AgentOps vs Orq.ai (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Orq.ai grades higher than AgentOps: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Orq.ai grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
AgentOps
Tracing, debugging and cost tracking for AI agents
Orq.ai
AI gateway with observability, governance and managed agents
Which one is for you
Pick AgentOps if
- Fits if you build agents in Python or TypeScript and want runs traced and replayed
- Works for a developer who wants LLM spend tracked across 400+ models
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you run real traffic: Basic stops at 5,000 events
- Watch out: Pro is pay as you go and the per-event rate sits behind a pricing calculator
- Not for you if you need self-hosting, custom SSO or SOC-2 listings, which are Enterprise with no published price
- Watch out: the /pricing address returns a 404, so prices are on the home page
Pick Orq.ai if
- Fits if you want one endpoint and one bill across several model providers
- Works for developers who need request logs and budgets before they pay for anything
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: using Orq.ai's own keys adds a 4.5% platform fee on model traffic
- Pricey if you outgrow the caps: €7 per 100k spans, €3 per GB and €35 per extra seat
- Tight if you need SSO or roles, which are a €300 a month Teams add-on
- Skip it if you want no-code, since you integrate it through an API
- Watch out: pay-as-you-go keeps data for 30 days and limits you to 100 requests a minute
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAgentOpsFair | 2.6GPAOrq.aiGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $40 a month pay as you go, just above the $37 where the dearer quarter of AI agent tools starts. | BPay-as-you-go carries no platform fee, though extra seats are €35 each and usage is billed past the included amounts. Prices are in euros. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free Basic plan with 5,000 events, which a real project will outgrow. | B10 seats, 100k spans, 5 GB and 500 agent runs a month are included, with 30-day retention and 100 requests a minute. Enough for one developer, tight for a product. |
| Features | CTracing, replay, cost tracking for 400+ models and an audit trail, but self-hosting, SSO and compliance listings are Enterprise. | CGateway, MCP gateway, observability, agents and guardrails. SSO and fine-grained roles cost €300 a month extra on the self-serve plan. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. A short SDK setup in Python or TypeScript, so it takes code in your project. | CNo store rating on record. It is a developer service: you wire in API keys and point your code at the endpoint. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb dashboard with Python and TypeScript SDKs, 8 framework integrations and a GitHub project. | BWeb console and an API, with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Okta listed. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | tracing and cost tracking for AI agents | one gateway for many AI models |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: AgentOps and Orq.ai. How we grade
Price against what you get
AgentOps starts at $40 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Orq.ai starts at about $39.10 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Orq.ai starts $0.90 a month lower. Of the other AI agents on the chart, 29 score higher than AgentOps for less, and 29 score higher than Orq.ai for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- AgentOps is open source, according to its own site.
- AgentOps also covers dashboards.
At a glance
| AgentOps | Orq.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $40 per month, pay as you go | €35 per extra seat / month beyond the 10 included, plus usage |
| Free plan | Basic plan: free up to 5,000 events, with the agent-agnostic SDK, LLM cost tracking for 400+ LLMs and replay analytics. | Pay-as-you-go has no platform fee: 10 AI Studio seats, 100k spans, 5 GB processed data and 500 agent runs a month included. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | AgentOps | Orq.ai |
| Price read from | agentops.ai | orq.ai |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AgentOps
- The Basic plan stops at 5,000 events.
- Pro is billed pay as you go; the homepage points to a pricing calculator rather than listing the per-event rate.
- Self-hosting, custom SSO and the compliance listings are on the Enterprise plan, which has no published price.
- The /pricing address on the site returns a 404; the prices are on the homepage.
Orq.ai
- Prices are shown in euros. Model traffic is billed at provider rates, and the platform adds a 4.5% fee when you use Orq.ai's keys.
- Beyond the included amounts: €7 per 100k spans, €3 per GB processed, €0.01 per agent run with tools, €35 per AI Studio seat.
- SSO, SAML or OIDC and fine-grained RBAC are a €300 a month Teams add-on, and included on Enterprise.
- Pay-as-you-go keeps data for 30 days with a 100 requests per minute rate limit.
Key features
AgentOps
- Agent tracing
- LLM calls, tool use and multi-agent interactions are recorded as traces and shown visually in a dashboard.
- Time-travel debugging
- Past agent runs can be rewound and replayed to a specific point.
- Cost and token tracking
- Token counts and spend are tracked across agents, with pricing for more than 400 LLMs.
- Framework integrations
- The docs list integrations with CrewAI, AutoGen, LangChain, OpenAI, Anthropic and other frameworks and model providers.
- Audit trail
- Logs, errors and prompt-injection attempts are kept as a data trail from prototype to production.
- Python and TypeScript SDKs
- The Python SDK is set up with an install and an init call, and a TypeScript and JavaScript SDK is also available.
Orq.ai
- AI Gateway
- One OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible API for 500+ models from 30+ providers, with fallbacks, retries, caching and load balancing.
- MCP Gateway
- Routes calls to remote MCP servers under the same policies as model traffic, and traces each tool call.
- Observability
- Every request becomes a trace with cost, tokens, latency and payloads, with OpenTelemetry ingestion and alerts.
- Managed agents
- An agent runtime with sub-agents, tools, knowledge bases, memory stores, prompt management, evaluators and scheduled runs.
- Governance and guardrails
- Budgets, PII redaction, guardrail rules and model restrictions, with audit logs, EU hosting and EU AI Act tooling on the higher tier.
Plans
AgentOps
Basic$0
Free up to 5,000 events, with LLM cost tracking for 400+ LLMs and replay analytics.
Pro$40
per month, pay as you go
Everything in Basic plus unlimited events and log retention, session and event export, role-based permissions and dedicated Slack and email support.
EnterpriseCustom
Everything in Pro plus SLA, Slack Connect, custom SSO, on-premise and self-hosted deployment, custom data retention and SOC-2, HIPAA and NIST AI RMF.
Orq.ai
Pay-as-you-go€0
Unlimited requests with your own provider keys; 4.5% fee on credits when using Orq.ai's keys. Extra spans, data, seats and agent runs are metered.
EnterpriseCustom
Adds AI governance, audit logs, on-prem and VPC options, SOC 2 report, custom DPA, uptime SLA and Slack or Teams support.
Ways to pay less
AgentOps
No public discounts listed.
Orq.ai
- Startups
Startup, academic, NGO and open-source discounts
The pay-as-you-go plan notes discounts for startups, academic users, NGOs and open-source projects; terms are not shown on the page.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AgentOps or Orq.ai?
As of Nov 13, 2026, AgentOps starts at $40 per month, pay as you go, and Orq.ai starts at €35 per extra seat / month beyond the 10 included, plus usage. One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, AgentOps or Orq.ai?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both AgentOps and Orq.ai have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.