LM Studio
Desktop app for running and serving local models.
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LM Studio vs LangSmith
LM Studio (LM Studio) and LangSmith (LangChain) both sit in Infrastructure & Serving. LM Studio is the cheaper entry point at Free for personal use. Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | LM Studio LM Studio | LangSmith LangChain |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Infrastructure & Serving | Infrastructure & Serving |
| Version | 0.3x | 2025 |
| Entry cost | Free for personal use | Free tier · from $39/mo |
| Pricing tiers | — | — |
| Model stack | open weights | model-agnostic |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 0 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | GUI model manager, Local server, MLX support | Traces, Datasets, Evaluators |
LangSmith
Tracing, evals and monitoring for LLM applications.
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