Comet

What it is

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What is the relationship between Comet, Opik, and MLOps / Experiment Management?

Comet is the company name offering two flagship product families: Opik and MLOps. Features, use cases, and pricing models differ between the products, but they run on the same underlying platform and each comes with access to the free version of the other. MLOps is designed for teams building and training machine learning models with tools for experiment tracking, dataset management, model versioning, and production monitoring. Opik is the GenAI observability and evaluation platform, available in a free open-source version and cloud-hosted options, for building applications and agents that make LLM calls.

Is there a free plan for academics?

Yes, Comet offers a free Pro plan for academic users. Researchers, students, and educators can access the full features of the Pro plan at no cost by signing up and verifying their academic status on the Academics page.

What is the best way to get started with Opik?

The full Opik featureset is free for as long as you want. You can download and self-host the open-source version or use the free cloud version. For individuals and teams in the application testing and development phases, the free plans provide everything needed to get started. Most users step up to paid plans as usage scales in production or when needing user management and compliance features. You can follow the Quickstart Guide to integrate Opik with your model provider or agent framework, or try the prompt playground with no setup required.

How can I self-host Opik?

Self-hosting the open-source version of Opik is easy. You can download the code from the GitHub repository and follow the README to get started.

What are the differences between Opik Open Source, Opik Free, Opik Pro, and Opik Enterprise?

The main differences are in usage limits and data retention. All plans include unlimited team members and the full suite of LLM observability and evaluation features. Enterprise plans offer custom hosting and deployment options, advanced identity and authentication management, personalized support plans, and increased regulatory compliance.