Pick Braintrust if
aI teams who will write a scorer and pay when processed data or scores blow past Starter.
Read the Braintrust pageBraintrust vs Confident AI
Our take
Pick Braintrust if aI teams who will write a scorer and pay when processed data or scores blow past Starter. Pick Confident AI if aI teams who will pay Starter so more than 5 test runs a week and 1 GB-month of traces sit on one project. Skip Braintrust if developers who only want a $0 request table (Helicone).
Best for
Braintrust Measure the agent before you ship
Confident AI Score the app before it ships
Free plan
Braintrust $0 · /month. $10 model credits + token rates. 1 GB processed data, then $4/GB. 10k scores, then $2.50/1k. 14-day retention. Unlimited users, projects, datasets, playgrounds, experiments. No credit card
Confident AI $0 · forever. 2 seats; 1 project; 5 test runs / week; 1 GB-month of traces (extra dropped). Full unit/regression suite, tracing, prompt versioning, cloud datasets
Lowest paid
Braintrust Pro $249/mo
Confident AI Team $2/mo
Next step up
Braintrust
Confident AI Starter $200/mo
Coding agent
Braintrust Loop agent
Confident AI
Runs where
Braintrust
Confident AI Hosted
Watch out
Braintrust $0 is the platform fee
Confident AI Free is 5 test runs a week + 1 GB-month
Last checked
Braintrust 2026-10-22 · braintrust.dev/pricing
Confident AI 2026-10-22 · confident-ai.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Confident AI if
aI teams who will pay Starter so more than 5 test runs a week and 1 GB-month of traces sit on one project.
Read the Confident AI page