# Sinequa vs Vespa

| Attribute | Sinequa | Vespa |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 78.6 (21% (low)) | 56.1 (77% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 7 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 7,069 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A secure enterprise platform integrating data across organizational systems to enable AI-powered search, intelligent assistants, and autonomous agents that operate within role-based access controls and compliance frameworks. | A distributed serving engine that unifies retrieval, ranking, machine learning inference, and real-time serving for business-critical AI applications. |
| features.capabilities | `{"soc2_type_ii":true,"deployment_model":"hybrid","generative_ai_answer_synthesis_rag":true,"bring_your_own_llm_byo_model_support":true,"hipaa_compliance_for_medical_records":true,"source_system_rbac_permissions_mirroring":true,"hybrid_dense_and_sparse_lexical_reranking":true,"pre_built_native_crawlers_for_100_plus_saas_apps":true}` | `{"deployment":"self_hosted","distributed":"sharded","index_engine":"custom","licence_class":"permissive_oss","vector_search":"hybrid_fusion","typo_tolerance":"configurable","deployment_model":"hybrid","relevance_tuning":"ranking_rules","realtime_indexing":"near_real_time","generative_ai_answer_synthesis_rag":true,"multi_lingual_semantic_understanding":true,"hybrid_dense_and_sparse_lexical_reranking":true}` |
| integrations.count | 200 | 12 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Microsoft 365"},{"name":"Microsoft Copilot"},{"name":"ChatGPT Enterprise"}]` | `[{"name":"Python"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"TwelveLabs"},{"name":"Claude Code"},{"name":"OpenAI Codex"},{"name":"Google Gemini"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"VSCode"},{"name":"IntelliJ"},{"name":"PyCharm"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"GCP"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Java |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","FR"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"NO","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"subscription","summary":"Free trial available; contact sales for paid plan pricing","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://vespa.ai/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T12:45:29.228Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | - | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | no |
| release.cadence_days | - | 3 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/lsp-v2.5.0","date":"2026-08-24T08:45:45Z","type":"stable","version":"lsp-v2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.738.17","date":"2026-08-13T04:51:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.738.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.736.12","date":"2026-08-10T02:24:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.736.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.733.3","date":"2026-08-05T09:03:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.733.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.730.36","date":"2026-07-28T04:47:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.730.36"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.719.5","date":"2026-07-07T02:30:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.719.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.709.19","date":"2026-06-18T18:42:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.709.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.708.30","date":"2026-06-18T04:26:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.708.30"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.707.16","date":"2026-06-16T14:15:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.707.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.703.17","date":"2026-06-09T16:31:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.703.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.702.91","date":"2026-06-09T02:20:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.702.91"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/lsp-v2.4.10","date":"2026-06-08T04:18:37Z","type":"stable","version":"lsp-v2.4.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.700.24","date":"2026-06-04T11:28:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.700.24"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.699.8","date":"2026-06-03T02:24:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.699.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.696.20","date":"2026-05-28T17:58:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.696.20"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.695.32","date":"2026-05-28T02:25:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.695.32"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.694.53","date":"2026-05-27T02:20:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.694.53"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.692.16","date":"2026-05-21T08:17:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.692.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.691.19","date":"2026-05-19T18:07:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.691.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases/tag/v8.687.75","date":"2026-05-12T02:27:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.687.75"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 5.8 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.yahoo.vespa%3Acontainer-test&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (AI Enterprise Search)

| Capability | Sinequa | Vespa |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | Hybrid | Hybrid |
| Source system RBAC permissions mirroring | ✓ | - |
| Generative AI answer synthesis rag | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hybrid dense and sparse lexical reranking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pre built native crawlers for 100 plus saas apps | ✓ | - |
| Multi lingual semantic understanding | - | ✓ |
| Personalization based on user department context | - | - |
| Optical character recognition OCR for pdfs | - | - |
| Admin dashboard for search analytics and gaps | - | - |
| Bring your own LLM byo model support | ✓ | - |
| SOC2 type ii | ✓ | - |
| HIPAA compliance for medical records | ✓ | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:36:10.807Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*