Comparison

Qdrant vs Turbopuffer

On the evidence we track, Turbopuffer leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Qdrant59
Turbopuffer70
Score
Vioscale score
Qdrant59 / 100medium · 60%updating
Turbopuffer70 / 100medium · 61%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Qdrant
Turbopuffer
Model
Turbopuffercommercial
Price level
Qdrantunknown
Turbopuffermid
Transparent
Qdrant
Turbopuffer
Integrations
Count
Qdrant6
Turbopuffer
Security
Disclosure policy
Qdrant
Turbopuffer
Gdpr
Qdrant
Turbopuffer
Hipaa
Qdrant
Turbopuffer
Soc2
Qdrant
Turbopuffer
Reliability
Sla pct
Qdrant
Turbopuffer99.95
Status page
Qdrant
Turbopuffer
Adoption
Dependent repos
Qdrant0
Turbopuffer
Github stars
Qdrant34,203
Turbopuffer
Activity
Commits last 30d
Qdrant100
Turbopuffer
Release
Cadence days
Qdrant18
Turbopuffer
History
Qdrant20 items
Turbopuffer
License
Spdx
Turbopuffer
Language
Primary
QdrantRust
Turbopuffer

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
Turbopuffer-
Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)
Qdrant-
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 vector database engine that provides fast similarity search over high-dimensional vectors, available in managed cloud, self-hosted open source, and hybrid deployment models for AI 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-based

Usage-based pricing on CPU, memory, and disk storage; charged monthly for previous month's usage

as of verify ↗

Turbopuffer

Leader
from $16/moUsage-based

From $16/month. Usage-based with per-TB-queried pricing ($1/PB base rate with volume discounts up to 96%).

  • Launch$16/month minimum, usage-based overage
  • Scale-
    • IP allowlisting
    • SSO
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Customer managed encryption
    • Private networking
    • IP allowlisting
    • SSO
    • Privileged access management
    • +2 more
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
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Qdrant
Turbopuffer
Self-hosted
Qdrant
Turbopuffer
On-premise
Qdrant
Turbopuffer
Hybrid
Qdrant
Turbopuffer
Air-gapped
Qdrant
Turbopuffer

Integrations

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

Qdrant

6 total
  • Slack
  • Adobe
  • Hubspot
  • Arize
  • Google DeepMind
  • Qualcomm
Independently observed

Turbopuffer

Leader

Not documented yet.

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