Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases vs Progress Agentic RAG

Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases9.3Visit Progress Agentic RAG8.6Visit

Higher score Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases #1 in Retrieval-Augmented Generation Tools 9.3/10 Paid ✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Amazon Bedrock

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Progress Agentic RAG #5 in Retrieval-Augmented Generation Tools 8.6/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Progress

• Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases fits best

  AWS-centric production RAG deployments

• Progress Agentic RAG fits best

  Large organizations needing RAG evaluation

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Progress Agentic RAG 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.6
Ranking	#1 in Retrieval-Augmented Generation Tools	#5 in Retrieval-Augmented Generation Tools
Best for	AWS-centric production RAG deployments	Large organizations needing RAG evaluation
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not checked yet	$700/mo
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	14 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs	Community, Tickets, Docs
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases 3/4 · Progress Agentic RAG 3/4
Source citations	✓	✓
Hybrid search	✓	✓
Result reranking	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
RAG workflow builder	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Source connectors	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment	Cloud	Both
Maximum file size	50 MB	750 MB (best)
Our review
Pros	Hybrid search, reranking, citations, and agentic retrieval Broad connectors across AWS, SaaS, databases, and vector stores Supports multimodal documents and natural-language-to-SQL generation	Ingests documents and multimedia across 30+ file formats Combines semantic and keyword search with source citations Includes RAG metrics for relevance, groundedness, and context quality
Cons	Cloud deployment limits teams seeking non-cloud options Usage-based billing spans multiple retrieval and AWS components Its breadth may be more than needed for narrowly scoped RAG projects	Starts at $700 per month with no free plan Starter includes one knowledge box and 10,000 tokens monthly Advanced capabilities are reserved for higher-priced plans
Our verdict	Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases is a managed Retrieval-Augmented Generation service for developers and organizations building AI applications and agents over proprietary data. It handles document ingestion and chunking, generates and stores… Read the review →	Progress Agentic RAG is a retrieval-augmented generation platform for organizations building enterprise search, AI assistants, customer-support automation, document Q&A, and applications over private data. It is aimed at startups, small… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases — where it wins

  • Hybrid search, reranking, citations, and agentic retrieval
  • Broad connectors across AWS, SaaS, databases, and vector stores
  • Supports multimodal documents and natural-language-to-SQL generation

  Where it doesn't

  • Cloud deployment limits teams seeking non-cloud options
  • Usage-based billing spans multiple retrieval and AWS components
  • Its breadth may be more than needed for narrowly scoped RAG projects

• Progress Agentic RAG — where it wins

  • Ingests documents and multimedia across 30+ file formats
  • Combines semantic and keyword search with source citations
  • Includes RAG metrics for relevance, groundedness, and context quality

  Where it doesn't

  • Starts at $700 per month with no free plan
  • Starter includes one knowledge box and 10,000 tokens monthly
  • Advanced capabilities are reserved for higher-priced plans

• Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases9.3/10 · Paid

  A deep, AWS-centered toolkit for production RAG over enterprise and structured data.

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• Progress Agentic RAG8.6/10 · 14-day trial

  A feature-rich enterprise RAG platform with evaluation tools, citations, and a $700 monthly starting price.

  Visit ProgressFull verdict →