LlamaIndex Pricing

freemiumopen source · MITlast verified August 26, 2026official site ↗

Plan	Price	Notes
Open Sourceofficial source ↗	$0checked 2026-08-26	Free core open-source library for data ingestion, indexing, and RAG agent pipelines
LlamaCloud Freeofficial source ↗	$0checked 2026-08-26	10,000 credits per month for parsing, extracting, and indexing; hard stop upon exhaustion
LlamaCloud Starterofficial source ↗	USD 50/monthchecked 2026-08-26	40,000 credits per month included, pay-as-you-go overages up to $500/month cap
LlamaCloud Proofficial source ↗	USD 500/monthchecked 2026-08-26	400,000 credits per month included, pay-as-you-go overages up to $5,000/month cap
LlamaCloud Enterpriseofficial source ↗	Customchecked 2026-08-26	Custom credit allocations, dedicated VPC deployments, enterprise SLAs, and SSO

structured from cited official pricing sources: “LlamaIndex is free and open-source under the MIT license. Managed cloud parsing and index infrastructure is offered via LlamaCloud, starting with a free tier of 10,000 credits/mo, a Starter plan at $50/mo (40,000 credits), Pro at $500/mo (400,000 credits), and tailored Enterprise plans.”

Self-hosting cost

LlamaIndex is open source under the MIT license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage. Any hosted, managed, or API plans remain separately priced.

Free & cheaper Agent Frameworks

same category, free plan or open-source license

Grok BotBeta access bundled with eligible SuperGrok Plus ($100/mo), Cursor Pro+ ($60/mo), or Cursor Teams ($40/seat/mo); custom pricing for enterprise deployments.Latitudeopen sourceLatitude is an open-source AI agent observability and evaluation platform under the MIT license. It offers a free self-hosted edition and a free cloud Starter tier (20,000 credits/mo), alongside a Pro plan at $99/month for growing teams and custom Enterprise pricing.Judgevalopen sourceJudgeval is an open-source Python SDK (Apache-2.0) for AI agent evaluation and tracing. Judgment Labs offers hosted enterprise agent behavior monitoring and evaluation platform access via custom quotes.Mem0open sourceOpen-source core (Apache-2.0) with $0 self-hosting. Mem0 Cloud Free includes 10k memories and 1k retrieval calls/month. Starter is $19/mo for 50k memories and 5k retrievals. Pro ($99-$249/mo) unlocks Graph Memory (Mem0ᵍ), memory consolidation, and 500k memories with 50k retrievals. Enterprise provides custom pricing for VPC/on-premise deployment, SOC 2/HIPAA compliance, SAML SSO, and 24/7 SLA.

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FAQ

How much does LlamaIndex cost?

LlamaIndex is free and open-source under the MIT license. Managed cloud parsing and index infrastructure is offered via LlamaCloud, starting with a free tier of 10,000 credits/mo, a Starter plan at $50/mo (40,000 credits), Pro at $500/mo (400,000 credits), and tailored Enterprise plans. Paid pricing starts at $50/mo.

Does LlamaIndex have a free plan?

Yes — LlamaIndex has a free plan alongside its paid tiers.

Can you self-host LlamaIndex for free?

What are free or cheaper LlamaIndex alternatives?

Grok Bot, Latitude, Judgeval are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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