# Vespa

> AI Search at Scale

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/vespa
- **Category:** Search Engines
- **Homepage:** https://vespa.ai
- **Also known as:** vespa
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T21:35:57.210Z

## Vioscale score

**67.8 / 100**, confidence 26% (low).

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

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| capabilities | 0 | 17 | 0 | - |
| github_stars | 72.6 | 7 | 508 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 8 | 0 | - |
| github_activity | 63.1 | 20 | 1262 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 99.4 | 12 | 1193.3 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 50 | 18 | 900 | ✓ |
| package_downloads | 0 | 6 | 0 | - |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 20 | 0 | - |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-07-31, [verify at source](https://vespa.ai). Independently observed._

Quote-based

## About

A distributed serving engine that unifies retrieval, ranking, machine learning inference, and real-time serving for business-critical AI applications.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Search Engines. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Deployment** | |
| Deployment | Managed |
| **Architecture** | |
| Index engine | - |
| **Query** | |
| Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL) | Boolean operators over vector, text, and structured fields |
| **Relevance** | |
| Typo tolerance / fuzzy | Configurable |
| **Query** | |
| Faceting & filtering | - |
| **Relevance** | |
| Relevance tuning | Learning-to-rank |
| **Vector** | |
| Vector / hybrid search | Dense + lexical fusion |
| **Query** | |
| Geo search | - |
| **Scale** | |
| Distributed / horizontal scale | Sharded |
| **Ingest** | |
| Real-time indexing | Near-real-time |
| **Workload** | |
| Log / analytics workload | - |
| **Scale** | |
| Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants) | - |
| **Licensing** | |
| Licence class | - |

## Facts

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

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 7,032 | [link](https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | Java | [link](https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa) | 2026-08-01 | 90% (high) |

### license

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | [link](https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa) | 2026-08-01 | 95% (high) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.model | quote | [link](https://vespa.ai) | 2026-07-31 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | [link](https://vespa.ai) | 2026-07-31 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | no | [link](https://vespa.ai) | 2026-07-31 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.vespa.ai) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://vespa.ai/.well-known/security.txt) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://trust.vespa.ai) | 2026-08-01 | 75% (high) |
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://trust.vespa.ai) | 2026-08-01 | 75% (high) |

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | [link](https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/pulse) | 2026-08-01 | 65% (medium) |

### release

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| release.cadence_days | 1 | [link](https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa/releases) | 2026-08-01 | 70% (medium) |

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