Vespa
A distributed search and inference engine for AI applications at scale
- Also known as
- vespa
Available worldwide
What is Vespa?
A distributed serving engine that unifies retrieval, ranking, machine learning inference, and real-time serving for business-critical AI applications.
Vespa pricing
We don't have Vespa's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Vespa does
The capabilities that matter for search engines, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment
- Self-hosted
- Index engine
- Custom
- Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)
- -
- Faceting & filtering
- -
- Geo search
- -
- Typo tolerance / fuzzy
- Configurable
- Relevance tuning
- Ranking rules
- Vector / hybrid search
- Dense + lexical fusion
- Distributed / horizontal scale
- Sharded
- Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants)
- -
- Real-time indexing
- Near-real-time
- Log / analytics workload
- -
- Licence class
- Permissive OSS
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (12)
Independently observed- Python
- Cohere
- TwelveLabs
- Claude Code
- OpenAI Codex
- Google Gemini
- Cursor
- VSCode
- IntelliJ
- PyCharm
- AWS
- GCP
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Vespa FAQ
Common questions about Vespa, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Vespa?
A distributed serving engine that unifies retrieval, ranking, machine learning inference, and real-time serving for business-critical AI applications. It is indexed under Search Engines.
Source: https://vespa.ai/pricing/
Is Vespa free?
Vespa offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://vespa.ai/pricing/
What platforms does Vespa support?
Vespa supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://vespa.ai/pricing/
Can Vespa be self-hosted?
Yes. Vespa can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://vespa.ai/pricing/
What does Vespa integrate with?
We have confirmed 12 integrations for Vespa, including Python, Cohere, TwelveLabs, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Google Gemini, Cursor and VSCode, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://vespa.ai/pricing/
What security certifications does Vespa have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Vespa. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Vespa not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://trust.vespa.ai
Is Vespa open source?
Yes. Vespa is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Where is Vespa available?
Vespa is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Norway.
Source: https://vespa.ai/pricing/
Vespa alternatives
Other search engines we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- AlgoliaAI-powered platform for search, retrieval, and discovery experiencesmedium · 74%
- Elasticsearchmedium · 50%
- MeilisearchFast, easy-to-integrate search engine for websites and applicationsmedium · 67%
- CoveoA search engine designed to integrate with Sitecore, providing relevance-tuned results, recommendations, and AI-powered personalizationmedium · 61%
- OpenSearchOpen source search and analytics platform for data ingestion and explorationlow · 47%
- QuickwitAn open-source, cloud-native search engine built for observability data including logs and tracesmedium · 56%
Compare Vespa
Side by side against other search engines, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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 Vespa, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 63 | 0.14 | 8.5 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 98 | 0.08 | 8.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 50 | 0.12 | 6.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.08 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| Stars | 73 | 0.05 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Security score | 56 | 0.05 | 3.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 32 | 0.05 | 1.7 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 15 | 0.05 | 0.8 | ✓ |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-09-13 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 8 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 68% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Deployment: self_hosted · Distributed: sharded · Index engine: custom · Licence class: permissive_oss · Vector search: hybrid_fusion · Typo tolerance: configurable | mediumsource · 2026-09-13 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 12 | mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Java | highsource · 2026-09-13 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-09-13 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: NO · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-21 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-21 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 75% |
| Scorecard | 5.6 | highsource · 2026-09-13 · 90% |
| 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 | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90% |
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