Comparison

Google Agent Development Kit 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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Google Agent Development Kit58
★LlamaIndex65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Google Agent Development Kit58 / 100low · 44%
LlamaIndex65 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✓
Model
Google Agent Development Kitopen_source
LlamaIndexfreemium
Price level
Google Agent Development Kitfree
LlamaIndexmid
Starting price
Google Agent Development Kit–
LlamaIndex$50
Transparent
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✓
Integrations
Count
Google Agent Development Kit22
LlamaIndex3
Security
Certifications
Google Agent Development Kit–
LlamaIndexSOC 2 Type II
Disclosure policy
Google Agent Development Kit–
LlamaIndex✓
Gdpr
Google Agent Development Kit–
LlamaIndex✓
Hipaa
Google Agent Development Kit–
LlamaIndex✓
Soc2
Google Agent Development Kit–
LlamaIndex✓
Trust center
Google Agent Development Kit–
Reliability
Sla pct
Google Agent Development Kit–
LlamaIndex99.9
Status page
Google Agent Development Kit–
LlamaIndex✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Google Agent Development Kit0
LlamaIndex0
Github stars
Google Agent Development Kit265
LlamaIndex52,481
Package downloads weekly
Google Agent Development Kit–
LlamaIndex1,685,400
Activity
Commits last 30d
Google Agent Development Kit100
LlamaIndex28
Release
Cadence days
Google Agent Development Kit12
LlamaIndex17
History
Google Agent Development Kit15 items
LlamaIndex20 items
License
Spdx
Google Agent Development KitApache-2.0
LlamaIndexMIT
Language
Primary
Google Agent Development KitKotlin
LlamaIndexPython
Market
Availability
Google Agent Development KitAvailable worldwide · HQ US
Content
Faq
Google Agent Development Kit7 items
LlamaIndex8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for multi agent orchestration. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Architecture paradigm
Google Agent Development KitGraph based cycles
LlamaIndex-
Native memory and state persistence layer
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✗
Dynamic agent generation and spawning at runtime
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✓
Synchronous and asynchronous execution modes
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✓
Tool calling and function schema validation
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✓
Streaming output and intermediate step yielding
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✓
Fault tolerance and LLM retry mechanisms
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✓
Managed cloud runtime infrastructure offered
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✓
Native observability and trace logging
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✓
SOC2 type ii
Google Agent Development Kit✗
LlamaIndex✓
Mit or apache permissive oss license
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✗
Pricing model
Google Agent Development KitFree open source
LlamaIndexCommercial enterprise platform

What each one is

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

Google Agent Development Kit

A multi-language agent development framework that enables developers to create production-grade AI agents with built-in tools for orchestration, memory management, code execution, and deployment to cloud or self-hosted infrastructure.

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.

Google Agent Development Kit

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open-source under Apache 2.0 license

as of verify ↗

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
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✓
CLI
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✓
Self-hosted
Google Agent Development Kit✓
LlamaIndex✗
Hybrid
Google Agent Development Kit✗
LlamaIndex✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Google Agent Development Kit

52 total - 51 not shared
  • Google Search
  • Google Maps
  • Vertex AI Search
  • Anthropic
  • Google Ads
  • Meta
  • LinkedIn
  • TikTok
  • Aerospike
  • Firebase
  • Firestore
  • Google Workspace
  • Google Calendar
  • Salesforce
  • Slack
  • Figma
  • Linear
  • Notion
  • MongoDB
  • Milvus
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Grafana Cloud
  • Langfuse
  • LangSmith
  • +27 more
Independently observed

LlamaIndex

Leader
3 total - 2 not shared
  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
Independently observed
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