diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/config/BaseConfig.java b/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/config/BaseConfig.java
index 66038704..6b00d152 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/config/BaseConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/config/BaseConfig.java
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 
+@EqualsAndHashCode
 class BaseConfig {
     /** Sentinal used to set null in the env. Only used for testing. */
     static final String NULL_OVERRIDE = "BRAINTRUST_NULL_SENTINAL_" + System.currentTimeMillis();
diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/config/BraintrustConfig.java b/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/config/BraintrustConfig.java
index 2ae84b32..14a871e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/config/BraintrustConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/config/BraintrustConfig.java
@@ -95,4 +95,87 @@ public URI fetchProjectURI() {
         var orgAndProject = client.getProjectAndOrgInfo().orElseThrow();
         return BraintrustUtils.createProjectURI(appUrl(), orgAndProject);
     }
+
+    public static Builder builder() {
+        return new Builder();
+    }
+
+    public static class Builder {
+        private final Map<String, String> envOverrides = new HashMap<>();
+
+        public Builder apiKey(String value) {
+            envOverrides.put("BRAINTRUST_API_KEY", value);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder apiUrl(String value) {
+            envOverrides.put("BRAINTRUST_API_URL", value);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder appUrl(String value) {
+            envOverrides.put("BRAINTRUST_APP_URL", value);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder tracesPath(String value) {
+            envOverrides.put("BRAINTRUST_TRACES_PATH", value);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder logsPath(String value) {
+            envOverrides.put("BRAINTRUST_LOGS_PATH", value);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder defaultProjectId(String value) {
+            if (value != null) {
+                envOverrides.put("BRAINTRUST_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID", value);
+            } else {
+                envOverrides.put("BRAINTRUST_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID", NULL_OVERRIDE);
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder defaultProjectName(String value) {
+            if (value != null) {
+                envOverrides.put("BRAINTRUST_DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME", value);
+            } else {
+                envOverrides.put("BRAINTRUST_DEFAULT_PROJECT_NAME", NULL_OVERRIDE);
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder enableTraceConsoleLog(boolean value) {
+            envOverrides.put("BRAINTRUST_ENABLE_TRACE_CONSOLE_LOG", String.valueOf(value));
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder debug(boolean value) {
+            envOverrides.put("BRAINTRUST_DEBUG", String.valueOf(value));
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder requestTimeout(Duration value) {
+            envOverrides.put("BRAINTRUST_REQUEST_TIMEOUT", String.valueOf(value.getSeconds()));
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        // hiding visibility. only used for testing
+        Builder experimentalOtelLogs(boolean value) {
+            envOverrides.put("BRAINTRUST_X_OTEL_LOGS", String.valueOf(value));
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        // hiding visibility. only used for testing
+        Builder exportSpansInMemoryForUnitTest(boolean value) {
+            envOverrides.put(
+                    "BRAINTRUST_JAVA_EXPORT_SPANS_IN_MEMORY_FOR_UNIT_TEST", String.valueOf(value));
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public BraintrustConfig build() {
+            return new BraintrustConfig(envOverrides);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/dev/braintrust/config/BaseConfigTest.java b/src/test/java/dev/braintrust/config/BaseConfigTest.java
index 7402a77c..752df36d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dev/braintrust/config/BaseConfigTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dev/braintrust/config/BaseConfigTest.java
@@ -182,6 +182,15 @@ void testIntegrationWithAllTypes() {
         assertEquals(2.71828, config.getConfig("DOUBLE_VAR", 0.0), 0.00001);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testEquals() {
+        var cfg1 = new TestConfig(Map.of("FOO", "bar"));
+        var cfg2 = new TestConfig(Map.of("FOO", "bar"));
+        var cfg3 = new TestConfig(Map.of("FOO", "baz"));
+        assertEquals(cfg1, cfg2);
+        assertNotEquals(cfg1, cfg3);
+    }
+
     static class TestConfig extends BaseConfig {
         TestConfig(Map<String, String> envOverrides) {
             super(envOverrides);
diff --git a/src/test/java/dev/braintrust/config/BraintrustConfigTest.java b/src/test/java/dev/braintrust/config/BraintrustConfigTest.java
index d93ce4e1..8867671a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dev/braintrust/config/BraintrustConfigTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dev/braintrust/config/BraintrustConfigTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 package dev.braintrust.config;
 
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 class BraintrustConfigTest {
@@ -28,4 +34,42 @@ void parentUsesProjectId() {
                 "project_id:" + defaultConfig.defaultProjectId().orElseThrow(),
                 defaultConfig.getBraintrustParentValue().orElseThrow());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBuilderEqualsEnv() {
+        var fromEnv =
+                BraintrustConfig.of(
+                        "BRAINTRUST_API_KEY", "testkey",
+                        "BRAINTRUST_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID", "unit-test");
+        var fromBuilder =
+                BraintrustConfig.builder().apiKey("testkey").defaultProjectId("unit-test").build();
+        var otherBuilder =
+                BraintrustConfig.builder().apiKey("otherkey").defaultProjectId("unit-test").build();
+        assertEquals(fromEnv, fromBuilder);
+        assertNotEquals(fromEnv, otherBuilder);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBuilderHasMethodForEveryField() {
+        List<String> fieldsToSkip = List.of("envOverrides");
+        // Get all fields from BraintrustConfig
+        Field[] configFields = BraintrustConfig.class.getDeclaredFields();
+
+        // Get all methods from Builder
+        Method[] builderMethods = BraintrustConfig.Builder.class.getDeclaredMethods();
+        Set<String> builderMethodNames =
+                Arrays.stream(builderMethods).map(Method::getName).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+
+        // For each field, verify there's a corresponding builder method
+        for (Field field : configFields) {
+            String configFieldName = field.getName();
+            // Skip internal fields
+            if (fieldsToSkip.contains(configFieldName)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            assertTrue(
+                    builderMethodNames.contains(configFieldName),
+                    "Builder is missing method for field: " + configFieldName);
+        }
+    }
 }