# AutoGen vs LlamaIndex

**Leader by Vioscale score:** LlamaIndex

| Attribute | AutoGen | LlamaIndex |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 59.4 (51% (medium)) | 66.3 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 32 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 60,640 | 51,883 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 130,424 | 1,685,400 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true}` |
| description.long | A programming framework that enables developers to create autonomous agents and multi-agent systems using AI. It supports orchestration, tool use, and integration with various language model providers. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"framework","evaluation":false,"managed_cloud":false,"model_serving":false,"pricing_model":"free_open_source","self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"no_train_on_data":"yes","llm_observability":true,"prompt_management":false,"framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":false,"architecture_paradigm":"graph_based_cycles","mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"native_observability_and_trace_logging":true,"fault_tolerance_and_llm_retry_mechanisms":true,"native_memory_and_state_persistence_layer":true,"tool_calling_and_function_schema_validation":true,"synchronous_and_asynchronous_execution_modes":true,"streaming_output_and_intermediate_step_yielding":true,"dynamic_agent_generation_and_spawning_at_runtime":true}` | `{"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}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Azure AI"},{"name":"Bedrock"},{"name":"Ollama"},{"name":"AzureOpenAI"},{"name":"DuckDuckGo Search"},{"name":"Model Context Protocol (MCP)"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | Python |
| license.spdx | CC-BY-4.0 | MIT |
| market.availability | - | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | - | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://microsoft.github.io/autogen","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T13:45:54.601Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"$0/month, 10K credits included","features":["Basic parsing","Up to 130+ file formats","File upload only","Community support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"10,000/month","concurrent_parse_jobs":"20","concurrent_sheets_jobs":"1","concurrent_extract_jobs":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$50/month up to 400K credits","features":["Multiple parse tiers (Cost Effective, Agentic, Agentic Plus)","Auto Mode smart tier routing","Advanced table and chart extraction","Structured JSON output","Extraction agents","Saved parse configs & model versioning","99.9% uptime","Basic email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"400,000/month","concurrent_parse_jobs":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$500/month up to 4M credits","features":["All Starter features","Classification & splitting","Sheets (spreadsheet data extraction)","Agents Builder","External data sources","Webhooks & API callbacks","Smart result caching","Slack support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"4,000,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing with volume discounts","features":["Volume discount on credits","5x higher rate limits","Enterprise SSO","SaaS or Hybrid cloud deployment","Dedicated account manager","Priority Slack support with SLAs"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier with 10K monthly credits; pay-as-you-go starting at $50/month. Credit pricing: 1,000 credits = $1.25.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T12:45:05.106Z","startingPrice":{"amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":50,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 8 | 12 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.6 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=autogen-gemini&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=python312Packages.llama-index-llms-openai&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (MLOps & LLMOps Tools)

| Capability | AutoGen | LlamaIndex |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | Agent / RAG framework | Agent / RAG framework |
| **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 | Yes | Unknown |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:26:48.819Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*