# Google Vertex AI Search vs Ragas

| Attribute | Google Vertex AI Search | Ragas |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 37.2 (25% (low)) | 58.4 (27% (low)) |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 15,484 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A comprehensive development platform that enables teams to rapidly create and scale autonomous agents powered by multiple AI model options, with built-in governance, enterprise data grounding, and integration capabilities. | A Python-based framework that evaluates RAG applications through automatic metrics covering faithfulness, relevance, and recall. Includes tools to synthetically generate test datasets customized for specific use cases, enabling developers to assess LLM application performance at both component and end-to-end levels. |
| features.capabilities | `{"multimodal_rag":true,"llm_provider_agnostic":true,"managed_ingestion_pipeline":true}` | `{"open_source":true,"pricing_model":"free_open_source","architecture_model":"open_source_cli","built_in_rag_eval_metrics":true,"llm_as_a_judge_prompt_grading_framework":true,"synthetic_test_dataset_generation_from_documents":true}` |
| integrations.count | 8 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Google Cloud Logging"},{"name":"Google Cloud Monitoring"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Cloud Data Fusion"},{"name":"Cloud Dataflow"},{"name":"Cloud Composer"},{"name":"Service Directory"}]` | `[{"name":"LlamaIndex"},{"name":"LangSmith"},{"name":"OpenAI"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Pay-as-you-go for platform tools, storage, compute, and cloud resources. New customers receive $300 in free credits.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai-search-and-conversation","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T11:00:35.778Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://ragas.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T13:52:19.928Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 7 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.4.3","date":"2026-01-13T17:47:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.4.2","date":"2025-12-23T17:13:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.4.1","date":"2025-12-10T16:28:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.4.0","date":"2025-12-03T16:22:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.9","date":"2025-11-11T17:24:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.8","date":"2025-10-28T19:09:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.7","date":"2025-10-14T16:21:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.6","date":"2025-10-03T03:56:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.5","date":"2025-09-17T19:13:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.5rc2","date":"2025-09-17T17:40:25Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.3.5rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.5rc1","date":"2025-09-17T17:31:23Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.3.5rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.4","date":"2025-09-10T23:57:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.3","date":"2025-09-04T17:59:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.3rc1","date":"2025-09-04T17:46:09Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.3.3rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.2","date":"2025-08-19T12:03:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.2rc3","date":"2025-08-19T12:01:12Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.3.2rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.2-rc2","date":"2025-08-19T11:49:23Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.3.2-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.2-rc1","date":"2025-08-19T10:28:33Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.3.2-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.1","date":"2025-08-11T11:15:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vibrantlabsai/ragas/releases/tag/v0.3.0","date":"2025-07-17T05:32:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.0"}]` |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":2,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=ragas&per_page=100","last_12m":2,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (RAG Tools)

| Capability | Google Vertex AI Search | Ragas |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Hybrid retrieval | - | - |
| Reranking integration | - | - |
| Multi hop agentic retrieval | - | - |
| Embedding provider agnostic | - | - |
| LLM provider agnostic | ✓ | - |
| Built in rag eval metrics | - | ✓ |
| Citation attribution | - | - |
| Multimodal rag | ✓ | - |
| Managed ingestion pipeline | ✓ | - |
| Open source | - | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:36:14.018Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*