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Should I use Promptfoo?

The AI Security Platform that catches vulnerabilities in development. - promptfoo.dev

Depends. Buy the free open-source CLI if your team ships LLM features and must test for prompt injection, jailbreaks, and data leaks before production. Skip it entirely if your product has no AI surface — there is nothing here for you.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 9 public sources; no independent ratings or named customer companies found.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free

Open source (CLI/library)

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Enterprise platformContact sales

Best for

  • Teams shipping LLM applications
  • AI security and red-team engineers
  • Regulated industries (finance, EU AI Act)
  • Dev shops wanting CI-integrated evals

Not for

  • Teams with no LLM features — pure overkill
  • Non-technical buyers wanting plug-and-play SaaS
  • Anyone needing published pricing before a sales call
  • Small projects needing only basic prompt spot-checks

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Enterprise pricing only via sales call; hard to budget without a demo.

medium

Paid products (Guardrails, Model Security) are separate from the free OSS CLI.

low

Headline numbers (156 Fortune 500, 300k devs) are unverified self-reports.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Core is open source — free CLI for evals and red teaming
  • Catches prompt injection, jailbreaks, and leaks before production
  • Claims 300,000+ developers and 156 Fortune 500 customers
  • Developer-first, fits eval and CI workflows
  • Broad coverage: red teaming, guardrails, model security

Cons

  • Enterprise pricing hidden behind contact-sales demos
  • Requires engineers; not a point-and-click product
  • Adoption numbers are self-reported marketing, not verified
  • Crowded market: Giskard, Prompt Security, Lakera compete directly

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/22/2026 - 9 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

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Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 9

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Free open-source core; enterprise pricing unclear
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Users call it developer-first; assumes engineering skills
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Red teaming, guardrails, model security in one stack
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 4/5. Publishes security page; no disclosed issues found
  • 300,000+ Developers (claimed) Official site marketing claim, unverified
  • 156 Fortune 500 customers (claimed) Self-reported by Promptfoo
  • Yes Free tier Open-source CLI and library

Pricing

Open source (CLI/library)

Free

  • Self-hosted prompt and model evals
  • Red-team scans from your terminal

Enterprise platform

Not disclosed

  • Guardrails and model security products
  • Org-wide management and vendor support

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Developer posts praise it as a developer-first, open-source eval and security tool; independent quantitative reviews are scarce.

“Open source, developer-first, organic grass-fed evals for LLMs (aka, how to choose the best prompt and model)”
LinkedIn, Ian W.
“Promptfoo is the only tool in the AI security space the hardest problems at once. It's helping companies find safety, security, and privacy”
LinkedIn, Vanessa Sauter

Alternatives

Compare Promptfoo with each alternative.

  • Lakera

    Developer-first AI security with strong red-teaming and guardrails

Full analysis

Based on 9 public sources; no independent ratings or named customer companies found.

Great free red-teaming CLI if you ship LLM apps. Paid platform pricing is opaque. No LLM in prod? Pointless.

Methodology

Based on 9 public sources; no independent ratings or named customer companies found.

Sources

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