# Deep Lake vs Turbopuffer

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Turbopuffer

| Attribute | Deep Lake | Turbopuffer |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 59.5 (38% (low)) | 67.6 (61% (medium)) |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1,384 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 9,251 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 22,561 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Deep Lake is a data engine optimized for AI that combines vector and tensor storage with GPU acceleration, offering versioned data, full-text search, and serverless query capabilities for machine learning and AI agent applications. It is indexed under Vector Databases.","source":"https://www.activeloop.ai","question":"What is Deep Lake?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Deep Lake is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $99 per user per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.activeloop.ai","question":"Is Deep Lake free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Deep Lake. 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.activeloop.ai","question":"What platforms does Deep Lake support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Deep Lake, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.activeloop.ai","question":"Can Deep Lake be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Deep Lake. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Deep Lake not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.activeloop.ai/privacy/","question":"What security certifications does Deep Lake have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Deep Lake 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/activeloopai/deeplake","question":"Is Deep Lake open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"Vector and full-text search database built on object storage, offering 10x cheaper cost and extreme scalability for AI applications, semantic search, and recommendation systems. It is indexed under Vector Databases.","source":"https://turbopuffer.com/docs/pricing-log","question":"What is Turbopuffer?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Turbopuffer is a paid product; published pricing starts at $1. There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://turbopuffer.com/docs/pricing-log","question":"How much does Turbopuffer cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Turbopuffer. 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://turbopuffer.com/docs/pricing-log","question":"What platforms does Turbopuffer support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Turbopuffer, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://turbopuffer.com/docs/pricing-log","question":"Can Turbopuffer be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Turbopuffer. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Turbopuffer not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://turbopuffer.com/docs/security","question":"What security certifications does Turbopuffer have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Turbopuffer is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://turbopuffer.com/docs/pricing-log","question":"Where is Turbopuffer available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A platform for storing and indexing diverse data types to enable searching and retrieval in AI-driven applications, with comprehensive data type support and indexing capabilities. | Vector and full-text search database built on object storage, offering 10x cheaper cost and extreme scalability for AI applications, semantic search, and recommendation systems. |
| features.capabilities | `{"deployment":"managed","serverless":true,"storage_tier":"tiered","hybrid_search":true,"licence_class":"source_available","product_class":"dedicated_dbms","full_text_bm25":true}` | `{"ann_index":"SPFresh (centroid-based)","deployment":"managed","serverless":true,"consistency":"tunable","storage_tier":"tiered","hybrid_search":true,"licence_class":"proprietary","multi_tenancy":true,"product_class":"dedicated_dbms","full_text_bm25":true,"horizontal_scale":"sharded_distributed","metadata_filtering":"pre_filter"}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"LangChain","native":true},{"name":"LlamaIndex","native":true},{"name":"Weights & Biases","native":true},{"name":"PostgreSQL"}]` | - |
| language.primary | C++ | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Basic","summary":"Free $15 credit, then $0.15/compute-unit/hr + $23/TB/mo storage","features":["Pay as you go compute","Daily backups with 1-day retention","SSO (Google/Microsoft)","MFA","1 business day support"],"components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":15,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"compute-unit-hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.15,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"TB/month"},"kind":"metered","amount":23,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Testing & starter projects with pay-as-you-go pricing","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"500 GB","compute_credit":"$15"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$99/seat/month, 7-day free trial","features":["1M traces/month per seat","10M queries/month per seat","Daily backups with 1-day retention","SSO (Google/Microsoft)","MFA","1 business day support","7-day free trial"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Per-seat collaboration for teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"500 GB","traces_per_month_per_seat":"1M","queries_per_month_per_seat":"10M"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Data Transfer (Egress)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.09,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $99/seat/month (Team) or pay-as-you-go Basic with $15 credit. 7-day free trial available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.activeloop.ai","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:08:11.282Z","freeTrialDays":7,"startingPrice":{"amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Launch","summary":"$16/month minimum with usage-based overage","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":16,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $16/month (Launch plan minimum) with consumption-based billing","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://turbopuffer.com/docs/pricing-log","retrievedAt":"2026-09-18T12:36:43.751Z","startingPrice":{"amount":16,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":16,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 11 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.5.2","date":"2026-02-11T02:06:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.5.1","date":"2026-02-07T05:15:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.5.0","date":"2026-01-22T17:07:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.4.5","date":"2026-01-13T18:47:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.4.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.4.4","date":"2025-12-14T07:20:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.4.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.4.3","date":"2025-12-03T02:02:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.4.1","date":"2025-11-21T10:52:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.3.3","date":"2025-09-29T07:14:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v3.9.52","date":"2025-09-05T13:50:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.52"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.4.0","date":"2025-10-24T19:03:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.3.5","date":"2025-10-10T17:50:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.3.4","date":"2025-10-10T15:16:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.3.0","date":"2025-08-29T08:50:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v3.9.51","date":"2025-08-07T07:23:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.51"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v3.9.50","date":"2025-08-01T11:57:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.50"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v3.9.46","date":"2025-07-09T14:33:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.46"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.2.14","date":"2025-07-08T23:03:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.2.12","date":"2025-07-02T11:03:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v4.2.8","date":"2025-06-10T14:39:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/activeloopai/deeplake/releases/tag/v3.9.45","date":"2025-06-10T10:56:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.45"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.95 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=deeplake&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Vector Databases)

| Capability | Deep Lake | Turbopuffer |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Managed | Managed |
| Serverless / consumption pricing | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Index** |  |  |
| ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat) | - | SPFresh (centroid-based) |
| Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean) | - | - |
| **Query** |  |  |
| Metadata filtering | - | Pre-filter |
| Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in BM25 / lexical | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Storage** |  |  |
| Quantization | - | - |
| On-disk vs in-memory | Tiered | Tiered |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants) | - | ✓ |
| Horizontal scale | - | Sharded / distributed |
| **Consistency** |  |  |
| Consistency | - | Tunable |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Source-available | Proprietary |
| **Classification** |  |  |
| Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent | Dedicated DBMS | Dedicated DBMS |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:16:13.856Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*