Haystack vs LlamaIndex vs LangChain 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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LlamaIndex
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LangChain
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Semantic Kernel
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
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 LlamaIndex
llamaindex.ai
Connect AI to your data
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Competitor LangChain
langchain.com
Framework for building with large language models
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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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324Kvisits/mo
3.4Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▼ 21.0%
▲ 0.7%
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6-month growth
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-29.5%
+21.0%
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Global rank web
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#118,014
#13,384
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Avg. last 3 months
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398.3K
3.3M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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46%
42%
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Pages / visit
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2.8
6.2
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Visit duration
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1m 57s
5m 29s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 74% · ● Referral 20%
● Direct 73% · ● Referral 24%
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HaystackLlamaIndexLangChainSemantic Kernel
0850.7K1.7M2.6M3.4MLlamaIndex · 438.2KLlamaIndex · 470.7KLlamaIndex · 444KLlamaIndex · 423.8KLlamaIndex · 459.5KLlamaIndex · 421.3KLlamaIndex · 455KLlamaIndex · 461KLlamaIndex · 410KLlamaIndex · 324KLangChain · 3MLangChain · 2.9MLangChain · 3.2MLangChain · 2.8MLangChain · 3.4MLangChain · 3.2MLangChain · 3.1MLangChain · 3.4MLangChain · 3.4M100K1M10MLlamaIndex · 438.2KLlamaIndex · 470.7KLlamaIndex · 444KLlamaIndex · 423.8KLlamaIndex · 459.5KLlamaIndex · 421.3KLlamaIndex · 455KLlamaIndex · 461KLlamaIndex · 410KLlamaIndex · 324KLangChain · 3MLangChain · 2.9MLangChain · 3.2MLangChain · 2.8MLangChain · 3.4MLangChain · 3.2MLangChain · 3.1MLangChain · 3.4MLangChain · 3.4MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Freemium
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Starting price
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Free tier
$39per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeDocuments
DocumentsImages
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Output
Apps
DataText
Apps
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Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Developer Tools
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Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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