AddSearch vs Vespa
AddSearch
addsearch.com
Vespa
vespa.aiSide by side
| Figure | AddSearch | Vespa |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $119/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 11 | 7 |
| Spec score · AI Search and Discovery Platforms Software | 8.3 (#5) | 8.7 (#3) |
| Spec score · Site Search Software | 8.3 (#7) | 8.6 (#3) |
| API | The REST API can retrieve, add, and update indexed data and supports search, suggestions, crawling, indexing, analytics, recommendations, and AI functions. | Applications can write data through HTTP/2, the Document API, or client tools, and can query through the Query API or custom request handlers. |
| Founded | 2013 | Gartner Peer Insights lists Vespa’s founding year as 2023. |
| Headquarters | Espoo, Finland | Vespa says its headquarters and engineering hub are in Trondheim, Norway. |
| Integrations | The Core plan lists Google Analytics integration, and AddSearch offers native WordPress and Shopify applications. | Vespa Cloud Enclave can run applications in customer accounts on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. |
| Product | AddSearch combines website keyword search, AI answers, and AI conversations for content discovery. | Vespa is an AI search platform for online data-driven applications that combines retrieval, ranking, machine-learning inference, and real-time serving. |
| Security | AddSearch describes its platform as SOC 2 certified and says data is encrypted in transit and at rest. | The Vespa Cloud security guide describes data-plane requests protected with mutual TLS or, optionally, tokens, and says Vespa.ai has a SOC 2 attestation. |
| Support | All plans include standard email and live chat support, while higher tiers may include priority or premium support. | The Startup plan includes community support only with no SLA; Cloud plans list unlimited support cases, with response times varying by plan. |
Plans
AddSearch
- CorePriced on request
- GrowthPriced on request
- AdvancedPriced on request
- Core$119 a month
- Growth$299 a month
- Advanced$599 a month
- AI Answers$8,400 a year
- AI Answers + Keyword SearchPriced on request
- AI ConversationsPriced on request
- AI Conversations + SearchPriced on request
Vespa
- StartupPrice not published
- BasicPrice not published
- CommercialPrice not published
- EnterprisePrice not published
- StartupFree
- Enterprise *$0.18 a month
- Self ManagedPriced on request
In their own words
Vespa
Vespa is an AI search platform for online applications that use data, retrieval, ranking, machine-learning inference, and real-time serving. It supports vector and tensor search, positional text search, and queries over structured data. Ranking signals can be combined with tensor functions or machine-learned models, including ONNX and XGBoost formats; model inference can use ONNX Runtime. Vespa distributes functions across node clusters and allows cluster size changes without affecting queries or writes. Teams can self-manage deployments, use the Vespa Kubernetes Operator, or run on Vespa Cloud. Local deployment guidance lists Linux, macOS, and Windows 10 Pro on x86_64 or arm64 with Docker Desktop or Podman Desktop. Vespa Cloud includes encryption at rest and in transit, certificates for nodes and endpoints, and automatic operating system patching. Its trial provides $300 in credits without requiring a credit card, then stops the application when credits are used. Cloud plans have quotas, and Startup is limited to development zones. Pricing is listed from $0.05 a month, with metered resource rates.