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LogRocket vs LangSmith

Session replay, product analytics, and error tracking for frontend apps
vs. LLM observability, testing & evaluation — by LangChain

LogRocket websiteLangSmith website

Pricing tiers

LogRocket

Free
1,000 sessions/month. 3 seats. 1-month retention. Basic session replay + JS error reporting.
Free
Team (low)
10k sessions/month. 5 seats. 1+ month retention.
$69/mo
Team (high)
25k sessions/month. 10 seats.
$139/mo
Professional
From $295/mo. Custom volume + retention. AI (Galileo) + MCP, Product Analytics (dashboards, funnels, heatmaps), API access 200/mo.
$295/mo
Enterprise
Custom 1M+ sessions. Unlimited seats. Self-hosted option. Custom BAA + legal + security.
Custom
LogRocket website

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
LangSmith website

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on LogRocket vs developer on LangSmith.

MetricLogRocketLangSmith
No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

Features

LogRocket · 14 features

  • Cohort AnalysisGroup users by behavior. Professional+.
  • Custom Eventstrack() events attached to sessions.
  • Frustration SignalsAuto-detect rage clicks, dead clicks, error clicks, u-turns.
  • FunnelsMulti-step conversion funnels tied to session replays.
  • Galileo AIAI-summarized issues + suggested fixes. Professional+.
  • HeatmapsClick + scroll + rage click heatmaps. Professional+.
  • JavaScript Error ReportingStack traces, source maps, user context, console + network before error.
  • Network MonitoringAll XHR/fetch calls with req/res payload. PII redacted.
  • Performance MonitoringCore Web Vitals + custom metrics per session.
  • Privacy ControlsAuto input sanitization + custom privacy rules.
  • Product AnalyticsFunnels, retention, conversion rates (Professional+).
  • Session ReplayPixel-perfect recordings with DOM + console + network + state.
  • Source Map SupportSymbolicated stack traces via upload on build.
  • User Identificationidentify() to link sessions to user IDs + traits.

LangSmith · 14 features

  • AlertsThreshold alerts on latency, cost, eval metrics.
  • Annotation QueuesHuman-review workflows for trace quality rating.
  • Custom DashboardsAggregate metrics dashboards per project/tag.
  • DatasetsCollect examples → use as eval sets or training data.
  • EvaluationsLLM-as-judge, embedding similarity, custom Python evaluators, offline batch eval
  • LangChain IntegrationAuto-trace any LangChain/LangGraph run with env var.
  • LangGraph IntegrationFirst-class trace + eval for LangGraph agents.
  • LLM TracingAutomatic trace every LLM call + tool call + chain step.
  • OpenTelemetry ExportExport traces as OTLP to Datadog/Honeycomb/etc.
  • PlaygroundTest prompts + models inline before deploying.
  • Prompt CanvasVisual prompt editor with live test + eval.
  • Prompt HubPublic + private prompt library with versioning.
  • Self-Hosted (Enterprise)Docker + k8s deployment in your infra.
  • Threads + SessionsGroup traces into conversational sessions.

Developer interfaces

KindLogRocketLangSmith
CLILangSmith CLI
SDKLogRocket Android, logrocket (browser), LogRocket iOS, LogRocket React, logrocket-react-nativelangsmith-js, langsmith-python
RESTLogRocket APILangSmith REST API
MCPLogRocket MCPLangSmith MCP
OTHERWebhooksLangSmith Dashboard
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