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Langfuse vs Pusher

Open-source LLM engineering platform — observability, prompts, evals
vs. Realtime pub/sub WebSocket Channels + programmatic push (Beams)

Langfuse websitePusher website

Pricing tiers

Langfuse

Hobby (Cloud Free)
Free. 50k units/month included. 30 days data access. 2 users. Community support.
Free
Self-Hosted (OSS)
MIT-licensed. Docker Compose or Kubernetes deployment. Unlimited.
$0 base (usage-based)
Core
$29/month. 100k units included ($8 per 100k overage). 90 days retention. Unlimited users. In-app support.
$29/mo
Pro
$199/month. 100k units included + same overage. 3 YEARS retention. Unlimited annotation queues. High rate limits.
$199/mo
Teams Add-on
+$300/month. Adds Enterprise SSO + fine-grained RBAC + dedicated Slack support to Pro.
$300/mo
Enterprise
$2,499/month. Everything + custom rate limits, uptime SLA, dedicated support engineer. Yearly options.
$2499/mo
Langfuse website

Pusher

Beams: Sandbox
Free. 1K subscribers.
$0 base (usage-based)
Channels: Sandbox
Free. 100 concurrent conns, 200K msg/day.
$0 base (usage-based)
Beams: Startup
$29/mo. 10K subscribers.
$29/mo
Channels: Startup
$49/mo. 500 concurrent conns, 1M msg/day.
$49/mo
Channels: Pro
$99/mo. 2K concurrent conns, 4M msg/day.
$99/mo
Beams: Pro
$99/mo. 50K subscribers.
$99/mo
Beams: Business
$199/mo. 115K subscribers.
$199/mo
Channels: Business
$299/mo. 5K concurrent, 10M msg/day.
$299/mo
Beams: Premium
$399/mo. 250K subscribers.
$399/mo
Channels: Premium
$499/mo. 10K concurrent, 20M msg/day.
$499/mo
Channels: Growth
$699/mo. 15K concurrent, 40M msg/day.
$699/mo
Channels: Plus
$899/mo. 20K concurrent, 60M msg/day.
$899/mo
Channels: Growth Plus
$1,199/mo. 30K concurrent, 90M msg/day.
$1199/mo
Channels: Enterprise
Custom. 10M+ concurrent, 100B+ msg/day. SLA, dedicated support.
Custom
Pusher website

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing hobby on Langfuse vs be-sandbox on Pusher.

MetricLangfusePusher
subscribers1000 subscribers

Features

Langfuse · 16 features

  • Annotation QueuesHuman reviewers rate traces. Unlimited on Pro+.
  • DashboardsAggregate metrics, cost, quality across projects.
  • DatasetsCurate test sets from production traces. Run experiments.
  • EU Cloud RegionGDPR-compliant hosting in EU.
  • EvaluationsLLM-as-judge, manual scores, custom model-graded evaluators.
  • LLM Cost TrackingAutomatic cost calculation per provider/model.
  • OpenTelemetry NativeOTel SDK → Langfuse endpoint works out of box.
  • PlaygroundTest prompts + models + variables live.
  • Prompt ManagementVersion, tag, label prompts. Reference from code by label.
  • Public APIFull REST API for ingest, query, prompt management.
  • Python @observe decoratorOne-line decorator to trace any function.
  • Self-HostingDocker Compose + k8s Helm chart.
  • SessionsGroup related traces (conversations, agent runs).
  • TracingCapture every LLM call, tool call, nested span with inputs/outputs/cost.
  • Users TrackingSegment traces by user ID, track per-user cost.
  • WebhooksSubscribe to trace completion events.

Pusher · 11 features

  • BeamsPush notifications for iOS/Android/Web with device interest groups.
  • Beams Authenticated UsersTarget users by auth user ID across devices.
  • ChannelsWebSocket pub/sub — realtime events, live updates, notifications.
  • Channels WebhooksReceive server-side notifications of channel activity.
  • Client EventsPublish events from clients directly (triggered from browser).
  • Debug ConsoleLive channel debugging dashboard.
  • Encrypted ChannelsEnd-to-end encrypted messages.
  • Global ClustersUS, EU, AP-Southeast, etc. Pick nearest region.
  • Presence ChannelsTrack who is online in a channel.
  • Private ChannelsAuth-required channels with server-signed tokens.
  • StatsConnection / message dashboards.

Developer interfaces

KindLangfusePusher
SDKlangfuse-js, langfuse-pythonPusher Beams Android, Pusher Beams iOS, Pusher Beams Web SDK, pusher-http-go, pusher-http-java, pusher-http-php, pusher-js (client), pusher (Node), pusher (Python), pusher (Ruby), PusherSwift, pusher-websocket-java (Android)
RESTLangfuse REST APIBeams Publish API, Pusher HTTP API
MCPLangfuse MCP Server
OTHERLangfuse Dashboard, OpenTelemetry endpointChannels Webhooks, Pusher WebSocket
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