Comparison

DSPy vs LlamaIndex

On the evidence we track, LlamaIndex leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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DSPy54

★LlamaIndex65

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DSPy	LlamaIndexLeader
vioscaleAI score	54 / 100medium · 58%	65 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$50
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1	3
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2 Type II
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://www.llamaindex.ai/legal/privacy-notice
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=dspy&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: MODERATE	Count: 10 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=llama-index-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.9
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	3	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	38,644	52,481
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	93,838	1,685,400
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	67	28
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	17	17
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	8 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

DSPy54 / 100medium · 58%

LlamaIndex65 / 100medium · 69%

Pricing

Free tier

DSPy✓

LlamaIndex✓

Model

DSPyopen_source

LlamaIndexfreemium

Price level

DSPyfree

LlamaIndexmid

Starting price

DSPy–

LlamaIndex$50

Transparent

DSPy✓

LlamaIndex✓

Integrations

Count

DSPy1

LlamaIndex3

Security

Certifications

DSPy–

LlamaIndexSOC 2 Type II

Disclosure policy

DSPy–

LlamaIndex✓

Gdpr

DSPy–

LlamaIndex✓

Hipaa

DSPy–

LlamaIndex✓

Soc2

DSPy–

LlamaIndex✓

Trust center

DSPy–

LlamaIndexhttps://www.llamaindex.ai/legal/privacy-notice

Vulnerabilities

DSPyCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=dspy&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: MODERATE

LlamaIndexCount: 10 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=llama-index-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Reliability

Sla pct

DSPy–

LlamaIndex99.9

Status page

DSPy✓

LlamaIndex✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

DSPy3

LlamaIndex0

Github stars

DSPy38,644

LlamaIndex52,481

Package downloads weekly

DSPy93,838

LlamaIndex1,685,400

Activity

Commits last 30d

DSPy67

LlamaIndex28

Release

Cadence days

DSPy17

LlamaIndex17

History

DSPy20 items

LlamaIndex20 items

License

Spdx

DSPyMIT

LlamaIndexMIT

Language

Primary

DSPyPython

LlamaIndexPython

Market

Availability

DSPyAvailable worldwide · HQ US

LlamaIndexAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

DSPy6 items

LlamaIndex8 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Framework enabling developers to construct AI systems using typed task definitions and modular components, with automatic optimization replacing manual prompt design.

Independently observed

LlamaIndex

Leader

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.

DSPy

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

LlamaIndex

Leader

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 2026-10-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	DSPy	LlamaIndex
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

DSPy✓

LlamaIndex✓

macOS

DSPy✓

LlamaIndex✗

Windows

DSPy✓

LlamaIndex✗

Linux

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

2 total

OpenAI
Anthropic

Independently observed

LlamaIndex

Leader

3 total

AWS
Microsoft Azure
GitHub

Independently observed

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