Tech riderRev. 3 Oct 2026
- 1Runs onAPI, self-hosted, Web
- 2Costsfree trial · paid from $8333.33/mo
- 3Source citationsYes
- 4Hybrid searchYes
- 5Result rerankingYes
- 6Deploymentboth
- 7RAG workflow builderYes
- 8Maximum file size10 MB
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Overview
Vectara is ranked #15 of 26 in retrieval-augmented generation tools on Specifiction. It runs on API, Self-hosted, Web. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $8333.33/mo.
Vectara plans and pricing
All plansCompared on retrieval-augmented generation tools
- Free plan
- Novectara.com
- Source citations
- Yesvectara.com
- Hybrid search
- Yesvectara.com
- Result reranking
- Yesvectara.com
- Deployment
- bothvectara.com
- RAG workflow builder
- Yesvectara.com
- Maximum file size
- 10 MBvectara.com
Facts
- Product
- Vectara describes itself as an enterprise AI agent platform for governed, grounded, auditable agents.vectara.com · 3 Oct 2026
- What it does
- The platform supports building agents that search company data, call external APIs, take actions, and retain context across conversation turns.docs.vectara.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Retrieval
- Vectara combines agentic document extraction, neural and lexical search, knowledge reranking, and customized generation.vectara.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Governance
- Vectara says generated agent answers and actions include a factual consistency score and advanced tool validation.vectara.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- Guardian Agents provide real-time RAG grounding, hallucination scoring, hallucination correction, and observability.vectara.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented pipeline sources include S3, Google Drive, SharePoint, Box, Web, Confluence, and SCIM, while messaging connectors include Slack, Google Chat, and Zoom Contact Center.docs.vectara.com · 3 Oct 2026
- API
- Vectara provides REST APIs at api.vectara.io/v2 and authenticates requests with API keys or OAuth 2.0.docs.vectara.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- Vectara says it does not train its models on customer data and is SOC-2 Type II and HIPAA certified.vectara.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Enterprise deployment
- Vectara is offered as SaaS, within a customer's VPC, or on premises.vectara.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- Enterprise-tier accounts can receive written uptime and support response-time SLA guarantees through Vectara's online ticketing system.vectara.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Notable access limitation
- Vectara's documentation says source-system permissions do not automatically carry over when records are indexed into a corpus; customers can replicate access metadata and apply query filters.docs.vectara.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Who it serves
- Vectara says enterprises use its platform to build AI agents for mission-critical applications.vectara.com · 3 Oct 2026
Company
- Founded
- 2020vectara.com · 28 Sept 2026
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Sources
- vectara.com/pricing· checked 3 Oct 2026
- docs.vectara.com/docs/integrations/rest· checked 3 Oct 2026
- vectara.com/business/platform· checked 3 Oct 2026
- docs.vectara.com/docs/agents/integrations· checked 3 Oct 2026
- vectara.com/legal/security-at-vectara· checked 3 Oct 2026
- vectara.com/company/about-us· checked 3 Oct 2026
- vectara.com· checked 28 Sept 2026