qdrant
The premium Open Source alternative to Pinecone
🎯 Best for:Teams building RAG applications or recommendation systems at scale.
What is qdrant?
A high-performance vector search engine written in Rust for massive-scale AI applications. It provides an API for storing and searching high-dimensional embeddings with HNSW indexing and payload filtering.
Tech Stack
RustDatabase & Storage
Why qdrant?
- • Extremely memory efficient
- • Supports complex filtering
- • Horizontal scaling capabilities
Limitations
- • Steep learning curve for tuning
- • Requires significant RAM for large indexes
- • Managed cloud is paid
6/14/2026
Last Update
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Forks
586
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Pinecone)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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