# LlamaIndex vs Ollama

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Ollama

| Attribute | LlamaIndex | Ollama |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65.1 (69% (medium)) | 73.3 (56% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 28 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 52,481 | 183,171 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 1,685,400 | 2,940,647 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under MLOps & LLMOps Tools.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","question":"What is LlamaIndex?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"LlamaIndex is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $50 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","question":"Is LlamaIndex free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to LlamaIndex. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","question":"What platforms does LlamaIndex support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Not fully, on what we have confirmed. LlamaIndex is offered as cloud / SaaS and hybrid, and a hybrid deployment usually means some components can run on your own infrastructure while the rest stays vendor-hosted. We have not confirmed a completely self-hosted option, so check with the vendor if that is a requirement.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","question":"Can LlamaIndex be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 3 integrations for LlamaIndex, including AWS, Microsoft Azure and GitHub. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","question":"What does LlamaIndex integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for LlamaIndex. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as LlamaIndex not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai","question":"What security certifications does LlamaIndex have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. LlamaIndex is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index","question":"Is LlamaIndex open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"LlamaIndex is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","question":"Where is LlamaIndex available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A platform for running open-source language models through CLI, API, or desktop interfaces, with broad integration support for development tools. Provides both private local execution and cloud-hosted inference while maintaining strict data privacy and refusing to train on user inputs. It is indexed under MLOps & LLMOps Tools.","source":"https://ollama.com/pricing","question":"What is Ollama?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Ollama is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $20 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://ollama.com/pricing","question":"Is Ollama free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Ollama supports the web, Windows, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://ollama.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Ollama support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Ollama can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://ollama.com/pricing","question":"Can Ollama be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 63 integrations for Ollama, including Claude Code, OpenClaw, OpenCode, Codex, Copilot, Droid, Open WebUI and Onyx, plus 55 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://ollama.com/pricing","question":"What does Ollama integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Ollama. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Ollama not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://ollama.com/privacy","question":"What security certifications does Ollama have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Ollama is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/ollama/ollama","question":"Is Ollama open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"Ollama is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU.","source":"https://ollama.com/pricing","question":"Where is Ollama available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Ollama enables developers to run open-source language models either on their own computers or through Ollama's cloud infrastructure, with a guarantee that user prompts and responses are never logged, stored, or used for training. Models can run locally without internet (limited by hardware) or in the cloud with no performance constraints. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"framework","evaluation":false,"soc2_type_ii":true,"managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"pricing_model":"commercial_enterprise_platform","self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"no_train_on_data":"unknown","llm_observability":false,"prompt_management":false,"framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":false,"mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":false,"native_observability_and_trace_logging":true,"fault_tolerance_and_llm_retry_mechanisms":true,"native_memory_and_state_persistence_layer":false,"tool_calling_and_function_schema_validation":true,"managed_cloud_runtime_infrastructure_offered":true,"synchronous_and_asynchronous_execution_modes":true,"streaming_output_and_intermediate_step_yielding":true,"dynamic_agent_generation_and_spawning_at_runtime":true}` | `{"role":"platform","evaluation":true,"open_source":true,"managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"gpu_acceleration":true,"no_train_on_data":"yes","llm_observability":true,"prompt_management":true,"framework_agnostic":true,"multi_model_serving":true,"multi_gpu_multi_node":true,"quantization_support":true,"openai_compatible_api":true,"multi_framework_support":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 40,000 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` | `[{"name":"Claude Code"},{"name":"OpenClaw"},{"name":"OpenCode"},{"name":"Codex"},{"name":"Copilot"},{"name":"Droid"},{"name":"Open WebUI"},{"name":"Onyx"},{"name":"LibreChat"},{"name":"Lobe Chat"},{"name":"NextChat"},{"name":"Perplexica"},{"name":"big-AGI"},{"name":"Lollms WebUI"},{"name":"ChatOllama"},{"name":"Bionic GPT"},{"name":"Chatbot