turbopuffer vs Vespa
turbopuffer
turbopuffer.com
Vespa
vespa.aiSide by side
| Figure | turbopuffer | Vespa |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $16/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 7 |
| Spec score · Vector Databases | 7.5 (#18) | 8.8 (#3) |
| Spec score · Ai Databases | 7.3 (#29) | 8.7 (#5) |
| Spec score · Search Databases | 7.3 (#25) | 8.7 (#5) |
| API | The documentation describes API operations to write, update, delete, and query documents. | Applications can write data through HTTP/2, the Document API, or client tools, and can query through the Query API or custom request handlers. |
| Headquarters | Canada | Vespa says its headquarters and engineering hub are in Trondheim, Norway. |
| Product | turbopuffer is an object-storage-native database for vector and full-text search. | Vespa is an AI search platform for online data-driven applications that combines retrieval, ranking, machine-learning inference, and real-time serving. |
| Search | It supports vector search, text search, filters, regex search, and hybrid search. | Vespa supports vector and tensor search, positional text search, and search over structured data. |
| Security | Customer data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.2+ and at rest with AES-256, with customer-managed keys optionally available. | 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 | The pricing page lists Community Slack and Email support on Launch, and private Slack support on Scale and Enterprise. | The Startup plan includes community support only with no SLA; Cloud plans list unlimited support cases, with response times varying by plan. |
Plans
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
turbopuffer
turbopuffer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
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.