promptfoo vs quivr

Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools

promptfooopen-source

Test your prompts, agents, and RAGs. Red teaming/pentesting/vulnerability scanning for AI. Compare performance of GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, and more. Simple declarative configs with command line and

quivrfree

Opiniated RAG for integrating GenAI in your apps 🧠 Focus on your product rather than the RAG. Easy integration in existing products with customisation! Any LLM: GPT4, Groq, Llama. Any Vectorstore:

Metrics

promptfooquivr
Stars18.9k39.1k
Star velocity /mo1.7k67.5
Commits (90d)
Releases (6m)100
Overall score0.79575930447976830.4264472901167716

Pros

  • +Comprehensive testing suite covering both performance evaluation and security red teaming in a single tool
  • +Multi-provider support with easy comparison between OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude, Gemini, Llama and dozens of other models
  • +Strong CI/CD integration with automated pull request scanning and code review capabilities for production deployments
  • +LLM-agnostic design supporting multiple providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Gemma) with unified API
  • +Extremely simple setup requiring only 5 lines of code to create a working RAG system
  • +Flexible file format support with extensible parsers for PDF, TXT, Markdown and custom document types

Cons

  • -Requires API keys and credits for multiple LLM providers, which can become expensive for extensive testing
  • -Command-line focused interface may have a learning curve for teams preferring GUI-based tools
  • -Limited to evaluation and testing - does not provide actual LLM application development capabilities
  • -Python-only implementation limiting cross-platform development options
  • -Requires Python 3.10 or newer, excluding older Python environments
  • -Still actively developing core features, indicating potential API instability

Use Cases

  • Automated testing and evaluation of prompt performance across different models before production deployment
  • Security vulnerability scanning and red teaming of LLM applications to identify potential risks and compliance issues
  • Systematic comparison of model performance and cost-effectiveness to optimize AI application architecture
  • Integrating document Q&A capabilities into existing Python applications without building RAG from scratch
  • Building personal knowledge management systems that can query across multiple document formats
  • Creating AI-powered customer support tools that can answer questions from company documentation