Qdrant vs turbopuffer

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Qdrant is the stronger AI pick in Vector Databases: it has a visibility score of 60.5 versus 4.6 for turbopuffer, and ranks ahead in 78% of the answers that name both.

Choose Qdrant if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (60.5 vs 4.6)
You want a free plan to start
AI answers describe it more positively (68% vs 33% positive)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option

Choose turbopuffer if…

You need HIPAA (Business Associate Agreement available) or GDPR-ready DPA coverage
serverless vector and full-text search built on object storage
high performance at a fraction of traditional costs
cloud-native, cost-conscious design

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Qdrant	turbopuffer
Visibility score	60.5%	4.6%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Vector Databases	#2	#14
Share of voice	13.4%	1.9%
Mentions this run	63	9
Positive in AI answers	68%	33%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Qdrant 0pp · turbopuffer 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Qdrant leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

71.8%

6.7%

AI Mode

59.4%

4.3%

Perplexity

50.2%

2.8%

Qdrantturbopuffer

Head to head in AI answers

9 engine answers name both brands

7Qdrant ranked higher

2turbopuffer ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Qdrant	turbopuffer
What are the best Vector Databases tools in 2026?	ChatGPT	#2	#11
What are the best Vector Databases tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#1	#9
Alternatives to the most popular vector database	AI Mode	#3	#7
Alternatives to the most popular vector database	Perplexity	#2	#10
Which vector database has transparent pricing?	ChatGPT	#1	#5
Official website of the top vector database vendors	ChatGPT	#3	#12
Official website of the top vector database vendors	AI Mode	#3	#2
Official website of the top vector database vendors	Perplexity	#2	#13
Who makes the most used vector database?	ChatGPT	#3	#2

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Qdrant	turbopuffer
Pricing model	Usage-based	Usage-based
Entry price	Contact sales	$16 / mo
Free plan	Yes	No
Deployment	Managed cloud, hybrid cloud, private cloud (air-gapped), self-hosted on-premises, and edge	Multi-tenant cloud on usage-based plans; single-tenant and bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC) deployments on the enterprise plan.
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA	SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA (Business Associate Agreement available), GDPR-ready DPA
Support	Community support via Discord on the free tier, Standard tier: email and ticket portal, 10x5 business hours, Premium tier: 24/7 support with private Slack, Discord or Teams channels, Enterprise tier: custom response SLA and advisory services	Community Slack and email on all plans, Private Slack channel on higher plans, 24/7 support and 99.95% uptime SLA on enterprise
Founded	2021	2023
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Employees	51–200	11–50
Funding	Series B · $88M raised	Seed
Best for	Developers and teams building RAG, semantic search and recommendation systems that need hybrid search and metadata filtering, either self-hosted or managed	Teams building AI applications, semantic search or recommendation systems that need large-scale vector and full-text search at lower cost.