UI"},{"name":"Hollama"},{"name":"Chatbox"},{"name":"Ollama RAG Chatbot"},{"name":"Dify.AI"},{"name":"AnythingLLM"},{"name":"Maid"},{"name":"Witsy"},{"name":"Cherry Studio"},{"name":"Ollama App"},{"name":"PyGPT"},{"name":"Alpaca"},{"name":"SwiftChat"},{"name":"Enchanted"},{"name":"RWKV-Runner"},{"name":"Ollama Grid Search"},{"name":"macai"},{"name":"AI Studio"},{"name":"Reins"},{"name":"ConfiChat"},{"name":"LLocal.in"},{"name":"MindMac"},{"name":"Msty"},{"name":"BoltAI for Mac"},{"name":"IntelliBar"},{"name":"Kerlig AI"},{"name":"Hermes Agent"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"WhatsApp"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Python"},{"name":"Spring Framework"},{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"VS Code"},{"name":"C# / .NET"},{"name":"Julia"},{"name":"Go"},{"name":"Emacs"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Datasette"},{"name":"Stripe"},{"name":"NVIDIA"},{"name":"Google Gemma"},{"name":"Meta Llama"},{"name":"Claude Desktop","native":true},{"name":"ChatGPT Desktop","native":true},{"name":"n8n","native":false,"category":"automation"},{"name":"Spring AI","native":false,"category":"framework"},{"name":"Muse Code","native":false},{"name":"DeepSeek Harness","native":false},{"name":"Claude","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"ChatGPT","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | Go |
| license.spdx | MIT | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","features":["Basic support","100 users","130+ file formats","80+ languages supported"],"minSeats":100,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"10,000 credits per month","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"concurrent_parse_jobs":"20","external_data_sources":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","features":["Basic support","Multiple parse tiers","Auto Mode with up to 80% savings","Saved parse configs","Advanced table/chart extraction","Structured JSON output"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Up to 400K credits per month","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"concurrent_parse_jobs":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","features":["Priority Slack support","All parsing and extraction capabilities","Extraction agents","Webhooks & API callbacks","Smart result caching"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"one_time","amount":1000,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"400K credits per month plus 800K one-time bonus","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pay-as-you-go","features":["Priority Slack support","Flexible credit usage up to $5,000/month"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.00125,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Variable usage-based pricing","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Volume discounts on credits","5x higher rate limits","Enterprise SSO","SaaS or Hybrid cloud deployment","Dedicated account manager","Custom SLAs"],"description":"Custom pricing with dedicated support","contactSales":true}],"summary":"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","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T22:31:28.854Z","startingPrice":{"amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["Run models locally","Starter usage credits included","Access to starter models","Add credits to unlock all models","No service fees"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For getting started with open models","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/mo or $200/yr billed annually","features":["Everything in Free, plus","$60 of usage credits per month","Access to larger pro models","Run multiple models concurrently","Fast mode (coming soon)"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For shorter, well-defined day-to-day tasks","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"usage_credits":"$60/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Max","summary":"$100/mo","features":["Everything in Pro, plus","$300 of usage credits per month","Early access to the newest models","10 concurrent requests"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For power users who run multiple agents simultaneously","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"usage_credits":"$300/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$500/mo","features":["Unlimited users","$1,000 of usage credits per month, shared across the team","Centralized billing and administration","Priority support","Shared projects, skills, and instructions"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For teams scaling with open models","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"usage_credits":"$1,000/month shared"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Team, plus","Model access controls","Limit team access to specific models","Set cost budgets for users and API keys","Private Slack channel with dedicated support","Custom security questionnaires"],"description":"For larger teams with volume usage pricing","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free to start; Pro from $20/mo with $60 usage credits; Max at $100/mo with $300 usage credits; Team at $500/mo with shared $1,000 usage credits; Enterprise with custom pricing","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://ollama.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-13T19:31:11.705Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":50,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":20,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 17 | 2 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://www.llamaindex.ai/legal/privacy-notice | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"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"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=ollama&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (MLOps & LLMOps Tools)

| Capability | LlamaIndex | Ollama |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | Agent / RAG framework | End-to-end ML platform |
| **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 | Yes |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T21:00:14.652Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*