Turbopuffer
A database combining vector similarity and text search built on cloud storage
- Also known as
- turbopuffer
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Turbopuffer?
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.
Turbopuffer pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $16/month (Launch plan minimum) with consumption-based billing
Launch
What Turbopuffer does
The capabilities that matter for vector databases, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment
- Managed
- Serverless / consumption pricing
- ✓
- ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat)
- SPFresh (centroid-based)
- Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)
- -
- Metadata filtering
- Pre-filter
- Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion)
- ✓
- Built-in BM25 / lexical
- ✓
- Quantization
- -
- On-disk vs in-memory
- Tiered
- Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants)
- ✓
- Horizontal scale
- Sharded / distributed
- Consistency
- Tunable
- Licence class
- Proprietary
- Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent
- Dedicated DBMS
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Turbopuffer FAQ
Common questions about Turbopuffer, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Turbopuffer?
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. It is indexed under Vector Databases.
How much does Turbopuffer cost?
Turbopuffer is a paid product; published pricing starts at $1. There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Turbopuffer support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Turbopuffer. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Can Turbopuffer be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Turbopuffer, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
What security certifications does Turbopuffer have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Turbopuffer. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Turbopuffer not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Where is Turbopuffer available?
Turbopuffer is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.
Turbopuffer alternatives
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Compare Turbopuffer
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The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Turbopuffer, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 60 | 0.12 | 7.3 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 98 | 0.07 | 6.6 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 75 | 0.05 | 4.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 0.04 | 2.5 | ✓ |
| Price level | 50 | 0.04 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Ann index: SPFresh (centroid-based) · Deployment: managed · Serverless: Yes · Consistency: tunable · Storage tier: tiered · Hybrid search: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 50% |
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