Pick Qdrant if
rAG teams who will run OSS or Cloud Free for $0 (1 GB / 4 GB, ~1M × 768-d vectors) and only open Standard when they need dedicated RAM and a 99.5% SLA.
Read the Qdrant pageQdrant vs turbopuffer
Our take
Pick Qdrant if rAG teams who will run OSS or Cloud Free for $0 (1 GB / 4 GB, ~1M × 768-d vectors) and only open Standard when they need dedicated RAM and a 99.5% SLA. 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
Qdrant Store and search embeddings you already made
turbopuffer Cheap, huge search you meter in storage / write / query bytes
Free plan
Qdrant $0 · you host Docker / Kubernetes / Edge
turbopuffer No free plan
Lowest paid
Qdrant Cloud Standard $85/mo
turbopuffer Usage (all plans) $0.33
Next step up
Qdrant
turbopuffer Public calculator example (1,024 $0.88
Runs where
Qdrant
turbopuffer Hosted
Watch out
Qdrant Free Cloud suspends after 1 idle week
turbopuffer There is no free hobby cluster
Last checked
Qdrant 2026-10-22 · qdrant.tech/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