# Turbopuffer

> Fast vector and full-text search engine built on object storage

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/turbopuffer
- **Category:** Vector Databases
- **Homepage:** https://turbopuffer.com
- **Also known as:** turbopuffer
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T13:16:02.631Z

## Vioscale score

**67.9 / 100**, confidence 49% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 50 | 6 | 300 | ✓ |
| reliability | 97.5 | 10 | 975 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 67.1 | 17 | 1141 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 8 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 55 | 18 | 990 | ✓ |
| pricing_transparency | 75 | 8 | 600 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-03, [verify at source](https://turbopuffer.com). Independently observed._

from $16/mo · Usage-based

> Usage-based pricing with fixed minimums. Launch plan starts at $16/month; metered billing for storage (per GB), writes (per GB), queries (per PB), and namespaces.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| launch | $16/month minimum usage, plus metered charges for storage, writes, and queries | - | monthly |
| scale | $256/month minimum usage, plus metered charges | - | monthly |
| enterprise | Contact sales | - | monthly |

### launch

- Vector search with >90% recall
- Full-text search (BM25)
- Hybrid search
- Metadata filtering
- Multi-tenancy
- Encryption
- SOC2 compliance
- GDPR-ready

### scale

- All launch features
- HIPAA-ready BAA
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Audit Logs
- IP Allowlisting
- Private Slack support
- Business hours support (8-5)

### enterprise (Contact sales)

- All scale features
- Single-tenancy option
- BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud)
- Private networking
- CMEK encryption per namespace
- 24/7 support with SLA
- 99.95% uptime SLA

## About

Vector and full-text search database built on object storage, handling 4T+ documents with sub-10ms p50 latency. Designed for AI applications, semantic search, and large-scale similarity retrieval at 10x lower cost than traditional vector databases.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Self-hosted

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Vector Databases. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

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

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | no | [link](https://turbopuffer.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://turbopuffer.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | mid | [link](https://turbopuffer.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 16 | [link](https://turbopuffer.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://turbopuffer.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.95 | [link](https://turbopuffer.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.turbopuffer.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://turbopuffer.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| security.hipaa | yes | [link](https://turbopuffer.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://turbopuffer.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/turbopuffer). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*