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Comparison

LangSmith 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.

LangSmith full profile →LlamaIndex full profile →
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LangSmith57
★LlamaIndex66
Score
Vioscale score
LangSmith57 / 100low · 12%
LlamaIndex66 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex✓
Model
LangSmith–
LlamaIndexfreemium
Price level
LangSmith–
LlamaIndexmid
Starting price
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex$50
Transparent
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex✓
Integrations
Count
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex3
Security
Disclosure policy
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex✓
Gdpr
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex✓
Hipaa
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex✓
Soc2
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex99.9
Status page
LangSmith✓
LlamaIndex✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex0
Github stars
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex51,883
Package downloads weekly
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex1,685,400
Activity
Commits last 30d
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex32
Release
Cadence days
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex12
History
LangSmith–
LlamaIndex20 items
License
Spdx
LangSmith–
LlamaIndexMIT
Language
Primary
LangSmith–
LlamaIndexPython
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

LangSmith

LangSmith enables users to observe, evaluate, and deploy AI agents through a web interface that requires no coding. The platform provides tools for agent engineering and monitoring.

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.

LangSmith

Pricing not documented yet.

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
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
LangSmith✓
LlamaIndex✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
LangSmith✓
LlamaIndex✓
Hybrid
LangSmith✗
LlamaIndex✓

Integrations

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

LangSmith

Not documented yet.

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.