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Qdrant

Open-source vector database with managed, hybrid, and private-cloud deployment choices.

Qdrant is an open-source vector database for storing, indexing, and searching high-dimensional vectors in semantic search, RAG, recommendation, and AI applications. It is offered as self-hosted software and as managed, hybrid, or private cloud deployments.

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Teams testing vector-search prototypes before production rollout

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What we checked on Qdrant

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Which models it runs onYes

Model choice

Cloud Inference offers Qdrant-hosted models and lets customers access embedding models through external providers.

Qdrant Managed Cloud allows you to use inference directly in the cloud ... or use externally hosted models.

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Whose machine it runs onYes

Self-hosted

Qdrant documents self-hosted deployments and also offers fully air-gapped Private Cloud on customer Kubernetes infrastructure.

Qdrant Private Cloud allows you to manage Qdrant database clusters in any Kubernetes cluster on any infrastructure.

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Whose machine it runs onYes

Open source

Qdrant publishes its vector database source publicly in the official qdrant/qdrant repository.

Qdrant - High-performance, massive-scale Vector Database and Vector Search Engine for the next generation of AI.

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Whose machine it runs onYes

Licence

The public Qdrant server repository is released under Apache License 2.0 for organizational use.

License: Apache License 2.0

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Whose machine it runs onYes

Open-source runtime

The server can run locally as a container and self-hosted deployments support Docker, Kubernetes, or binaries.

Install Qdrant via Docker, Kubernetes, or binary on Linux, macOS, or Windows.

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Whose machine it runs onPartly

Runs in your cloud

Hybrid Cloud runs Qdrant in a customer's Kubernetes cluster but is available only with Enterprise access.

Qdrant Hybrid Cloud is available as part of our Enterprise plan.

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Building with itYes

SDK languages

Official SDKs are available for Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, C#, and Rust applications.

Qdrant supports these "official" clients.

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What it costs to runYes

How it meters

Standard Cloud pricing is usage-based, billing compute, memory, storage, backups, and paid inference token consumption hourly.

Billing is calculated based on actual resource usage during the billing period.

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What it costs to runYes

Free tier

The managed Free Tier is free forever and does not require a credit card.

Free forever (No credit card required)

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What it costs to runYes

MCP server

Qdrant publishes an official MCP server that lets compatible agents store and retrieve semantic memories.

An official Model Context Protocol server for keeping and retrieving memories in the Qdrant vector search engine.

github.com/qdrant/mcp-server-qdrantChecked

What it costs to runYes

Bring your own key

Cloud Inference can call external embedding providers using the customer's own provider API key.

To use an external provider's embedding model, you need an API key from that provider.

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Buying it for a teamYes

A company can buy it

Organizations can use shared Cloud accounts, invite users, set permissions, and associate accounts with a company.

For each account, you can decide which users get access, set their specific permissions, and invite them directly.

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Buying it for a teamYes

Admin controls

Cloud administrators can set granular permissions across billing, identity, clusters, Hybrid Cloud, and account configuration.

Qdrant Cloud enables you to manage granular permissions for your cloud resources within the Qdrant Cloud console.

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Buying it for a teamYes

Audit log

Qdrant supports audit logging for compliance; Cloud enables the documented security features by default.

Qdrant supports API key authentication ... and audit logging for compliance. On Qdrant Cloud, these features are enabled by default.

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Single sign-on

Enterprise SSO supports listed identity providers but is included only for Qdrant Cloud Premium Tier customers.

Qdrant Cloud supports enterprise single sign-on (SSO) for Premium Tier customers.

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What happens to your codeYes

Opt out of training

Cloud policy bars Qdrant's own-business use of uploaded data except support, anonymized aggregation, or written permission.

we will not use for our own business purposes any data ... you provide, submit or upload to the Qdrant Cloud Service unless

cloud.qdrant.io/privacy-policyChecked

What happens to your codePartly

Data residency

Inference runs in the EU for EU clusters and the US elsewhere; Hybrid keeps user data customer-controlled.

Inference is executed within the EU for Qdrant clusters in EU regions and in the US for Qdrant clusters in all other regions.

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What happens to your codeYes

Getting out

Collections can be archived as downloadable snapshot files containing their data and configuration for migration.

Snapshots are tar archive files that contain data and configuration of a specific collection on a specific node at a specific time.

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What happens to your codeYes

Certifications

Qdrant states that its systems and processes hold SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA certifications.

We are both SOC2 Type 2 and HIPAA certified, ensuring that our systems and processes meet rigorous security criteria.

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Qdrant price and terms

Terms

Free plan
YesYes
The terms in full

Free Tier: single node cluster with 0.5 vCPU / 1GB RAM / 4 GB disk, free cloud inference with selected models, free forever and no credit card required; no uptime SLA, no backup and disaster recovery and no scaling, and exceeding 1GB RAM / 4GB disk requires upgrading to the Standard Tier.

What needs a higher plan

Hybrid Cloud
Runs in your cloud
Premium
Single sign-on

For AI agents

MCP server
Yes
Qdrant's pricing page

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Qdrant alternatives

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Questions about Qdrant

How much does Qdrant cost?
Qdrant is free to use. From its own pages, checked 1 November 2026.
Does Qdrant have an API or an MCP server?
It has an MCP server.
Is Qdrant open source, and can you host it yourself?
It is open source. You can host it yourself.
What have we checked on Qdrant?
19 facts, under these headings: Which models it runs on, whose machine it runs on, building with it, what it costs to run, buying it for a team, what happens to your code.
How do we check Qdrant?
We hold 19 facts on Qdrant, quoted from 14 pages. Facts last checked 29 October 2026. Price last checked 1 November 2026.

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