LlamaIndex vs Haystack
Side-by-side comparison of LlamaIndex and Haystack for local, private document Q&A.
| LlamaIndex | Haystack | |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Latest release | v0.14.25 | v3.4.0 |
| Release date | 2026-09-21 | 2026-10-15 |
| Hardware | Framework unverified | Framework unverified |
| Document types | Any via readers unverified | Any via converters unverified |
| OCR / tables / retrieval | Pluggable; LlamaParse is cloud unverified | Pluggable (Docling, Unstructured, OCR) unverified |
| Cloud calls | LlamaParse/LlamaCloud are cloud unverified | None if all components local unverified |
| Fully offline | Yes | Yes |
| Status | Active | Active |
Last updated 2026-10-24. Fields marked unverified are summarized from docs and reviews and have not been checked against primary sources yet.
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