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Amplitude vs Langfuse

Langfuse targets LLM observability, not general product analytics and experimentation.

Which to pick

Pick Amplitude if you want…

  • AI-enhanced product analytics
  • Integrations with Claude, Cursor or GitHub Copilot (on Amplitude's list, not Langfuse's)

Pick Langfuse if you want…

  • LLM observability & analytics
  • Open-source code (langfuse/langfuse on GitHub)
  • Integrations with Python, TypeScript or Go (on Langfuse's list, not Amplitude's)

Side by side

What it is
Amplitude:Amplitude is a digital analytics platform that adds AI agents, feedback, and experimentation for product teams.
Langfuse:Langfuse is an open-source platform for tracing, evaluating and monitoring LLM applications and AI agents.
Best for
Amplitude:AI-enhanced product analytics
Langfuse:LLM observability & analytics
Who it’s for
Amplitude:Product managers, growth teams, and engineers building data-driven products
Langfuse:Developers building, debugging and scaling LLM-based apps and agents.
Pricing
Amplitude:Freemium
Langfuse:Freemium
Plans
Amplitude:Free $0 · Plus Starts at $0 per month
Langfuse:Hobby Free · Core $29 per month · Pro $199 per month · Enterprise $2499 per month
Open source
Amplitude:—
Langfuse:Yes, 35,097 GitHub stars
Works with
Amplitude:Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Replit, Codex, Gemini, Figma Make
Langfuse:Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, .NET, Ruby, PHP, Swift

Amplitude features

  • AI Agents & MCP. Ask natural-language questions about product data and get AI-generated insights across all Amplitude capabilities.
  • Product & Marketing Analytics. Track events, funnels, cohorts, and revenue metrics with unlimited seats.
  • Session Replay & Heatmaps. Record user sessions and visualize interactions to identify friction points.
  • Feature Experimentation. Run A/B/n tests, multi-armed bandits and track feature adoption across cohorts.
  • AI Feedback & Surveys. Collect user comments and automatically turn them into actionable insights.
  • Agent Analytics. Measure the impact of AI agents on retention, revenue and growth.

Langfuse features

  • Hierarchical Traces. Capture every LLM call, tool invocation and retrieval step with filters for user, session, cost and latency.
  • Prompt Management. Version, fetch, release and cache prompts separately from code with one-click deployments.
  • Evaluation Engine. Run LLM-as-judge, heuristic or human-review evaluations on production data or experiments.
  • Experiments & Datasets. Define test cases, run experiments and create golden datasets for continuous improvement.
  • Dashboards & Alerts. Monitor cost, latency and quality via custom dashboards and automated alerts.
  • Human Annotation. Collaborative human-in-the-loop workflows with annotation queues.
  • Extensive Integrations. Supports Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, .NET, Ruby, PHP, Swift and 100+ agent frameworks and model providers.
  • Self-hosted & Cloud Options. Available as hosted SaaS or self-hosted under MIT license.

Amplitude vs Langfuse FAQ

Is Amplitude or Langfuse free?+

Amplitude has a free plan and paid plans. Langfuse has a free plan (Hobby); paid plans start at $29/month (Core).

Is Amplitude or Langfuse open source?+

Langfuse is open source (langfuse/langfuse on GitHub). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Amplitude.

Do Amplitude and Langfuse integrate with the same tools?+

Their integration lists don't overlap: Amplitude lists Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Replit and 3 more; Langfuse lists Python, TypeScript, Go, Java and 10 more.

On DevHunt

Langfuse

89 upvotes · Launched on DevHunt on Jan 10, 2023

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