Top 5 Tools for RAG Evaluation in 2026
TL;DR: RAG evaluation is no longer optional for production AI systems. This guide covers five leading platforms in 2026: Maxim AI for end-to-end evaluation and observability, Ragas for open-source metrics, Arize Phoenix for retrieval observability, LangSmith for LangChain-native tracing, and DeepEval for pytest-style testing. For teams shipping reliable RAG