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RAG

Retrieval-augmented generation, vector stores, indexers.

95 tools

Why it matters

RAG isn't a model, it's an architecture — retrieve, augment, generate. The choice is between frameworks that orchestrate the retrieval and the vector stores underneath.

What's in here

Includes RAG frameworks (LlamaIndex, LangChain), managed vector databases (Pinecone), open-source vector stores (Weaviate, Chroma, Vespa), and hybrid-search engines.

How to pick

Pick LlamaIndex when retrieval quality is the bottleneck. Pick Pinecone for zero-ops production. Pick Weaviate or Chroma for self-hosted or budget-conscious. Pick Vespa at scale beyond a few million docs.

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RAG · Multi-model
6.8

Open-source AI agent platform that fuses agentic RAG with knowledge graphs on a LangGraph runtime.

Free· Free, MIT-licensed self-hostagentic-ragknowledge-graphs
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Cosmos

RAG
6.6

AI-powered archive search and reel curation for video production companies.

Enterprise· Contact salesvideo archive searchsales enablement
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AI Anime Finder

RAG

Vibe-based semantic search over the AniList catalogue with watch-time and shareable taste cards.

Free· Free. No account, no sign-up, no per-query limits advertised.next-anime recommendation by moodfinding shows similar to a described vibe
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Application Signal

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Evidence-led YC positioning analysis for founders

Freemium· Public directory free; private PDF analysis requires sign-in (pricing not publicly disclosed).YC application positioning checkStartup market-map exploration
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ClickHouse

RAG

The open-source columnar database powering real-time analytics — and, increasingly, LLM observability and RAG backends.

Freemium· Open-source self-managed: free. ClickHouse Cloud: from $50/month (usage-based on compute + storage, AWS/GCP/Azure). Enterprise tier available with dedicated support and BYOC options.LLM trace and cost analyticsRAG retrieval with hybrid vector + metadata filters
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Docling

RAG · GraniteDocling 258M and other vision-language models

Open-source document parsing for AI: PDFs, Office files, audio and video into clean, structured Markdown/JSON

Free· Free and open source under MIT License. Hosted by the LF AI & Data Foundation; no paid tiers.RAG document ingestionPDF table extraction
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Findborg

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A Find Engine built on truth — web + community + AI

Freemium· Free listings and free search; paid TalkTag tiers unlock richer presentation (FAQ panels, video embeds) without affecting ranking. Consumer search is free to use.AI-synthesized deep-research answersHybrid web + community search
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Meilisearch

RAG · Retrieval engine (Rust); pluggable embedders including OpenAI, Cohere, Hugging Face, Ollama and custom REST models

Open-source, lightning-fast search engine with built-in hybrid and vector search for RAG

Freemium· Cloud: $20/month · Usage-based: $30/month · Resource-based: $23/month · Instance: $18/monthE-commerce product searchDocumentation and knowledge base search
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Neuron by Momenta Analytics

RAG

Turns SQL query history into an AI-ready semantic layer

Enterprise· Not publicly disclosed. Engagement-based pricing; a 3-day assessment and a free trial are offered on request. Typical delivery cycle is 4-6 weeks with 8-16 hours of client time.Semantic layer for text-to-SQL agentsGrounding data for RAG analytics chatbots
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Nomic Atlas

RAG · nomic-embed-text-v1.5, nomic-embed-vision-v1.5 (in-house open-weights); optional integrations with OpenAI, Cohere, and other embedding providers

Interactive maps and embeddings for unstructured text, image, and multimodal data.

Freemium· Starter: Free · Plus: $10/month · Business: $125/seat/month · Enterprise: Custom solutions for security-first organizationsRAG corpus exploration and debuggingEmbedding quality auditing
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Notebooker

RAG · User-selectable: OpenAI, Anthropic, or local models (bring your own API key)

A cited-answers notebook that turns links, PDFs, audio and video into podcasts, flashcards, mindmaps and textbooks.

