# FastRAG vs Google Vertex AI Search

**Leader by Vioscale score:** FastRAG

| Attribute | FastRAG | Google Vertex AI Search |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 47.4 (35% (low)) | 22.7 (25% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 1,785 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A toolkit for researchers and developers to construct and optimize RAG applications. It provides streamlined components for retrieval and generation, with support for multiple LLM backends and hardware accelerators, and maintains compatibility with the Haystack framework. | A comprehensive development platform that enables teams to rapidly create and scale autonomous agents powered by multiple AI model options, with built-in governance, enterprise data grounding, and integration capabilities. |
| features.capabilities | `{"open_source":true,"multimodal_rag":true,"llm_provider_agnostic":true,"embedding_provider_agnostic":true}` | `{"multimodal_rag":true,"llm_provider_agnostic":true,"managed_ingestion_pipeline":true}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 8 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Haystack"},{"name":"HuggingFace"},{"name":"Elastic"},{"name":"Qdrant"},{"name":"OpenVINO"},{"name":"LlamaCpp"}]` | `[{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Google Cloud Logging"},{"name":"Google Cloud Monitoring"},{"name":"BigQuery"},{"name":"Cloud Data Fusion"},{"name":"Cloud Dataflow"},{"name":"Cloud Composer"},{"name":"Service Directory"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T10:58:48.479Z"}` | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Pay-as-you-go for platform tools, storage, compute, and cloud resources. New customers receive $300 in free credits.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai-search-and-conversation","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T11:00:35.778Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 22 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v3.1.2","date":"2024-11-25T10:09:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v3.1.1","date":"2024-11-24T14:22:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v3.1.0","date":"2024-11-07T14:21:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v3.0.2","date":"2024-07-09T09:49:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v3.0.1","date":"2024-07-02T13:38:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v3.0","date":"2024-05-22T15:13:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v2.0","date":"2023-12-24T16:24:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v1.3.0","date":"2023-06-20T12:06:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v1.2.1","date":"2023-06-13T10:57:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/IntelLabs/fastRAG/releases/tag/v1.2.0","date":"2023-05-21T11:05:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.2.0"}]` | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FIntelLabs%2FfastRAG&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (RAG Tools)

| Capability | FastRAG | Google Vertex AI Search |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Hybrid retrieval | - | - |
| Reranking integration | - | - |
| Multi hop agentic retrieval | - | - |
| Embedding provider agnostic | ✓ | - |
| LLM provider agnostic | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built in rag eval metrics | - | - |
| Citation attribution | - | - |
| Multimodal rag | ✓ | ✓ |
| Managed ingestion pipeline | - | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:32:54.350Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*