted; Enterprise is annual, sized to usage, price not published ('Talk to sales') | $249/mo; Pro plan; usage billed on processed data and scores above included amounts; Starter is $0/month |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Measurability | Measured (mapped SDK packages) | Measured (mapped SDK packages) |
| Sources | pricing · licence · self-host · OTel (checked 2026-10-07) | pricing · licence · self-host · OTel (checked 2026-10-07) |
More downloads means more package installs (including CI and dependencies), not a better product. See the methodology.