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Comparison

Langfuse vs LlamaIndex

No clear leader: LlamaIndex (66.3) and Langfuse (64.2) 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.

Langfuse full profile →LlamaIndex full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Langfuse64
LlamaIndex66
Score
Vioscale score
Langfuse64 / 100medium · 66%
LlamaIndex66 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Langfuse✓
LlamaIndex✓
Model
Langfusefreemium
LlamaIndexfreemium
Price level
Langfuselow
LlamaIndexmid
Starting price
Langfuse–
LlamaIndex$50
Transparent
Langfuse✗
LlamaIndex✓
Integrations
Count
Langfuse100
LlamaIndex3
Security
Disclosure policy
Langfuse–
LlamaIndex✓
Gdpr
Langfuse✓
LlamaIndex✓
Hipaa
Langfuse✓
LlamaIndex✓
Iso27001
Langfuse✓
LlamaIndex–
Soc2
Langfuse✓
LlamaIndex✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Langfuse–
LlamaIndex99.9
Status page
Langfuse✓
LlamaIndex✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Langfuse0
LlamaIndex0
Github stars
Langfuse33,763
LlamaIndex51,883
Package downloads weekly
Langfuse6,083,004
LlamaIndex1,685,400
Activity
Commits last 30d
Langfuse100
LlamaIndex32
Release
Cadence days
Langfuse–
LlamaIndex12
History
Langfuse20 items
LlamaIndex20 items
License
Spdx
LangfuseMIT
LlamaIndexMIT
Language
Primary
LangfuseTypeScript
LlamaIndexPython
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Langfuse

A comprehensive observability and development platform that combines tracing, prompt management, evaluation, and experimentation, enabling teams to understand LLM behavior in production and ship improved applications with confidence

Independently observed

LlamaIndex

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.

Langfuse

SubscriptionFree tier

Multiple tiers available; specific pricing not shown in provided text

  • HobbyFree
  • Core-
  • Enterprise-
as of verify ↗

LlamaIndex

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
Langfuse✓
LlamaIndex✓
CLI
Langfuse✓
LlamaIndex✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Langfuse✓
LlamaIndex✓
Self-hosted
Langfuse✓
LlamaIndex✗
Hybrid
Langfuse✗
LlamaIndex✓

Integrations

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

Langfuse

23 total
  • LangChain
  • Vercel AI SDK
  • LiteLLM
  • Pydantic AI
  • Google ADK
  • CrewAI
  • LiveKit
  • Haystack
  • LlamaIndex
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Azure OpenAI
  • Mistral AI
  • Google Gemini
  • xAI
  • vLLM
  • Groq
  • OpenAI SDK
  • Cohere
  • Elasticsearch
  • OpenSearch
  • Hugging Face
Independently observed

LlamaIndex

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.