# Braintrust vs EvalGate: which is better for AI regression gates?

Braintrust is a strong choice for managed evaluation experiments, observability, and collaborative scoring. EvalGate is worth testing when your immediate need is an account-free local regression gate, a reviewed behavioral baseline, and evidence behind a release decision.

## Choose Braintrust when
Teams prioritizing hosted experiments, tracing, and evaluation dashboards.

## Choose EvalGate when
Developers needing an independently runnable local CI gate before using hosted services.

## Differentiation
- EvalGate: Local PASS → BLOCK → PASS verification without a platform account.
- Braintrust: Mature, integrated hosted experiments and evaluation collaboration.

## Pricing
Braintrust lists a Starter plan and a paid Pro plan; check its official pricing for current limits.
EvalGate pricing: https://www.evalgate.com/pricing

## Limitations
EvalGate is controlled beta and does not replace all managed experiment workflows.

## Migration
Keep existing Braintrust experiments. Choose a representative approved case, add an EvalGate test, deliberately induce a regression and compare the evidence before switching CI protection.

## Verified example
https://github.com/evalgate/refund-agent-demo

## Official competitor documentation
https://www.braintrust.dev/pricing

Last substantive review: October 14, 2026.