# Coveo vs Vespa

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Vespa

| Attribute | Coveo | Vespa |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 51.7 (59% (medium)) | 58 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 7 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 7,129 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Coveo for Sitecore is a self-learning search solution integrated directly into the Sitecore platform. It delivers site search, recommendations, and personalization powered by AI and deep learning, with management and relevance tuning accessible from Sitecore's administrative interface. It is indexed under Search Engines.","source":"https://www.coveo.com/en/pricing/sitecore-integration","question":"What is Coveo?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Coveo does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 2 plans (Pro+ and Enterprise+), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.coveo.com/en/pricing/sitecore-integration","question":"How much does Coveo cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Coveo. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.coveo.com/en/pricing/sitecore-integration","question":"What platforms does Coveo support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Coveo can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.coveo.com/en/pricing/sitecore-integration","question":"Can Coveo be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 19 integrations for Coveo, including Sitecore, Salesforce, SAP Commerce, SharePoint Online, Google Tag Manager, Snowflake, Confluence and Custom ML models, plus 11 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.coveo.com/en/pricing/sitecore-integration","question":"What does Coveo integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Coveo. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Coveo not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.coveo.com/en/relevance-360/trust-is-currency-in-the-agentic-era/from-ai-experiments-to-impact","question":"What security certifications does Coveo have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"A distributed serving engine that unifies retrieval, ranking, machine learning inference, and real-time serving for business-critical AI applications. It is indexed under Search Engines.","source":"https://vespa.ai/pricing/","question":"What is Vespa?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Vespa offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://vespa.ai/pricing/","question":"Is Vespa free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Vespa supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://vespa.ai/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Vespa support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Vespa can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://vespa.ai/pricing/","question":"Can Vespa be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 12 integrations for Vespa, including Python, Cohere, TwelveLabs, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Google Gemini, Cursor and VSCode, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://vespa.ai/pricing/","question":"What does Vespa integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Vespa. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Vespa not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trust.vespa.ai","question":"What security certifications does Vespa have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Vespa is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa","question":"Is Vespa open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"Vespa is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Norway.","source":"https://vespa.ai/pricing/","question":"Where is Vespa available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A search and discovery platform that uses machine learning to understand user intent, personalize search results, and deliver content recommendations. It integrates with content management systems and AI assistants through hosted services. | A distributed search and AI platform that handles vectors, tensors, text, and structured data at scale, delivering sub-100ms query latency with continuous data updates and machine-learned relevance ranking. |
| features.capabilities | `{"faceting":"yes","query_dsl":"API / proprietary","deployment":"managed","geo_search":true,"distributed":"sharded","index_engine":"custom","licence_class":"proprietary","log_analytics":true,"multi_tenancy":true,"pricing_model":"tiered_cloud_consumption","vector_search":"hybrid_fusion","typo_tolerance":"built_in","deployment_model":"managed_cloud_saas","relevance_tuning":"ranking_rules","realtime_indexing":"near_real_time","generative_ai_answer_synthesis_rag":true,"bring_your_own_llm_byo_model_support":true,"hipaa_compliance_for_medical_records":true,"multi_lingual_semantic_understanding":true,"source_system_rbac_permissions_mirroring":true,"hybrid_dense_and_sparse_lexical_reranking":true,"admin_dashboard_for_search_analytics_and_gaps":true,"personalization_based_on_user_department_context":true,"pre_built_native_crawlers_for_100_plus_saas_apps":true}` | `{"deployment":"self_hosted","distributed":"sharded","index_engine":"custom","licence_class":"permissive_oss","vector_search":"hybrid_fusion","typo_tolerance":"configurable","deployment_model":"hybrid","relevance_tuning":"ranking_rules","realtime_indexing":"near_real_time","generative_ai_answer_synthesis_rag":true,"multi_lingual_semantic_understanding":true,"hybrid_dense_and_sparse_lexical_reranking":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | 12 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Sitecore"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"SAP Commerce"},{"name":"SharePoint Online"},{"name":"Google Tag Manager"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Confluence"},{"name":"Custom ML models"},{"name":"Sitemap"},{"name":"Web connectors"},{"name":"Qubit"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"SAP Commerce Cloud"},{"name":"Adobe Experience Manager"},{"name":"Adobe Experience Cloud Exchange"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Google Docs"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"On-premises connectors"},{"name":"Generic cloud connectors"},{"name":"ChatGPT","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Claude","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Copilot","direction":"inbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Python"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"TwelveLabs"},{"name":"Claude Code"},{"name":"OpenAI Codex"},{"name":"Google Gemini"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"VSCode"},{"name":"IntelliJ"},{"name":"PyCharm"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"GCP"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Java |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"NO","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Pro+","summary":"Contact sales for pricing. 