Pick Nomic if
solo AEC reviewers who will stay on Individual ($20/mo) for drawing and submittal chats, and only buy Business when they need a 25-seat org, live integrations, and the Agent API.
Read the Nomic pageNomic vs turbopuffer
Our take
Pick Nomic if solo AEC reviewers who will stay on Individual ($20/mo) for drawing and submittal chats, and only buy Business when they need a 25-seat org, live integrations, and the Agent API. Pick turbopuffer if search / RAG teams who will pay the Launch minimum of $16/month and grow on logical GB, not a per-seat vector UI.
Best for
Nomic Mark up a sheet set against your files and 380+ codes
turbopuffer Cheap, huge search you meter in storage / write / query bytes
Free plan
Nomic $0 · no card. Limited agent requests. Core platform surfaces. No Agent API
turbopuffer No free plan
Lowest paid
Nomic Individual $20/mo
turbopuffer Usage (all plans) $0.33
Next step up
Nomic Business $40/user/mo
turbopuffer Public calculator example (1,024 $0.88
Coding agent
Nomic Nomic agent
turbopuffer
Runs where
Nomic
turbopuffer Hosted
Watch out
Nomic Business starts at 25 seats ($1,000/month)
turbopuffer There is no free hobby cluster
Last checked
Nomic 2026-10-22 · nomic.ai/pricing
turbopuffer 2026-10-22 · turbopuffer.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick turbopuffer if
search / RAG teams who will pay the Launch minimum of $16/month and grow on logical GB, not a per-seat vector UI.
Read the turbopuffer page