# Vald

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/vald
- **Category:** Vector Databases
- **Homepage:** https://vald.vdaas.org
- **Also known as:** vald
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-26T19:02:21.835Z

## Vioscale score

**48.4 / 100**, confidence 36% (low). Computed 2026-09-01.

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

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| capabilities | 0 | 0.08033333333333335 | 0 | - |
| repo_stars | 61 | 0.047 | 2.9 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 0.054 | 0 | - |
| dependent_projects | 5 | 0.054 | 0.3 | ✓ |
| dev_activity | 40.3 | 0.135 | 5.4 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 71.7 | 0.081 | 5.8 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 0 | 0.122 | 0 | - |
| package_downloads | 0 | 0.041 | 0 | - |
| security_score | 66 | 0.054 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| community_qa_activity | 0 | 0.135 | 0 | - |

## About

Vald is a cloud-native vector search platform running on Kubernetes that uses NGT for efficient nearest-neighbor search. It provides automatic indexing and backups, index replication across distributed agents, and horizontal scaling to handle billions of vectors.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Self-hosted

## Capabilities

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

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Deployment** | |
| Deployment | Self-hosted |
| **Index** | |
| ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat) | NGT |
| Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean) | - |
| **Query** | |
| Metadata filtering | - |
| 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 | Disk-backed |
| **Licensing** | |
| Licence class | - |
| **Classification** | |
| Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent | Dedicated DBMS |

## Release history

| Version | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| [v1.8.0](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.8.0) | 2026-08-26 | stable |
| [v1.7.17](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.17) | 2025-07-04 | stable |
| [v1.7.16](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.16) | 2024-12-24 | stable |
| [v1.7.15](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.15) | 2024-12-05 | stable |
| [v1.7.14](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.14) | 2024-10-11 | stable |
| [v1.7.13](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.13) | 2024-08-06 | stable |
| [v1.7.12](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.12) | 2024-02-21 | stable |
| [v1.7.11](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.11) | 2024-02-15 | stable |
| [v1.7.10](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.10) | 2023-12-20 | stable |
| [v1.7.9](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.9) | 2023-12-06 | stable |
| [v1.7.8](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.8) | 2023-09-15 | stable |
| [v1.7.7](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.7) | 2023-09-14 | stable |
| [v1.7.6](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.6) | 2023-06-15 | stable |
| [v1.7.5](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.5) | 2023-04-25 | stable |
| [v1.7.4](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases/tag/v1.7.4) | 2023-03-29 | stable |

_… and 5 earlier release(s)._

## Security & compliance


Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) ([source](https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fvdaas%2Fvald&per_page=100)). A count reflects scale and disclosure, not quality.

## Facts

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

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://vald.vdaas.org/docs/v1.6/api/status/) | 2026-08-16 | 60% (medium) |

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 18 | [link](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/pulse) | 2026-08-26 | 65% (medium) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | Go | [link](https://github.com/vdaas/vald) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) |

### license

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | [link](https://github.com/vdaas/vald) | 2026-08-26 | 95% (high) |

### release

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| release.cadence_days | 51 | [link](https://github.com/vdaas/vald/releases) | 2026-08-26 | 70% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1 | [link](https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/packages/lookup?repository_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fvdaas%2Fvald) | 2026-08-26 | 85% (high) |
| adoption.github_stars | 1,718 | [link](https://github.com/vdaas/vald) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.scorecard | 6.6 | [link](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/vdaas/vald) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fvdaas%2Fvald&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | [link](https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fvdaas%2Fvald&per_page=100) | 2026-08-26 | 90% (high) |

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