Vector Databases — Pricing & Quality Intelligence
Consumption-level pricing for every major vector databases vendor, extracted weekly from public pricing pages, recorded in the Public Ledger, and scored against the 12-Signal BizOps Score. Cells show the latest verified observation; “—” means the ledger is still arming for that vendor.
| Vendor | Headline price | Output $/1M | Context | BizOps Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chroma Cloud OSS | — | — | — | 48 | Deploy → |
| Elasticsearch (ESRE) SaaS | — | — | — | — | Site → |
| LanceDB Cloud OSS | — | — | — | 59 | Deploy → |
| MongoDB Atlas Vector SaaS | $0.12 /GB-mo | — | — | — | Site → |
| Pinecone SaaS | $0.33 /GB-mo | $15 | — | — | Site → |
| Qdrant Cloud OSS | — | — | — | 54 | Deploy → |
| Redis (Vector) SaaS | $5 /1M in | — | — | — | Site → |
| Turbopuffer SaaS | $1.4 /1M in | $0.62 | — | — | Site → |
| Weaviate Cloud OSS | $25 /1M in | $0.065 | — | 55 | Deploy → |
| Zilliz Cloud (Milvus) OSS | $100 /1M in | $100 | — | — | Deploy → |
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Chroma Cloud vs Elasticsearch (ESRE) · Chroma Cloud vs LanceDB Cloud · Chroma Cloud vs MongoDB Atlas Vector · Chroma Cloud vs Pinecone · Chroma Cloud vs Qdrant Cloud · Chroma Cloud vs Redis (Vector) · Chroma Cloud vs Turbopuffer · Chroma Cloud vs Weaviate Cloud · Chroma Cloud vs Zilliz Cloud (Milvus) · Elasticsearch (ESRE) vs LanceDB Cloud · Elasticsearch (ESRE) vs MongoDB Atlas Vector · Elasticsearch (ESRE) vs Pinecone · Elasticsearch (ESRE) vs Qdrant Cloud · Elasticsearch (ESRE) vs Redis (Vector) · Elasticsearch (ESRE) vs Turbopuffer · Elasticsearch (ESRE) vs Weaviate Cloud · Elasticsearch (ESRE) vs Zilliz Cloud (Milvus) · LanceDB Cloud vs MongoDB Atlas Vector · LanceDB Cloud vs Pinecone · LanceDB Cloud vs Qdrant Cloud · LanceDB Cloud vs Redis (Vector) · LanceDB Cloud vs Turbopuffer · LanceDB Cloud vs Weaviate Cloud · LanceDB Cloud vs Zilliz Cloud (Milvus)
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