Pick LlamaIndex if
builders wiring RAG or document extraction who will use the MIT library and/or LlamaParse credits.
Read the LlamaIndex pageLlamaIndex vs Unstructured
Our take
Pick LlamaIndex if builders wiring RAG or document extraction who will use the MIT library and/or LlamaParse credits. Pick Unstructured if rAG teams who will burn the 10,000 free pages and then pay $0.015/page, not a team looking for a $20 chat seat. Skip LlamaIndex if people who only want a visual agent canvas (Langflow) or traces (Langfuse).
Best for
LlamaIndex Connect an LLM to your documents
Unstructured Turn files into RAG-ready JSON at scale
Free plan
LlamaIndex $0 · mIT. You bring the model
Unstructured $0 · you host it
Lowest paid
LlamaIndex Credit rate $1.25
Unstructured Pay-as-you-go $0.015
Next step up
LlamaIndex Starter $50/mo
Unstructured
Coding agent
LlamaIndex Agents builder
Unstructured
Runs where
LlamaIndex Local or hosted
Unstructured
Watch out
LlamaIndex LlamaParse is not MIT
Unstructured $0.015/page after 10k
Last checked
LlamaIndex 2026-10-19 · llamaindex.ai/pricing
Unstructured 2026-10-22 · unstructured.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Unstructured if
rAG teams who will burn the 10,000 free pages and then pay $0.015/page, not a team looking for a $20 chat seat.
Read the Unstructured page