--- title: Pairwise Evaluations with LangSmith | daily.dev description: Pairwise evaluation compares two LLM outputs simultaneously rather than scoring each independently, making it more effective for tasks without a single correct... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pairwise-evaluations-with-langsmith-5cmhefli8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Pairwise Evaluations with LangSmith | daily.dev og:description: Pairwise evaluation compares two LLM outputs simultaneously rather than scoring each independently, making it more effective for tasks without a single correct... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pairwise-evaluations-with-langsmith-5cmhefli8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5cMHeFli8.png og:image:alt: Pairwise Evaluations with LangSmith og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Pairwise Evaluations with LangSmith **[LangChain](https://daily.dev/sources/langchain)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Pairwise evaluation compares two LLM outputs simultaneously rather than scoring each independently, making it more effective for tasks without a single correct answer (e.g., text generation, chat). LangSmith now supports custom pairwise LLM-as-a-judge evaluators via its SDK and UI. A walkthrough example demonstrates evaluating Tweet summaries from 4 LLMs, where standalone criteria scoring gave 3 models a perfect score with no differentiation, while pairwise evaluation revealed clear model preferences. The feature uses the evaluate_comparative function and visualizes results in a dedicated Pairwise Experiments tab. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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