Haystack vs illumi vs Semantic Kernel

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Haystack
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illumi
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Semantic Kernel
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Your tool Haystack
haystack.deepset.ai
Haystack is an open-source AI orchestration framework from deepset for building production-grade LLM applications and agents.
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Competitor illumi
illumi.one
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Competitor Semantic Kernel
learn.microsoft.com
Semantic Kernel is a lightweight, open-source development kit from Microsoft for building AI agents and adding AI models to existing C#, Python or Java codebases.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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4.8Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 13.4%
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6-month growth
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-37.4%
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Global rank web
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#3,948,892
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Avg. last 3 months
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4.7K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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34%
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Pages / visit
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2.1
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Visit duration
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47s
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HaystackillumiSemantic Kernel
01.9K3.8K5.8K7.7Killumi · 3.9Killumi · 6.1Killumi · 5.9Killumi · 6.7Killumi · 7.7Killumi · 5.9Killumi · 6.9Killumi · 4.9Killumi · 4.2Killumi · 4.8K1K10Killumi · 3.9Killumi · 6.1Killumi · 5.9Killumi · 6.7Killumi · 7.7Killumi · 5.9Killumi · 6.9Killumi · 4.9Killumi · 4.2Killumi · 4.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Freemium
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Starting price
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$12per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Starter FreePro $12/moTeam CustomDesign Partner $0
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Capabilities input → output
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CodeDocuments
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Skill level
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Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Developer Tools
Chatbots & CompanionsProductivity & OfficeAI ChatbotAI Mind Mapping
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
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Agent creation
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LLM development
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Self hosted
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