DSPy vs LlamaIndex
DSPy
dspy.ai
LlamaIndex
llamaindex.aiSide by side
| Figure | DSPy | LlamaIndex |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $50/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 4 |
| Spec score · LLM Application Development Frameworks | 7.6 (#10) | 7.7 (#9) |
| Spec score · Llm Developer Tools | 7.5 (#15) | 7.5 (#17) |
| Spec score · AI Orchestration Software | 7.5 (#14) | 7.6 (#13) |
| Deployment | The documentation describes deploying DSPy programs with FastAPI or MLflow. | Enterprise customers can deploy LlamaParse in private VPCs, and the pricing page also lists SaaS or hybrid cloud deployment for Enterprise. |
| Integrations | DSPy uses LiteLLM to normalize inference providers and says it can connect to nearly any model and provider supported by LiteLLM. | LlamaIndex documents community integrations for data loaders, agent tools, LLMs, vector stores, observability, and application frameworks. |
| Support | The site links to a DSPy Discord community and GitHub repository. | The listed support levels are community for Free, basic email support for Starter, priority Slack Connect for Pro, and dedicated support for Enterprise. |
Plans
LlamaIndex
- Starter$50 a month
- Pro$500 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- FreePrice not published
In their own words
LlamaIndex
LlamaIndex is a freemium platform for developers and enterprises automating document processing and AI workflows. LlamaParse handles more than 50 unstructured file types, including files with embedded images, complex layouts, multi-page tables and handwritten notes. Schema-based, language-model extraction agents convert unstructured content into structured insights without training. Workflows can divide documents into logical sections and classify them using natural-language descriptions and rules. Chunking and embedding pipelines support indexing and retrieval in RAG workflows. Community integrations cover data loaders, agent tools, language models, vector stores, observability and application frameworks. LlamaCloud connectors currently include Google Drive, SharePoint, S3 and Confluence. Free and Starter plans allow five concurrent parse, extract, classify and split jobs; Pro allows 20 and Enterprise 100. The Free plan has no listed price; Starter costs $50.00 per month. LlamaParse is commercial, while LlamaIndex and Workflows are open-source.