The verdict
Ragas + vector DB appears in 1 AI-ranked category.
For many practitioners the strongest "framework" is a thin custom stack — a good vector DB plus Ragas for evaluation — avoiding framework lock-in while keeping full control of chunking, retrieval, and prompts; increasingly the expert default as models absorb orchestration.
Where Ragas + vector DB falls short, per the models
- Claude You build and maintain the glue yourself; no batteries-included connectors or agentic patterns, so it's not for teams wanting speed-to-first-prototype.
Top alternatives per the models: LlamaIndex · Haystack · LangChain · RAGFlow
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