200K queries/month.","features":["Unified index","Sitecore connector + 2 cloud connectors","Multi-site architecture","Sitecore Hive UI integration","Rules engine","Model testing & configuration","Sandbox","Recommendations","Ranking editor in Sitecore","Sitecore xDB integration","5 indexing pipelines","10 query pipelines","Synonym detection","Query correction","Typo tolerance","Fuzzy search","Geolocation search","Multilingual search","Result ranking","A/B testing","Group & campaign management","Query suggestions","Automatic re-ranking","Dynamic faceting","Facet re-ranking","Facet auto-selection","Natural language processing","Pre-configured dashboards","Custom data explorers","Data export","Sitecore xConnect data sharing","Permission filters","Sitecore Launchpad integration","10 administrator users","Single sign-on","API access","Client libraries & SDK","3-month updates acceptance","99.9% uptime SLA","5 authorized contacts"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Site search engine designed to work right inside Sitecore.","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"queries_per_month":"200K","upgrades_available":"True"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise+","summary":"Contact sales for volume-based pricing. 300K+ queries/month.","features":["Unified index","Sitecore connector + all cloud connectors","Multi-site architecture","Sitecore Hive UI integration","Rules engine","Deep learning for advanced search","Sandbox","Recommendations","Ranking editor in Sitecore","Sitecore xDB integration","Unlimited indexing pipelines","Unlimited query pipelines","Synonym detection","Query correction","Typo tolerance","Fuzzy search","Geolocation search","Multilingual search","Result ranking","Advanced ranking rules","A/B testing","Group & campaign management","Model configurability (advanced)","Model testing","Query suggestions","Automatic re-ranking","Dynamic faceting","Facet re-ranking","Facet auto-selection","Natural language processing","Question answering","Pre-configured dashboards","Custom data explorers","Data export","Sitecore xConnect data sharing","Snowflake reader account","Permission filters","Sitecore Launchpad integration","50 administrator users","Custom SSO"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Search and recommendations with Sitecore xDB personalization and volume-based pricing.","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"queries_per_month":"300K+","upgrades_available":"True"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Data replication"},{"name":"HIPAA cloud"},{"name":"On-premises connectors"},{"name":"Ecommerce Extension"}],"summary":"Contact sales for pricing. Annual contracts, available in multiple currencies (CAD, EUR, GBP, AUD). 3-year contract terms standard.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.coveo.com/en/pricing/sitecore-integration","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T08:35:06.103Z","billingPeriods":["year"]}` | `{"type":"free","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://vespa.ai","retrievedAt":"2026-10-14T11:26:49.809Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | quote | free |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| release.cadence_days | - | 3 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/lsp-v2.6.1","date":"2026-10-06T14:56:06Z","type":"stable","version":"lsp-v2.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.763.13","date":"2026-10-05T02:26:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.763.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.753.16","date":"2026-09-16T23:24:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.753.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/lsp-v2.6.0","date":"2026-09-16T09:27:29Z","type":"stable","version":"lsp-v2.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.751.13","date":"2026-09-07T02:23:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.751.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.750.13","date":"2026-09-03T05:43:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.750.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.748.3","date":"2026-09-01T07:14:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.748.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.746.22","date":"2026-09-01T07:14:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.746.22"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/lsp-v2.5.0","date":"2026-08-24T08:45:45Z","type":"stable","version":"lsp-v2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.738.17","date":"2026-08-13T04:51:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.738.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.736.12","date":"2026-08-10T02:24:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.736.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.733.3","date":"2026-08-05T09:03:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.733.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.730.36","date":"2026-07-28T04:47:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.730.36"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.719.5","date":"2026-07-07T02:30:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.719.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.709.19","date":"2026-06-18T18:42:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.709.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.708.30","date":"2026-06-18T04:26:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.708.30"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.707.16","date":"2026-06-16T14:15:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.707.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.703.17","date":"2026-06-09T16:31:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.703.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.702.91","date":"2026-06-09T02:20:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.702.91"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/lsp-v2.4.10","date":"2026-06-08T04:18:37Z","type":"stable","version":"lsp-v2.4.10"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 5.9 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.coveo.com/en/company/careers/open-positions/administration/finances/manager-financial-reporting-compliance/8602505002 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.yahoo.vespa%3Acontainer-test&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Search Engines)

| Capability | Coveo | Vespa |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Managed | Self-hosted |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Index engine | Custom | Custom |
| **Query** |  |  |
| Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL) | API / proprietary | - |
| Faceting & filtering | Yes | - |
| Geo search | ✓ | - |
| **Relevance** |  |  |
| Typo tolerance / fuzzy | Built-in | Configurable |
| Relevance tuning | Ranking rules | Ranking rules |
| **Vector** |  |  |
| Vector / hybrid search | Dense + lexical fusion | Dense + lexical fusion |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Distributed / horizontal scale | Sharded | Sharded |
| Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants) | ✓ | - |
| **Ingest** |  |  |
| Real-time indexing | Near-real-time | Near-real-time |
| **Workload** |  |  |
| Log / analytics workload | ✓ | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Proprietary | Permissive OSS |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T21:00:08.140Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*