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Usage-based managed cloud pricing with a free tier, a standard paid tier billed on resource usage, and premium/enterprise offerings that are minimum-spend or quote-based.
Qdrant offers a free tier for testing and prototypes, a usage-based Standard Tier for production, and Premium, Hybrid Cloud, Private Cloud, and Enterprise options that are quote-based or require direct contact. Billing for Qdrant Cloud clusters can be done by credit card or through AWS, GCP, or Azure Marketplace, and the account is charged at the beginning of each month for the previous month’s usage. The documentation says pricing does not differ by payment method, but marketplace billing has regional and infrastructure limitations. The startup program offers a 20% discount on Qdrant Cloud for the first year, is valid for 12 months from acceptance, requires credit card billing directly with Qdrant, and cannot be billed through a marketplace.
For testing and prototypes. The page states the free tier includes 1GB RAM and 4GB disk storage, and if growth exceeds those limits you can upgrade to Standard Tier.
The page says the tier is for production workloads and scaling applications. Usage is billed hourly, and billing is based on actual resource usage during the billing period, including compute, memory, storage, backup storage, and used inference tokens.
For enterprises with additional security and compliance needs. The pricing page does not disclose a public amount for this tier.
Designed for local data residency, regulated workloads, and easy operations in your own cloud. Public pricing is not disclosed and requires direct engagement.
Built for large enterprises, sensitive workloads, and air-gapped setups. Public pricing is not disclosed and requires direct engagement.
Support is community-based and the page lists best effort response times. This is not a software subscription tier, but a support offering shown in the pricing comparison.
Quote-only tier for organizations needing enterprise support and reliability. Public pricing is not disclosed.
If you pay through a marketplace, Qdrant Cloud usage costs are added as Resource Usage Units to your cloud provider bill at $0.01 per unit.
The pricing page mentions free tokens for paid inference models in the Standard Tier, and the billing page says used inference tokens of paid models are billed as part of usage. No public unit price is disclosed in the supplied documents.
A team wants to prototype on Qdrant before committing to production.
Expected costFreeA production team expects its cluster to grow with usage and needs dedicated resources and availability.
Expected costUsage-based monthly cost based on CPU, memory, disk, backups, and inference tokens.An enterprise buyer needs SSO, private networking, and higher support commitments.
Expected costMinimum spend required for Premium Tier, or on-request pricing for Enterprise.A startup qualifies for the startup program and bills directly with Qdrant.
Expected cost20% discount on Qdrant Cloud for the first year.No. The supplied pricing page describes Standard Tier as usage-based pricing, but it does not publish a single fixed dollar amount. The billing documentation explains that charges depend on actual resource usage such as compute, memory, storage, backup storage, and used inference tokens. If you need an exact estimate, Qdrant points buyers to its Pricing Calculator and the cloud console usage breakdown.
Qdrant Cloud can be billed by credit card or through AWS, GCP, or Azure Marketplace. The documentation says the payment method is charged at the beginning of each month for the previous month’s usage, and that billing is based on actual resource usage during the billing period. It also notes that usage is billed hourly and that there is no difference in pricing between the different payment methods.
Qdrant says that if data growth exceeds the Free Tier limits of 1GB RAM and 4GB disk, you can upgrade to Standard Tier and scale up the cluster. The supplied pages do not list an overage fee schedule for exceeding the free tier. Instead, the guidance is to move to a paid tier when the free resources are no longer sufficient.
Yes. Qdrant for Startups offers a 20% discount on Qdrant Cloud for the first year. The program is valid for 12 months from the date of acceptance, and billing must be done directly with Qdrant rather than through a marketplace. The supplied documents do not mention other public discounts.
