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Comparison

Ragie vs txtai

No clear leader: Ragie (61.3) and txtai (61.2) 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.

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Ragie61
txtai61
Score
vioscaleAI score
Ragie61 / 100medium · 73%
txtai61 / 100medium · 56%
Pricing
Free tier
Ragie✓
txtai✓
Model
Price level
Ragiehigh
txtaifree
Starting price
Ragie$100
txtai–
Transparent
Ragie✓
txtai✓
Integrations
Count
Ragie10
txtai5
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Ragie✓
txtai–
Gdpr
Ragie✓
txtai–
Hipaa
Ragie✓
txtai–
Scorecard
Ragie–
txtai5.4
Soc2
Ragie✓
txtai–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Ragie–
txtai✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Ragie–
txtai14
Github stars
Ragie–
txtai13,018
Activity
Commits last 30d
Ragie–
txtai100
Release
Cadence days
Ragie–
txtai27
History
Ragie–
txtai20 items
License
Spdx
Ragie–
txtaiApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Ragie–
txtaiPython
Market
Availability
RagieAvailable worldwide
txtai–
Content
Faq
Ragie7 items
txtai6 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Hybrid retrieval
Ragie✓
txtai✓
Reranking integration
Ragie✓
txtai✓
Multi hop agentic retrieval
Ragie✓
txtai✓
Embedding provider agnostic
Ragie✗
txtai✓
LLM provider agnostic
Ragie✗
txtai✓
Built in rag eval metrics
Ragie✗
txtai-
Citation attribution
Ragie✓
txtai✓
Multimodal rag
Ragie✓
txtai✓
Managed ingestion pipeline
Ragie✓
txtai✓
Open source
Ragie✓
txtai✓

What each one is

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

Ragie

A fully managed retrieval-augmented generation service that automates document ingestion, parsing, indexing, and retrieval to power AI applications with accurate context.

Independently observed

txtai

txtai is an open-source Python framework for building semantic search applications, LLM-powered agents, retrieval augmented generation systems, and language model workflows with support for multiple vector backends and integration with various LLMs.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Ragie

from $100/moHybridFree tier

From $100/month. Free tier available. Transparent usage-based pricing with automatic credit top-ups.

  • DeveloperFree
    • Basic parsing and retrieval
    • Access to all advanced features
    • 10 GB free streaming storage
  • Starter$100/month plus usage
    • Unlimited retrievals
    • Fast mode processing
    • Hi-res mode processing
    • Search and storage overage at $0.002/page
    • All advanced features
  • Pro$500/month
    • Unlimited retrievals
    • 60,000 pages included
    • Fast and hi-res processing
    • All advanced features
    • Overage charges for additional pages
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom limits and features
    • Dedicated SLAs
    • Web crawler connector (programmatic control)
    • Advanced security options
as of verify ↗

txtai

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Ragie✓
txtai✓
CLI
Ragie✓
txtai✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Ragie✓
txtai✗
Self-hosted
Ragie✗
txtai✓

Integrations

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

Ragie

14 total
  • Google Drive
  • Notion
  • Slack
  • Confluence
  • Gmail
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Salesforce
  • Zendesk
  • Dropbox
  • Amazon S3
  • Web crawler
  • WordPress
  • YouTube
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Independently observed

txtai

12 total
  • llama.cpp
  • LiteLLM
  • Hugging Face
  • OpenAI
  • Claude
  • AWS Bedrock
  • smolagents
  • OpenCode
  • DuckDB
  • Milvus
  • LiteRT
  • Model Context Protocol
Independently observed
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Ragie or txtai: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.