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SurrealDB vs Vespa

SurrealDB

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Vespa

vespa.ai

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FigureSurrealDBVespa
Price from$0.19/moFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial—Yes
Open source—Yes
Web—Yes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
API—Yes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published37
Spec score · Ai Databases8.1 (#13)8.7 (#5)
Spec score · Database Software8.1 (#46)8.8 (#17)
Founded2021Gartner Peer Insights lists Vespa’s founding year as 2023.
Free planYesNo
HeadquartersLondon, EnglandVespa says its headquarters and engineering hub are in Trondheim, Norway.
IntegrationsThe platform provides MCP access and supports Agent Skills and AI frameworks.Vespa Cloud Enclave can run applications in customer accounts on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

Plans

SurrealDB

  • StartFree
  • Scale$0.19 a month
  • EnterprisePriced on request

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Vespa

  • StartupPrice not published
  • BasicPrice not published
  • CommercialPrice not published
  • EnterprisePrice not published
  • StartupFree
  • Enterprise *$0.18 a month
  • Self ManagedPriced on request

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SurrealDB

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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.

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