Comparison

AutoGen vs LlamaIndex

No clear leader: LlamaIndex (65.1) and AutoGen (61.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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AutoGen61
LlamaIndex65
Score
vioscaleAI score
AutoGen61 / 100medium · 56%
LlamaIndex65 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
AutoGen✓
LlamaIndex✓
Model
AutoGenfreemium
LlamaIndexfreemium
Price level
AutoGenlow
LlamaIndexmid
Starting price
AutoGen–
LlamaIndex$50
Transparent
AutoGen✓
LlamaIndex✓
Integrations
Count
AutoGen11
LlamaIndex3
Reliability
Sla pct
AutoGen–
LlamaIndex99.9
Status page
AutoGen✓
LlamaIndex✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
AutoGen0
LlamaIndex0
Github stars
AutoGen61,388
LlamaIndex52,481
Package downloads weekly
AutoGen130,424
LlamaIndex1,685,400
Activity
Commits last 30d
AutoGen–
LlamaIndex28
Release
Cadence days
AutoGen8
LlamaIndex17
History
AutoGen20 items
LlamaIndex20 items
License
Spdx
AutoGenCC-BY-4.0
LlamaIndexMIT
Language
Primary
AutoGenPython
LlamaIndexPython
Market
Availability
AutoGen–
Content
Faq
AutoGen5 items
LlamaIndex8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for mlops & llmops tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Tool role
AutoGenAgent / RAG framework
LlamaIndexAgent / RAG framework
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core
AutoGen✓
LlamaIndex✓
Managed cloud available
AutoGen✗
LlamaIndex✓
On-prem / VPC deployment
AutoGen✓
LlamaIndex✓
Observability
LLM tracing / observability
AutoGen✓
LlamaIndex✗
Evaluation (offline / LLM-judge / human)
AutoGen✗
LlamaIndex✗
Dev
Prompt management + versioning
AutoGen✗
LlamaIndex✗
Tracking
Experiment tracking / model registry
AutoGen✗
LlamaIndex✗
Serving
Model serving / inference endpoint
AutoGen✗
LlamaIndex✓
Interop
OpenTelemetry / OpenLLMetry compatible
AutoGen✓
LlamaIndex✓
Framework-agnostic
AutoGen✓
LlamaIndex✓
Gateway
Multi-provider model support
AutoGen✓
LlamaIndex✓
Data
No-train-on-customer-data guarantee
AutoGenYes
LlamaIndexUnknown

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

AutoGen

A programming framework for creating applications with multiple AI agents that coordinate and communicate to solve tasks. It supports various language models, tool execution, memory management, and distributed execution with built-in observability.

Independently observed

LlamaIndex

A platform that uses AI models to parse and extract data from documents across 130+ file formats, supporting complex layouts, multiple languages, and multi-step extraction agents. Optimized for accuracy, cost, and latency at enterprise scale.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AutoGen

free_open_sourceFree tier

Free, open-source framework

as of verify ↗

LlamaIndex

from $50/moHybridFree tier

Free (10K credits/month), Starter $50/month (400K credits), Pro $500/month (400K + 800K bonus), Pay-as-you-go up to $5,000/month, Enterprise custom

  • FreeFree
    • Basic support
    • 100 users
    • 130+ file formats
    • 80+ languages supported
  • Starter$50/mo
    • Basic support
    • Multiple parse tiers
    • Auto Mode with up to 80% savings
    • Saved parse configs
    • Advanced table/chart extraction
    • +1 more
  • Pro$500/mo + $1000 one-time
    • Priority Slack support
    • All parsing and extraction capabilities
    • Extraction agents
    • Webhooks & API callbacks
    • Smart result caching
  • Pay-as-you-go$0.00 per credit
    • Priority Slack support
    • Flexible credit usage up to $5,000/month
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Volume discounts on credits
    • 5x higher rate limits
    • Enterprise SSO
    • SaaS or Hybrid cloud deployment
    • Dedicated account manager
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
AutoGen✓
LlamaIndex✓
CLI
AutoGen✓
LlamaIndex✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AutoGen✗
LlamaIndex✓
Self-hosted
AutoGen✓
LlamaIndex✗
Hybrid
AutoGen✗
LlamaIndex✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

AutoGen

17 total
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Azure AI
  • Bedrock
  • Ollama
  • AzureOpenAI
  • DuckDuckGo Search
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Azure OpenAI
  • Llama
  • Model-Context Protocol
  • Docker
  • Redis
  • DuckDuckGo
  • OpenTelemetry
  • MCP
  • Semantic Kernel
Independently observed

LlamaIndex

3 total
  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • GitHub
Independently observed
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AutoGen or LlamaIndex: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.