LangSmith vs ClickUp
LLM observability, testing & evaluation — by LangChain
vs. One app to replace them all — tasks, docs, chat, goals, time tracking
Pricing tiers
LangSmith
Developer (Free)
Free forever. 5,000 traces/month. 14-day retention. 1 seat. Basic evaluations.
Free
Plus
$39/seat/month. 10k base traces included ($2.50 per 1k overage). Full evaluations, custom dashboards, email support.
$39/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Self-host option, SSO, custom retention, dedicated support.
Custom
ClickUp
Free Forever
$0. Unlimited tasks + members. 100MB storage. 2 lists. Basic features.
Free
Unlimited
$7/user/mo annual ($10/mo). Unlimited storage, integrations, dashboards, Gantt.
$7/mo
ClickUp Brain (AI)
$7/user/mo add-on. AI writing, auto-summary, Q&A over workspace.
$7/mo
Business
$12/user/mo annual ($19/mo). Advanced time tracking, automations (10k/mo), workload mgmt.
$12/mo
Business Plus
$19/user/mo annual ($29/mo). Team sharing, custom roles, permissions, 25k automations.
$19/mo
Enterprise
Custom. SSO, HIPAA, white labeling, advanced permissions, unlimited automations, dedicated CSM.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing developer on LangSmith vs free on ClickUp.
| Metric | LangSmith | ClickUp |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
LangSmith · 14 features
- Alerts — Threshold alerts on latency, cost, eval metrics.
- Annotation Queues — Human-review workflows for trace quality rating.
- Custom Dashboards — Aggregate metrics dashboards per project/tag.
- Datasets — Collect examples → use as eval sets or training data.
- Evaluations — LLM-as-judge, embedding similarity, custom Python evaluators, offline batch eval…
- LangChain Integration — Auto-trace any LangChain/LangGraph run with env var.
- LangGraph Integration — First-class trace + eval for LangGraph agents.
- LLM Tracing — Automatic trace every LLM call + tool call + chain step.
- OpenTelemetry Export — Export traces as OTLP to Datadog/Honeycomb/etc.
- Playground — Test prompts + models inline before deploying.
- Prompt Canvas — Visual prompt editor with live test + eval.
- Prompt Hub — Public + private prompt library with versioning.
- Self-Hosted (Enterprise) — Docker + k8s deployment in your infra.
- Threads + Sessions — Group traces into conversational sessions.
ClickUp · 17 features
- 15+ Views — List/Board/Gantt/Timeline/etc.
- Automations — No-code workflow builder.
- Chat — Native team chat.
- ClickUp Brain (AI) — AI across workspace.
- Custom Fields — 15+ field types.
- Dashboards — Custom widget boards.
- Desktop Apps — Mac + Windows + Linux.
- Docs — Rich text docs + wikis.
- Forms — Collect tasks via form.
- Goals — OKRs + progress tracking.
- iOS + Android Apps — Native mobile.
- REST API — Public API for integrations.
- Sprints — Agile sprint views.
- Subtasks + Dependencies — Nested + blocking.
- Tasks — Full task management.
- Time Tracking — Native timers + timesheets.
- Whiteboards — Collaborative canvas.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | LangSmith | ClickUp |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | LangSmith CLI | — |
| SDK | langsmith-js, langsmith-python | clickup.js (community) |
| REST | LangSmith REST API | ClickUp REST API v2 |
| MCP | LangSmith MCP | — |
| OTHER | LangSmith Dashboard | ClickUp Apps, ClickUp Chrome Extension, ClickUp Webhooks, OAuth 2.0 |
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