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Comparison · AI Agents · weekly run Nov 3

LlamaIndex vs Retell AI

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

LlamaIndex is the stronger AI pick in AI Agents: it has a visibility score of 2.2 versus 2 for Retell AI.

Choose LlamaIndex if…

  • You want the brand AI engines rank higher (2.2 vs 2)
  • Premier choice for RAG-centric agents
  • Named as a popular agent development framework

Choose Retell AI if…

  • You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
  • You need ISO 27001 coverage
  • You prefer a larger, established vendor (51–200 employees)
  • Highly rated by developers and SMBs

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric LlamaIndex Retell AI
Visibility score2.2%2%
Change vs last weekNewNew
Rank in AI Agents#41#42
Share of voice0.8%0.5%
Mentions this run53
Positive in AI answers20%—

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

0%25%50%75%100%Nov 3LlamaIndex 2%

LlamaIndex 0pp · Retell AI 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

LlamaIndex leads on 1 of 3 engines

ChatGPT
1.9%
3.1%
AI Mode
4.8%
2%
Perplexity
0%
0.9%
LlamaIndexRetell AI

Head to head in AI answers

0 engine answers name both brands

0LlamaIndex ranked higher
0Retell AI ranked higher

Features, pricing & fit

DimensionLlamaIndexRetell AI
Pricing modelUsage-basedUsage-based
Entry priceFree; paid from $50 / moContact sales
Free planYesYes
DeploymentLlamaParse runs as SaaS on a secure cloud tenant, or can be deployed in a customer's private VPC across cloud providers.Cloud platform, with enterprise on-premises deployment available
ComplianceSOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAAHIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, ISO 27001
SupportCommunity, Basic (email), Priority (Slack Connect), DedicatedCommunity and email support, 24/7 omnichannel support with dedicated portal (Enterprise), Dedicated implementation support (Enterprise), Named account manager (Enterprise)
Founded—2023
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United StatesRedwood City, California
Employees11–5051–200
FundingStrategic minority equity investments (Databricks, KPMG) · $28M raisedSeed · $5M raised
Best forTeams in document-heavy industries such as finance, insurance, healthcare and manufacturing that need accurate parsing of complex tables, charts and scanned pages.Businesses that run high call volumes in healthcare, insurance, financial services, logistics and similar fields, and teams that want to build and change voice agents themselves.

Plans side by side

LlamaIndex

Free$0month
Starter$50month
Pro$500month
EnterpriseCustomcustom
LlamaIndex pricing

Retell AI

Pay as you go$0per minute, $0.07-$0.31 for voice agents
EnterpriseCustomcustom pricing
Retell AI pricing

Pros and cons

Themes from the AI answers that mention each brand

LlamaIndex

  • Premier choice for RAG-centric agents
  • Named as a popular agent development framework

    Retell AI

    • Highly rated by developers and SMBs
    • One of the highest customer star ratings

      Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run

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