Freemium· Monthly: $5 · Yearly: ?Personal research library with cited Q&AStudy podcast generation from PDFs
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Onyx

RAG · LLM-agnostic — routes to OpenAI (GPT-4o/GPT-5), Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, or local Ollama/vLLM models

Open-source AI chat connected to your docs, apps, and people

Freemium· Business: $20 · Enterprise: Contact usInternal knowledge-base chatbot over Confluence and Google DriveSupport-team assistant grounded in Zendesk tickets and help docs
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Reducto

RAG · In-house vision models combined with frontier LLMs (specific vendors undisclosed)

Enterprise-grade document parsing and extraction with citation-grounded structured output

Freemium· Standard: $19 · Growth: $49 · Enterprise: Contact salesRAG ingestion of complex PDFsContract field extraction
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Setoku

RAG · Model-agnostic (MCP); commonly paired with Claude / Claude Code

Open-source MCP knowledge server that makes any AI fluent in your company data

Free· Free / open-source (Apache-2.0). Self-hosting cost only: ~$5-12/mo VPS. No SaaS tier and no per-token inference charges from Setoku itself.MCP knowledge server for Claude CodeRAG over company Postgres
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Supabase

RAG

Open-source Firebase alternative built on Postgres with a first-class pgvector AI toolkit.

Freemium· Free: $0 · Pro: $25 · Team: $599 · Enterprise: CustomRAG chatbot backendsemantic document search
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Tavily

RAG · GPT-4

One secure API for real-time web access for AI agents

Freemium· Researcher: Free · Pay As You Go: $0.008 · Project: $01234567890123456789 · Enterprise: CustomRAG chatbot groundingAutonomous research agents
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TiDB

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AI-native distributed SQL database with built-in vector search, agent memory, and RAG pipelines

Freemium· TiDB Cloud Starter: $0 · TiDB Cloud Essential: ≈$20 / day · TiDB Cloud Premium: $1800 · TiDB Cloud Dedicated: $1376 · TiDB Self-Managed: Pricing upon requestAgent memory storeRAG retrieval backend
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TokenPath

RAG · model-agnostic (works with any LLM output; uses in-house attribution model)

Token-level citation and attribution API for AI-generated answers

Freemium· 10M tokens free to start (no card), then $1 per 1M tokens pay-as-you-goRAG chatbot citationcontract and policy Q&A
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TuneAI

RAG · YandexGPT (feedback), Yandex SpeechKit (speech-to-text)

Voice-based oral exam practice with rubric-grounded AI feedback

Freemium· Public pricing not disclosed on the site; account registration and login are available, suggesting a free tier or trial with paid options gated behind sign-up.University oral exam practiceViva voce rehearsal
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Turbopuffer

RAG · bring-your-own embeddings (any provider)

Fast search on object storage

Paid· launch: $16/month · scale: $256/month · enterprise: >=$4,096/monthProduction RAG chatbotsMulti-tenant semantic search
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Unstructured.io

RAG · In-house layout and table models plus optional OpenAI / Anthropic / Bedrock embeddings and enrichment

Turn unstructured enterprise documents into LLM-ready data

Freemium· Free: Free · Pay-As-You-Go: $0.03 / page · Business: CustomRAG document ingestionPDF and PPTX parsing
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Vectara

RAG · In-house Boomerang (retrieval) and Mockingbird (generation) plus BYOM for GPT, Claude, Gemini, and open-weight LLMs

Enterprise agent platform with built-in retrieval, grounding, and hallucination controls

Enterprise· SaaS: $100K/ year · VPC: $250K/ year · On-prem: $500K/ yearEnterprise knowledge-base searchGrounded customer-support chatbots
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Voyage AI

RAG · in-house (voyage-3.5, voyage-4 series, voyage-code-3, voyage-finance-2, voyage-law-2, voyage-multimodal-3.5, voyage-context-3, rerank-2.5)

State-of-the-art embedding models and rerankers purpose-built for retrieval and RAG.

Freemium· Free tier: 200M free text tokens per account for current models (50M for older specialized). Text embeddings $0.00002–$0.00018 per 1K tokens depending on model tier. Rerankers $0.00002–$0.00005 per 1K tokens after 200M free. Multimodal $0.12 per 1M text tokens + $0.60 per 1B pixels. Batch API 33% discount. File storage $0.05/GB/month.Production RAG chatbot over proprietary docsTwo-stage retrieval with embed + rerank