Tool
LlamaIndex
Free tier: Yes · 10,000 credits.
From: $50/mo
Checked October 16, 2026
- Strength. We imported llama-index-core 0.14.25, and the cloud free plan includes 10,000 credits.
- Weakness. Cloud Starter is $50 per month after the 10,000 free credits.
Checked October 15, 2026
Open-source framework for retrieval and agents. The cloud free plan includes 10,000 credits.
LlamaIndex is aimed at retrieval over your own data, with agent utilities on top of the core library. We installed and imported llama-index-core. On October 16, 2026 the pricing page listed a $0 plan with 10,000 credits and Starter at $50 per month.
Best for
- RAG pipelines over documents you already have
- Python teams building retrieval into an agent
Not ideal for
- A finished consumer chat app
- Anyone who needs a confirmed free cloud tier from this check
What we checked
Smoke-tested means we ran a local install or import in an isolated environment. We did not create an account, pay, or call a model.
Hands-on: pip install + import llama_index.core (llama-index-core==0.14.25). No account, no payment, no model call.
Install/import only; no API key, no LLM invoke, no signup.
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