Local
Free
Open-source software; model/hardware costs separate
- Included scope
- Text-PDF tree indexing; page-level citations
Document retrieval and traceable RAG · Official-source review 2026-10-09
PageIndex builds a document tree for reasoning-based retrieval instead of vector similarity. The SDK supports local and managed indexing, with page references and cloud block citations for grounded document answers.
Understand the total cost
Local
Free
Open-source software; model/hardware costs separate
Cloud usage
$0.01 per indexed page
USD metered; provider usage separate
Enterprise
Not listed
Custom private-cloud agreement
No retained pricing changes yet. A current price alone does not establish a historical trend.
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Yes. PageIndex has an ongoing free plan. Local software is open source; Cloud has $10 initial credits and the first 1,000 active pages free each month. LLM charges remain separate.
PageIndex does not publish a monthly price we could confirm.
API or developer access is mentioned. A PageIndex API key, Python SDK and developer documentation are provided; querying uses a separately supplied LLM.