Braintrust vs Recurse

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Braintrust compared with Recurse
Detail	Braintrust	Recurse
What it does	The active observability platform for agents	Build and deploy Agent MCP Apps
Stage	Growing	Growing
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	freemium	usage-based
Pricing	Starter plan free with $10 credits monthly, 1 GB processed data, 10k scores, 14-day retention. Pro plan $249/month with $100 credits, 5 GB processed data, 50k scores, 30-day retention. Enterprise with custom pricing. Overage charges at $4/GB for Starter and $3/GB for Pro on processed data.	Not given
Key features	Real-time trace inspection LLM scoring and evaluation Production monitoring dashboards Automated pattern detection Dataset versioning and management Prompt optimization with Loop agent Natural language trace investigation Custom annotation interfaces Gateway API for unified access Brainstore database for AI data	Run agents with Python tools Deploy agents as MCP servers Validate structured inputs and outputs Inspect run results and artifacts Secrets management 24-hour result retention
What makes it different	Built specifically for agents which fail differently than normal software Automatic pattern discovery from production data Framework agnostic with no vendor lock-in Enterprise security with SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliance Brainstore query engine for faster production debugging	No subscription or idle charges for usage-based pricing Zero markup on model tokens Hosting included with deployment Available through MCP clients like Claude and Codex Full visibility into agent execution and results
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	76 no change since last check	35 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	28	11
Citation Flow (Majestic)	51	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	3530	39

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