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Braintrust vs LangSmith: who uses which

Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.

On usedby, 39 companies use Braintrust and 43 use LangSmith. No company is listed with both yet. Braintrust leads among the DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby that use either tool, LangSmith among the HR & Recruiting companies.Latest check Oct 7, 2026: 76 of 82 public lines checked. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. Companies named on both have a confirmed or observed line on each side.

Who uses Braintrust, LangSmith, or both

Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.

39

use only Braintrust

0

companies use both

43

use only LangSmith

39 companies use only Braintrust, 43 use only LangSmith and 0 use both, out of the 82 companies on usedby that use at least one of them.

Braintrust

Open Braintrust
39customers
15 confirmed 24 observed

Where it lands

DevTools & Infrastructure10
Fintech & Payments4
Artificial Intelligence2

Newest customers

We have not started tracking changes for Braintrust yet.

43customers
11 confirmed 31 observed 1 signal

Where it lands

HR & Recruiting5
Fintech & Payments4
Biotech & Pharma2

Newest customers

No new customer since tracking started on October 3, 2026.

Who uses both

Companies with a confirmed or observed line on both tools.

No company uses both yetusedby has not found a company with a confirmed or observed line on both Braintrust and LangSmith.

By industry

Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Braintrust, LangSmith or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.

IndustryBraintrust onlyBothLangSmith only
DevTools & Infrastructure12 companies on usedby
83%0%17%
Fintech & Payments8 companies on usedby
50%0%50%
HR & Recruiting6 companies on usedby
17%0%83%

Braintrust onlyBothLangSmith only

More common with Braintrust

  • DevTools & Infrastructure10 of the 12 DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby that use either tool use Braintrust.

More common with LangSmith

  • HR & Recruiting5 of the 6 HR & Recruiting companies on usedby that use either tool use LangSmith.

Source: confirmed and observed usedby lines. Job-post signals, the weakest proof level, are left out of these shares.

Side by side

Facts from our data and from each vendor's public pages. Each line says where it comes from.

BraintrustLangSmith
Customersusedby, latest check Oct 7, 2026Braintrust: 39 (15 confirmed, 24 observed)LangSmith: 43 (11 confirmed, 31 observed, 1 job-post signal)
Top industryusedby, latest check Oct 7, 2026Braintrust: DevTools & Infrastructure (10)LangSmith: No clear lead
CategoryusedbyBraintrust: LLM Ops & FrameworksLangSmith: LLM Ops & Frameworks
PricingBraintrust: Starter: $0 / month; Pro: $249 / month; Enterprise: contact salesbraintrust.dev, checked Oct 7, 2026LangSmith: Developer: $0 seat per month; Plus: $39 seat per month; Enterprise: contact saleslangchain.com, checked Oct 4, 2026
Free trialBraintrust: Free trial or free plan available.braintrust.dev, checked Oct 7, 2026LangSmith: Free trial or free plan available.langchain.com, checked Oct 4, 2026
SecurityBraintrust: SOC 2 Type IItrust.braintrust.dev, checked Oct 7, 2026Not checked yet
IntegrationsBraintrust: OpenTelemetry, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, AgentScope, LangChain, LangSmith, LangGraphbraintrust.dev, checked Oct 7, 2026Not checked yet
WebsiteBraintrust: braintrust.devLangSmith: langchain.com

What customers report

Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.

Braintrust

Continuous signal, 30-min fix cycles

Rex

Vendor case study, braintrust.dev, captured Oct 6, 2026

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How Navan uses Braintrust

Navan

Vendor case study, braintrust.dev, captured Oct 6, 2026

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LangSmith

No reviewed story for LangSmith yet.

Questions about Braintrust and LangSmith

Which is used more, Braintrust or LangSmith?

LangSmith has more customers on usedby: 43 against 39 for Braintrust. Braintrust leads among the DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby that use either tool, LangSmith among the HR & Recruiting companies.

Do companies use both Braintrust and LangSmith?

usedby has not found a company with a confirmed or observed line on both Braintrust and LangSmith yet.

Who uses Braintrust?

39 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Braintrust.

Who uses LangSmith?

43 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses LangSmith.

How does usedby count customers?

A company counts when a public page shows it: a vendor's customer page, a case study, a press release or a job post, most saved with a dated capture. Every line is a customer, at one of three proof levels: confirmed, observed or signal (a job post, the weakest). A company is named as using both tools when its lines on both are confirmed or observed.