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Comparison

DSPy vs LlamaIndex

On the evidence we track, LlamaIndex leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

DSPy full profile →LlamaIndex full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
DSPy61
★LlamaIndex66
Score
Vioscale score
DSPy61 / 100medium · 68%updating
LlamaIndex66 / 100high · 75%updating
Pricing
Free tier
DSPy✓
LlamaIndex✓
Model
DSPycommercial
LlamaIndexfreemium
Price level
DSPyfree
LlamaIndexmid
Starting price
DSPy–
LlamaIndex$50
Transparent
DSPy✓
LlamaIndex✓
Integrations
Count
DSPy1
LlamaIndex3
Security
Disclosure policy
DSPy–
LlamaIndex✓
Gdpr
DSPy–
LlamaIndex✓
Hipaa
DSPy–
LlamaIndex✓
Soc2
DSPy–
LlamaIndex✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
DSPy–
LlamaIndex99.9
Status page
DSPy✓
LlamaIndex✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
DSPy3
LlamaIndex0
Github stars
DSPy37,611
LlamaIndex51,883
Package downloads weekly
DSPy156,385
LlamaIndex1,685,400
Activity
Commits last 30d
DSPy67
LlamaIndex32
Release
Cadence days
DSPy18
LlamaIndex12
History
DSPy20 items
LlamaIndex20 items
License
Spdx
DSPyMIT
LlamaIndexMIT
Language
Primary
DSPyPython
LlamaIndexPython
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

DSPy

A Python framework for developing AI applications through declarative components and modular patterns, with built-in optimization that automatically tunes system performance against defined metrics.

Independently observed

LlamaIndex

Leader

LlamaParse is a cloud-based document parsing platform that uses vision language models and intelligent agents to automatically process complex documents—including PDFs, images, and office files—with support for layout detection, multi-modal content, and 80+ languages. It transforms document ingestion workflows with agentic extraction and indexing capabilities.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

DSPy

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

LlamaIndex

Leader
from $50/moHybridFree tier

Free tier with 10K monthly credits; pay-as-you-go starting at $50/month. Credit pricing: 1,000 credits = $1.25.

  • FreeFree
    • Basic parsing
    • Up to 130+ file formats
    • File upload only
    • Community support
  • Starter$50/month up to 400K credits
    • Multiple parse tiers (Cost Effective, Agentic, Agentic Plus)
    • Auto Mode smart tier routing
    • Advanced table and chart extraction
    • Structured JSON output
    • Extraction agents
    • +3 more
  • Pro$500/month up to 4M credits
    • All Starter features
    • Classification & splitting
    • Sheets (spreadsheet data extraction)
    • Agents Builder
    • External data sources
    • +3 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Volume discount 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
DSPy✗
LlamaIndex✓
CLI
DSPy✓
LlamaIndex✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
DSPy✗
LlamaIndex✓
Self-hosted
DSPy✓
LlamaIndex✗
Hybrid
DSPy✗
LlamaIndex✓

Integrations

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

DSPy

1 total
  • OpenAI
Independently observed

LlamaIndex

Leader
3 total
  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • GitHub
Independently observed

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