> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.layerlens.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.layerlens.ai/1.-introduction/how-stratix-compares-deep.md).

# Deep comparison

Stratix vs Braintrust, LangSmith, Galileo, Promptfoo, Arize — feature-by-feature comparison.

The short version is on [Overview → How Stratix compares](/1.-introduction/how-stratix-compares.md). This page is the long version: feature-by-feature tables and the qualitative trade-offs.

## What's distinctly Stratix

These are capabilities Stratix offers today that the alternatives don't match:

1. **Public model leaderboard.** 175+ models scored against 52+ benchmarks at `stratix.layerlens.ai`. Anonymous browsing, refreshed quarterly. No competitor operates a public catalog of this scale.
2. **Public benchmark catalog.** Open browsing of 52+ benchmarks with descriptions and per-model scores.
3. **Quarterly research reports.** Long-form, dated, methodologically transparent reports on the model frontier.
4. **Industry pages.** 13 industries with scenario mappings to platform capabilities.
5. **Migration guides** from LangSmith, Braintrust, Galileo, Promptfoo, MLflow, Arize.
6. **Pricing transparency.** Free tier, ECU PAYG visible without a sales call.

## Feature-by-feature

### Public catalog and research

| Feature                  | Stratix      | Braintrust | LangSmith | Galileo | Promptfoo | Arize |
| ------------------------ | ------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------- | --------- | ----- |
| Public model leaderboard | yes          | no         | no        | no      | no        | no    |
| Public benchmark catalog | yes          | no         | no        | no      | no        | no    |
| Public evaluations       | yes (2,000+) | no         | no        | no      | no        | no    |
| Public evaluation spaces | yes          | no         | no        | no      | no        | no    |
| Quarterly research       | yes          | no         | no        | no      | no        | no    |
| Anonymous browsing       | yes          | no         | partial   | no      | no        | no    |

### Evaluation and judging

| Feature                               | Stratix    | Braintrust | LangSmith | Galileo | Promptfoo | Arize   |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------- | --------- | ------- | --------- | ------- |
| LLM-as-a-judge                        | yes        | yes        | yes       | yes     | yes       | yes     |
| Built-in judge optimization           | yes (GEPA) | partial    | no        | partial | no        | no      |
| LLM-backed scorers                    | yes        | yes        | yes       | yes     | yes       | yes     |
| Code graders for deterministic checks | yes        | yes        | yes       | yes     | yes       | yes     |
| Compare-models head-to-head           | yes        | partial    | no        | partial | yes       | partial |
| Trace ingestion                       | yes        | yes        | yes       | yes     | partial   | yes     |
| Trace evaluation                      | yes        | yes        | yes       | yes     | partial   | yes     |
| Pre-deploy agentic evaluation         | yes        | partial    | partial   | partial | partial   | partial |

### Pricing and onboarding

| Feature                       | Stratix | Braintrust | LangSmith | Galileo | Promptfoo | Arize   |
| ----------------------------- | ------- | ---------- | --------- | ------- | --------- | ------- |
| Free tier with public catalog | yes     | partial    | partial   | no      | yes (OSS) | partial |
| Pricing visible without sales | yes     | partial    | partial   | no      | yes       | partial |
| Self-serve sign-up            | yes     | yes        | yes       | partial | yes       | partial |

## Migration paths

Coming from another tool? See:

* [From LangSmith](/6.-build-wire-your-code/from-langsmith.md)
* [From Braintrust](/6.-build-wire-your-code/from-braintrust.md)
* [From Galileo](/6.-build-wire-your-code/from-galileo.md)
* [From Promptfoo](/6.-build-wire-your-code/from-promptfoo.md)
* [From MLflow](/6.-build-wire-your-code/from-mlflow.md)
* [From Arize](/6.-build-wire-your-code/from-arize.md)

## Where to next

* [Pricing](/3.-pricing/03-pricing.md)
* [Industry patterns](/4.2-industry-use-cases/industry.md)