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Agentic RAG framework

LlamaIndex / LlamaCloud

Cheapest published
Free tier, then Starter at $50 per month

Direct answer

Direct answer

What does LlamaCloud cost in credits per tier?

LlamaIndex framework is free open source. LlamaCloud Starter $50, Pro $500, Enterprise quote only. Credits convert at roughly 1,000 credits per $1.25.

Direct answer

Best for

Engineering teams running document-heavy agentic RAG pipelines who want managed parsing, indexing and retrieval.

Tier table

Each row is a published plan. Quote-only tiers are flagged; we do not infer the price.

PlanMonthlyUnitIncludes
Free$0per month10,000 credits per month, 5 indexes, 50 files per index.
Starter$50per month40,000 credits per month, 50 indexes, 500 files per index.
Pro$500per month400,000 credits per month, 100 indexes, 2,000 files per index, 20 concurrent parse jobs.
EnterpriseQuote onlyper monthQuote only, contact vendor. Custom credits and storage.
Verified 2026-06-19. Source: www.llamaindex.ai

Hidden costs

Hidden cost 1

Layout-aware agentic parsing with LLMs costs significantly more credits per page than basic parsing.

Hidden cost 2

Underlying LLM token cost for generation is billed by the LLM provider separately on top of LlamaCloud credits.

Hidden cost 3

Pay-as-you-go above plan tops out at $5,000 per month on Pro before requiring an Enterprise contract.

Related vertical context

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Verification

2026-06-19
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Source URL: https://www.llamaindex.ai/pricing

Last verified June 2026