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Comparison

Qdrant vs Turbopuffer

On the evidence we track, Turbopuffer leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Qdrant56
★Turbopuffer68
Score
vioscaleAI score
Qdrant56 / 100medium · 65%
Turbopuffer68 / 100medium · 61%
Pricing
Free tier
Qdrant✓
Turbopuffer✗
Model
Qdrantcommercial
Turbopuffercommercial
Price level
Qdrantlow
Turbopuffermid
Starting price
Qdrant–
Turbopuffer$16
Transparent
Qdrant✓
Turbopuffer✓
Integrations
Count
Qdrant4
Turbopuffer–
Security
Disclosure policy
Qdrant–
Turbopuffer✓
Gdpr
Qdrant✓
Turbopuffer✓
Hipaa
Qdrant✓
Turbopuffer✓
Soc2
Qdrant✓
Turbopuffer✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Qdrant–
Turbopuffer99.95
Status page
Qdrant–
Turbopuffer✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Qdrant0
Turbopuffer–
Github stars
Qdrant35,060
Turbopuffer–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Qdrant100
Turbopuffer–
Release
Cadence days
Qdrant18
Turbopuffer–
History
Qdrant20 items
Turbopuffer–
License
Spdx
QdrantApache-2.0
Turbopuffer–
Language
Primary
QdrantRust
Turbopuffer–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Qdrant7 items
Turbopuffer6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for vector databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Deployment
QdrantSelf-hosted
TurbopufferManaged
Serverless / consumption pricing
Qdrant-
Turbopuffer✓
Index
ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat)
QdrantHNSW
TurbopufferSPFresh (centroid-based)
Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)
Qdrantdot product
Turbopuffer-
Query
Metadata filtering
Qdrant-
TurbopufferPre-filter
Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion)
Qdrant✓
Turbopuffer✓
Built-in BM25 / lexical
Qdrant✓
Turbopuffer✓
Storage
Quantization
QdrantScalar
Turbopuffer-
On-disk vs in-memory
QdrantDisk-backed
TurbopufferTiered
Scale
Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants)
Qdrant✓
Turbopuffer✓
Horizontal scale
QdrantSharded / distributed
TurbopufferSharded / distributed
Consistency
Consistency
Qdrant-
TurbopufferTunable
Licensing
Licence class
QdrantSource-available
TurbopufferProprietary
Classification
Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent
QdrantDedicated DBMS
TurbopufferDedicated DBMS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Qdrant

A database system designed for storing and searching vectors with comprehensive filtering capabilities. It provides production-ready APIs and tools for semantic similarity matching and embedding-based applications.

Independently observed

Turbopuffer

Leader

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.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Qdrant

Usage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing billed monthly based on CPU, memory, and disk storage consumption. Free tier available.

as of verify ↗

Turbopuffer

Leader
from $16/moHybrid

From $16/month (Launch plan minimum) with consumption-based billing

  • Launch$16/month minimum with usage-based overage
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Qdrant✓
Turbopuffer✓
CLI
Qdrant✗
Turbopuffer✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Qdrant✓
Turbopuffer✓
Self-hosted
Qdrant✓
Turbopuffer✗
On-premise
Qdrant✓
Turbopuffer✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Qdrant

14 total
  • Slack
  • Adobe
  • Hubspot
  • Arize
  • Google DeepMind
  • Qualcomm
  • Cohere
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • LangChain
  • FastEmbed
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Azure Blob Storage
Independently observed

Turbopuffer

Leader

Not documented yet.

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Qdrant or Turbopuffer: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.