RAGFlow

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A CLOSER LOOK

What is RAGFlow?

RAGFlow helps teams ingest documents, retrieve relevant passages, and build AI answers from a knowledge collection. Its open-source deployment combines document-processing and retrieval workflows for organizations that need control over their own retrieval infrastructure.

Document ingestion

Knowledge collections

Retrieval-assisted answers

Agent workflows

Is it a good fit?

Best suited to

Teams building document-grounded AI systems

Before you choose

Deployment requires multiple resources. Extraction quality depends on source documents.

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Know what you're signing up for.

The Apache 2.0 software is available without a license subscription and includes Document ingestion and Knowledge collections. You provide the server, administration, backups, and any external services; managed hosting is not included. Model inference and external API usage are separate.

Self-hosted software is free; server infrastructure and administration cost extra. Model/API usage is separate.

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The useful parts. The trade-offs.

Why consider it

Focuses on document retrieval workflows

Self-hosting supports infrastructure control

What to keep in mind

Deployment requires multiple resources

Extraction quality depends on source documents

How to use it well

Test ingestion with representative PDFs, tables, and scans before importing the entire collection. Inspect extracted text and retrieval results independently of the generated answer. Define ownership for document updates, model configuration, and access controls so a successful demonstration can become a maintained internal service.

This is best suited to teams building document-grounded AI systems. Before committing a larger project, account for these trade-offs: deployment requires multiple resources; extraction quality depends on source documents.

A few things you might be wondering.

Is RAGFlow free?

The Apache 2.0 software is available without a license subscription and includes Document ingestion and Knowledge collections. You provide the server, administration, backups, and any external services; managed hosting is not included. Model inference and external API usage are separate.

Does RAGFlow eliminate document cleanup?

No. Poor scans or complex layouts can still reduce extraction and retrieval quality.

Are external models included with self-hosting?

No. Configure your own inference resources or separately billed providers.

Where can I check the latest prices?

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