# Epsilla vs Qdrant

| Attribute | Epsilla | Qdrant |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 65.3 (30% (low)) | 56.9 (54% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 34,203 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A platform that simplifies building AI agents and knowledge-base systems for teams of any technical level. It provides enterprise-grade multi-tenancy and supports flexible deployment modes including cloud, on-premise, and private cloud. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"deployment":"managed","serverless":true,"licence_class":"proprietary","multi_tenancy":true,"product_class":"parent_feature"}` | `{"ann_index":"HNSW","deployment":"self_hosted","quantization":"scalar","storage_tier":"disk_backed","hybrid_search":true,"licence_class":"source_available","multi_tenancy":true,"product_class":"dedicated_dbms","full_text_bm25":true,"horizontal_scale":"sharded_distributed"}` |
| integrations.count | - | 6 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Adobe"},{"name":"Hubspot"},{"name":"Arize"},{"name":"Google DeepMind"},{"name":"Qualcomm"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Rust |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free Tier","summary":"Free","features":["1 Team Member","1 Project","1 AI Application","1 Knowledge Base","10M Vector Storage","50 Messages/Month (Powered by GPT-4.1)","Community Support","Data Cleared after 30 Days of Inactivity"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages":"50/month","projects":"1","team_members":"1","vector_storage":"10M","ai_applications":"1","knowledge_bases":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter Tier","summary":"$29/month","features":["2 Team Members","1 Project","5 AI Applications","5 Knowledge Bases","1G Vector Storage","500 Messages/Month (Powered by GPT-4.1)","Email Support"],"minSeats":2,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages":"500/month","projects":"1","team_members":"2","vector_storage":"1G","ai_applications":"5","knowledge_bases":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Professional Tier","summary":"$249/month","features":["20 Team Members","10 Projects","50 AI Applications","50 Knowledge Bases","10G Vector Storage","5000 Messages/Month (Powered by GPT-4.1)","Dedicated Support Channel","AI Concierge"],"minSeats":20,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":249,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"messages":"5000/month","projects":"10","team_members":"20","vector_storage":"10G","ai_applications":"50","knowledge_bases":"50"}},{"free":false,"name":"AI Concierge","summary":"$2,499/month","features":["Everything in Professional","Fractional Forward Deployed AI Engineer","Done-For-You AI Agent & Workflow Build-Out","Domain-to-AI Enablement","Weekly Strategy & Review Calls","Custom Integration Support","Priority Support Channel","Ongoing Optimization"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":2499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Includes fractional forward deployed AI engineer from Epsilla team","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Tier","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Unlimited Team Members","Unlimited Projects","Unlimited AI Applications","Unlimited Knowledge Bases","Unlimited Vector Storage","Unlimited Messages/Month (any LLM Provider)","Extensive White-Labeling","SSO (SAML and OIDC)","On-Prem Deployment Options","Consulting and Customization","Premium Support with SLAs"],"contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"messages":"Unlimited","projects":"Unlimited","team_members":"Unlimited","vector_storage":"Unlimited","ai_applications":"Unlimited","knowledge_bases":"Unlimited"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Team Member","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":12,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"AI Application","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"application","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Knowledge Base","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"database","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Vector Storage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":18,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Messages","components":[{"per":{"qty":100,"unit":"messages"},"kind":"metered","amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Remove \"Powered By Epsilla\"","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":39,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier through $2,499/month. Custom pricing for Enterprise. Metered add-ons $2–39/month.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://epsilla.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T13:12:38.383Z","startingPrice":{"amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Usage-based pricing on CPU, memory, and disk storage; charged monthly for previous month's usage","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://qdrant.tech/documentation/cloud-pricing-payments/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T12:16:09.861Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 18 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.19.0","date":"2026-08-05T11:26:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.19.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.18.3","date":"2026-07-17T13:18:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.18.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.18.2","date":"2026-06-04T06:50:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.18.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.18.1","date":"2026-05-22T12:31:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.18.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.18.0","date":"2026-05-11T15:04:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.17.1","date":"2026-03-27T08:37:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.17.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.17.0","date":"2026-02-20T11:11:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.16.3","date":"2025-12-19T17:45:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.16.2","date":"2025-12-04T11:03:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.16.1","date":"2025-11-25T17:16:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.16.0","date":"2025-11-17T14:32:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.16.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.15.5","date":"2025-09-30T12:23:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.15.4","date":"2025-08-27T11:24:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.15.3","date":"2025-08-14T16:30:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.15.2","date":"2025-08-11T18:04:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.15.1","date":"2025-07-24T10:18:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.15.0","date":"2025-07-18T13:08:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.14.1","date":"2025-05-23T13:09:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.14.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.14.0","date":"2025-04-22T16:34:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/releases/tag/v1.13.6","date":"2025-03-31T23:28:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.13.6"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=cowboysysop%2Fqdrant&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Vector Databases)

| Capability | Epsilla | Qdrant |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Managed | Self-hosted |
| Serverless / consumption pricing | ✓ | - |
| **Index** |  |  |
| ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat) | - | HNSW |
| Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean) | - | - |
| **Query** |  |  |
| Metadata filtering | - | - |
| Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion) | - | ✓ |
| Built-in BM25 / lexical | - | ✓ |
| **Storage** |  |  |
| Quantization | - | Scalar |
| On-disk vs in-memory | - | Disk-backed |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Horizontal scale | - | Sharded / distributed |
| **Consistency** |  |  |
| Consistency | - | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Proprietary | Source-available |
| **Classification** |  |  |
| Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent | Feature of parent | Dedicated DBMS |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T20:41:07.444Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*