# Infinity vs Turbopuffer

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Turbopuffer

| Attribute | Infinity | Turbopuffer |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 49.4 (46% (low)) | 70 (61% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 7 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 4,683 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An AI-native database built for language model applications, offering rapid hybrid search across dense vectors, sparse vectors, tensors, and full-text data. It features a single-binary architecture deployable via Docker or binary without external dependencies, with a Python API for developer convenience. | 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":"self_hosted","serverless":false,"storage_tier":"disk_backed","hybrid_search":true,"licence_class":"permissive_oss","multi_tenancy":true,"product_class":"dedicated_dbms","full_text_bm25":true,"distance_metrics":"inner product","horizontal_scale":"single_node"}` | `{"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"}` |
| language.primary | C++ | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"hqCountry":"CA","primaryMarkets":["US","CA"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://infiniflow.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-16T21:36:46.364Z"}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Launch","summary":"$16/month minimum, usage-based overage","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":16,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Entry-level plan with usage-based billing","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","features":["IP allowlisting","SSO"],"description":"Mid-tier plan with advanced security features","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Customer managed encryption","Private networking","IP allowlisting","SSO","Privileged access management","Single-tenancy clusters","BYOC"],"description":"Custom enterprise deployment with advanced security and compliance","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Namespace pinning"}],"summary":"From $16/month. Usage-based with per-TB-queried pricing ($1/PB base rate with volume discounts up to 96%).","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://turbopuffer.com/docs/pricing-log","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T20:43:39.812Z","startingPrice":{"amount":16,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | mid |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 5 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/nightly","date":"2026-01-20T14:01:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.7.3","date":"2026-08-06T04:35:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.7.2","date":"2026-07-15T09:24:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.7.1","date":"2026-07-13T03:09:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.7.0","date":"2026-05-15T11:58:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.7.0-dev7","date":"2026-05-13T10:26:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0-dev7"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.7.0-dev6","date":"2026-05-06T15:18:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0-dev6"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.7.0-dev5","date":"2026-03-27T11:44:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0-dev5"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/nightly-arm64","date":"2026-03-23T13:41:28Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-arm64"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.7.0-dev3","date":"2026-02-27T06:55:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0-dev3"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.7.0-dev2","date":"2026-01-26T09:04:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0-dev2"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.7.0-dev1","date":"2026-01-16T11:38:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0-dev1"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.6.15","date":"2025-12-27T10:11:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.6.14","date":"2025-12-26T10:59:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.6.13","date":"2025-12-24T09:15:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.6.12","date":"2025-12-15T02:06:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.6.11","date":"2025-12-08T06:22:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.6.10","date":"2025-12-04T02:43:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.6.9","date":"2025-12-03T09:42:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity/releases/tag/v0.6.8","date":"2025-12-02T05:11:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.8"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.95 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Finfiniflow%2Finfinity&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Vector Databases)

| Capability | Infinity | Turbopuffer |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Managed |
| Serverless / consumption pricing | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Index** |  |  |
| ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat) | - | - |
| Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean) | inner product | - |
| **Query** |  |  |
| Metadata filtering | - | Pre-filter |
| Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in BM25 / lexical | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Storage** |  |  |
| Quantization | - | - |
| On-disk vs in-memory | Disk-backed | Tiered |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Horizontal scale | Single-node | Sharded / distributed |
| **Consistency** |  |  |
| Consistency | - | Tunable |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Permissive OSS | Proprietary |
| **Classification** |  |  |
| Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent | Dedicated DBMS | Dedicated DBMS |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:34:42.175Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*