LlamaCloud is the commercial managed platform from LlamaIndex that handles document parsing (LlamaParse), extraction, indexing, and retrieval for RAG and LLM applications. LlamaParse v2 converts PDFs, spreadsheets, images, and other formats into structured text or Markdown with multimodal support for tables and charts. Pricing is credit-based. The underlying LlamaIndex open-source framework remains free. Targeted at AI engineers building production document-heavy RAG pipelines. Key features: - LlamaParse v2: multimodal document parsing for PDFs, spreadsheets, images - Outputs text, Markdown, JSON, XLSX, and PDF representations - Multiple parsing tiers: Fast, Cost-Effective, Agentic, Agentic Plus - 48-hour parse cache (re-parsing identical documents costs zero credits) - Managed indexing and retrieval APIs for RAG pipelines
Credit-based: Free plan (10,000 credits/month), Starter $50/month (40,000 credits), Pro $500/month (400,000 credits), Enterprise custom. 1,000 credits = ~$1.25. Parsing costs 6-60 credits per page depending on tier.