LlamaIndex vs Sanity

LlamaIndex

Sanity

LlamaIndex · 16 features

• Agents — Agent patterns: ReAct, function-calling, multi-agent workflows.
• Document Readers — 200+ readers for PDF, web, Google Drive, SharePoint, Notion, S3, Slack.
• Evaluations — Built-in eval framework: faithfulness, context precision/recall.
• LlamaCloud — Managed indexing + retrieval platform. File connectors, auto-chunking, retrieval…
• LlamaExtract — Schema-based structured extraction from unstructured docs.
• LlamaHub — Community marketplace of readers, tools, prompts.
• LlamaParse — Best-in-class PDF + complex document parser. Tables, math, layout preserved.
• Multimodal — Image + text models, image retrieval.
• Node Parsers — Document chunkers: token, sentence, semantic, hierarchical.
• Observability (OpenLLMetry) — OTel-based tracing baked in.
• Property Graph — Graph-based RAG (knowledge graphs from unstructured data).
• Query Engines — Retrieval + response synthesis combos — router, sub-question, tree, etc.
• RAG — End-to-end RAG patterns: ingest → index → retrieve → synthesize.
• Tools — 50+ pre-built tool integrations.
• Vector Store Integrations — 50+ vector DB integrations.
• Workflows — Event-driven agent workflows (AgentWorkflow).

Sanity · 16 features

• Agent Context — Expose your content schema + docs to LLM agents.
• Content Agent (AI) — AI assistant inside Studio for generation + translation.
• Content History — Every change versioned. Rollback + diff.
• Content Lake — Distributed real-time DB for structured content. Multi-region replicas.
• Datasets — Logical content partitions (stage/prod/etc.). Easy cloning.
• GROQ — Graph-Relational Object Queries — JSON-native query language.
• Image CDN — Smart transforms (crop, format, quality) via URL params.
• Internationalization — Multiple locales per document with native i18n plugins.
• Live Previews — Draft previews with stega-encoded content.
• Media Library (Ent) — Org-wide media with DAM features.
• Portable Text — Structured rich text format (JSON). Portable across channels.
• Real-Time Collaboration — Live presence + collaborative editing.
• Sanity Studio — Open-source React editor — customize with your own components + workflow.
• Scheduled Publishing — Schedule content to publish at a future date.
• Visual Editing — Click-to-edit inline on your Next.js/etc. website.
• Webhooks — Events on create/update/delete with GROQ filter.