Pick DeepEval if
python teams who will run DeepEval locally at $0 and only open Confident AI Free / Starter $200 when they want a shared cloud.
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Our take
Pick DeepEval if you're on a python team who will run DeepEval locally at $0 and only open Confident AI Free / Starter $200 when they want a shared cloud. Pick Promptfoo if you're on a app team who will run Community for $0 (MIT, self-host) and only buy Enterprise when they need SSO, a shared dashboard, and more than 10k probes.
Best for
DeepEval Unit-test the agent at $0
Promptfoo Fail the build before a prompt ships
Free plan
DeepEval $0 · local pytest + inspect TUI. You pay judge-model tokens
Promptfoo No free plan
Lowest paid
DeepEval Team $2/mo
Promptfoo Not published by the vendor
Next step up
DeepEval Confident AI Starter from $200/mo
Promptfoo
Coding agent
DeepEval
Promptfoo Eval matrix
Runs where
DeepEval Hosted
Promptfoo Hosted
Watch out
DeepEval $0 is the library, not judge tokens
Promptfoo Community red team is 10k probes/month
Last checked
DeepEval 2026-10-27 · confident-ai.com/pricing
Promptfoo 2026-10-27 · promptfoo.dev/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Promptfoo if
app teams who will run Community for $0 (MIT, self-host) and only buy Enterprise when they need SSO, a shared dashboard, and more than 10k probes.
Read the Promptfoo page