diff --git a/docarray/array/array/array.py b/docarray/array/array/array.py
index 73f1a25a17b..e3f56e74fda 100644
--- a/docarray/array/array/array.py
+++ b/docarray/array/array/array.py
@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@ def construct(
         da._data = docs if isinstance(docs, list) else list(docs)
         return da
 
+    def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
+        if self.__len__() != other.__len__():
+            return False
+        for doc_self, doc_other in zip(self, other):
+            if doc_self != doc_other:
+                return False
+        return True
+
     def _validate_docs(self, docs: Iterable[T_doc]) -> Iterable[T_doc]:
         """
         Validate if an Iterable of Document are compatible with this DocArray
diff --git a/docarray/base_doc/doc.py b/docarray/base_doc/doc.py
index 50abc6722a7..48afbe6eddd 100644
--- a/docarray/base_doc/doc.py
+++ b/docarray/base_doc/doc.py
@@ -102,6 +102,39 @@ def __setattr__(self, field, value) -> None:
                 dict_ref[key] = val
             object.__setattr__(self, '__dict__', dict_ref)
 
+    def __eq__(self, other) -> bool:
+        if self.dict().keys() != other.dict().keys():
+            return False
+
+        for field_name in self.__fields__:
+            value1 = getattr(self, field_name)
+            value2 = getattr(other, field_name)
+
+            if field_name == 'id':
+                continue
+
+            if isinstance(value1, AbstractTensor) and isinstance(
+                value2, AbstractTensor
+            ):
+                comp_be1 = value1.get_comp_backend()
+                comp_be2 = value2.get_comp_backend()
+
+                if comp_be1.shape(value1) != comp_be2.shape(value2):
+                    return False
+                if (
+                    not (comp_be1.to_numpy(value1) == comp_be2.to_numpy(value2))
+                    .all()
+                    .item()
+                ):
+                    return False
+            else:
+                if value1 != value2:
+                    return False
+        return True
+
+    def __ne__(self, other) -> bool:
+        return not (self == other)
+
     def _docarray_to_json_compatible(self) -> Dict:
         """
         Convert itself into a json compatible object
diff --git a/tests/units/array/test_array.py b/tests/units/array/test_array.py
index be4fa6fa505..d47089176bb 100644
--- a/tests/units/array/test_array.py
+++ b/tests/units/array/test_array.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from typing import Optional, TypeVar, Union
-
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 import torch
@@ -10,6 +9,8 @@
 
 tf_available = is_tf_available()
 if tf_available:
+    import tensorflow as tf
+
     from docarray.typing import TensorFlowTensor
 
 
@@ -80,6 +81,74 @@ class Text(BaseDoc):
     assert len(da) == 10
 
 
+def test_ndarray_equality():
+    class Text(BaseDoc):
+        tensor: NdArray
+
+    arr1 = Text(tensor=np.zeros(5))
+    arr2 = Text(tensor=np.zeros(5))
+    arr3 = Text(tensor=np.ones(5))
+    arr4 = Text(tensor=np.zeros(4))
+
+    assert arr1 == arr2
+    assert arr1 != arr3
+    assert arr1 != arr4
+
+
+def test_tensor_equality():
+    class Text(BaseDoc):
+        tensor: TorchTensor
+
+    torch1 = Text(tensor=torch.zeros(128))
+    torch2 = Text(tensor=torch.zeros(128))
+    torch3 = Text(tensor=torch.zeros(126))
+    torch4 = Text(tensor=torch.ones(128))
+
+    assert torch1 == torch2
+    assert torch1 != torch3
+    assert torch1 != torch4
+
+
+def test_documentarray():
+    class Text(BaseDoc):
+        text: str
+
+    da1 = DocArray([Text(text='hello')])
+    da2 = DocArray([Text(text='hello')])
+
+    assert da1 == da2
+    assert da1 == [Text(text='hello') for _ in range(len(da1))]
+    assert da2 == [Text(text='hello') for _ in range(len(da2))]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.tensorflow
+def test_tensorflowtensor_equality():
+    class Text(BaseDoc):
+        tensor: TensorFlowTensor
+
+    tensor1 = Text(tensor=tf.constant([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]))
+    tensor2 = Text(tensor=tf.constant([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]))
+    tensor3 = Text(tensor=tf.constant([[1.0, 2.0], [3.0, 5.0]]))
+    tensor4 = Text(tensor=tf.constant([[1.0, 2.0], [3.0, 4.0], [5.0, 6.0]]))
+
+    assert tensor1 == tensor2
+    assert tensor1 != tensor3
+    assert tensor1 != tensor4
+
+
+def test_text_tensor():
+    class Text1(BaseDoc):
+        tensor: NdArray
+
+    class Text2(BaseDoc):
+        tensor: TorchTensor
+
+    arr_tensor1 = Text1(tensor=np.zeros(2))
+    arr_tensor2 = Text2(tensor=torch.zeros(2))
+
+    assert arr_tensor1 == arr_tensor2
+
+
 def test_get_bulk_attributes_function():
     class Mmdoc(BaseDoc):
         text: str
diff --git a/tests/units/document/test_docs_operators.py b/tests/units/document/test_docs_operators.py
index 53e7bb71e56..3e0e48f1a05 100644
--- a/tests/units/document/test_docs_operators.py
+++ b/tests/units/document/test_docs_operators.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def test_text_document_operators():
     assert doc == doc2
 
     doc3 = TextDoc(id='other-id', text='text', url='http://url.com')
-    assert doc != doc3
+    assert doc == doc3
 
     assert 't' in doc
     assert 'a' not in doc