2026 Guide

Best Promptfoo Alternatives 2026

Promptfoo was acquired by OpenAI in March 2026. If you need a vendor-neutral LLM evaluation and security platform, here are the best alternatives.

Why teams are switching from Promptfoo

Promptfoo was acquired by OpenAI (March 2026) — no longer vendor neutral
246 attack plugins vs ~90 — 2x more red team coverage
97 eval scorers vs ~45 assertions — nearly 2x evaluation depth
5-layer LLM Firewall + Gateway + Shadow AI + AI-SPM + Smart Copilot — Promptfoo has none
7 compliance frameworks vs 4 (adds ISO 42001, India DPDP, HIPAA)
NL→Eval Pipeline — describe your app in English, get eval suite instantly (unique to EvalGuard)
Cost / FinOps Analytics and Prompt Versioning IDE — Promptfoo has neither
BYOK encryption + 216 API endpoints + self-hosted Docker/Helm

Top Promptfoo Alternatives

1. EvalGuard

Best Alternative

246 attack plugins, 145 scorers, 88 providers, compliance dashboard, LLM firewall. Full SaaS + self-hosted. Open source MIT.

Best for: Teams that need eval + security + compliance in one platform

2. DeepEval

Python-native eval with 50+ metrics and 20+ attack methods (DeepTeam). 12.8K stars, 400K+ downloads. Confident AI from $19.99/seat.

Best for: Python-only teams wanting pytest integration and growing red team features

Limitations: Python only, ~20 attacks (vs 232), no firewall/gateway/prompt IDE

3. Langfuse

Best-in-class LLM tracing and observability (YC W23). 100+ providers via LiteLLM. No red teaming or built-in eval.

Best for: Teams focused purely on LLM observability and tracing

Limitations: Zero attack plugins, no built-in eval scorers, no compliance

4. Giskard

EU-focused AI red teaming with 40-50 probes and dynamic multi-turn agents. SOC 2 Type II certified.

Best for: EU enterprises needing adaptive red teaming with SOC 2 certification

Limitations: 40-50 probes, 10-15 scorers, no firewall/tracing/gateway

5. Braintrust

Closed-source eval platform with polished UX. No attack plugins or self-hosting.

Best for: Teams wanting simple eval-only workflows

Limitations: Closed source, no security testing, no self-host

6. Garak (NVIDIA)

NVIDIA's open-source LLM vulnerability scanner. CLI only, 37+ probes.

Best for: Security researchers wanting CLI-based probing

Limitations: CLI only, no eval, no dashboard, 37 probes

7. MLflow

Databricks' open-source ML lifecycle platform with basic LLM eval (~12 scorers).

Best for: Teams already invested in Databricks ecosystem

Limitations: ~12 scorers, no security testing, SaaS requires Databricks

8. OpenAI Evals

OpenAI's built-in evaluation. Free but locked to OpenAI models only.

Best for: Teams using only OpenAI models

Limitations: OpenAI only, no red teaming, vendor locked

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