LlamaIndex vs Perplexity

FeatureLlamaIndexPerplexity
CategoryAI DevelopmentAI Search
PricingFree (open-source) + CloudFree + Pro $20/mo
GitHub Stars38,000—
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsWeb, iOS, Android
Features
  • ✓ RAG pipelines
  • ✓ Data connectors
  • ✓ Indexing
  • ✓ Query engine
  • ✓ Agent tools
  • ✓ Real-time search
  • ✓ Citations
  • ✓ Follow-up questions
  • ✓ File upload
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Collections
Tags
ragdataindexingopen-source
searchresearchcitationswebapi