LiteLLM vs Pydantic Logfire
Facts come from each vendor's own pages; download numbers are the headline package of each tool in 2026-W40.
| Fact | LiteLLM | Pydantic Logfire |
|---|---|---|
| PyPI downloads, week (rank) | 22,710,323 (#1)litellm | 3,488,038 (#5)logfire |
| npm downloads, week (rank) | no npm SDK | 31,486 (#16)@pydantic/logfire-node |
| GitHub stars (rank) | 60,298 (#1)BerriAI/litellm | 4,509 (#23)pydantic/logfire |
| PyPI series (12 weeks) | ||
| npm series (12 weeks) | no npm SDK | |
| Categories | Gateways with observability | Tracing & observability, Evaluation, Gateways with observability |
| 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') | $49/mo; Team plan, 5 seats, 10M records included then $2 per million; Personal plan is free forever (10M records/month, hard-capped); Growth $249/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.