Qdrant
Qdrant - High-performance, massive-scale Vector Database and Vector Search Engine for the next generation of AI. Also available in the cloud https://cloud.qdran
Our verdict
A usable project with some maintenance caveats. This assessment is derived from GitHub's own repository metrics on 2026-08-30, not from hands-on testing.
Qdrant - High-performance, massive-scale Vector Database and Vector Search Engine for the next generation of AI. Also available in the cloud https://cloud.qdrant.io/. The project is written primarily in Rust, released under Apache-2.0, and has 34,263 stars and 2,628 forks on GitHub. 191 contributors have committed to it, and the most recent push was 2026-08-29. The latest tagged release is v1.19.0 (2026-08-05). Figures come from the GitHub API on 2026-08-30 and are refreshed daily; the score below weighs adoption, maintenance, release discipline, contributor breadth, licence clarity and issue hygiene.
Repository
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Language
- Rust
- Last push
- 2026-08-29
Releases
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v1.19.0v1.19.0 -
v1.18.3v1.18.3 -
v1.18.2v1.18.2 -
v1.18.1v1.18.1 -
v1.18.0v1.18.0 -
v1.17.1v1.17.1
Pros and cons
Pros
Cons
Pricing
- Free tierYes
- LicenceApache-2.0
- Self-hostYes, source is public
- Public price listNot published
Qdrant does not publish a web price list. For consumer apps that usually means pricing appears inside the product; for enterprise tools it means talking to sales. Why we do this
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Price points are recorded when a price moves, not on a schedule, so a flat run means the price held. Release cadence comes from GitHub releases. A series appears only once we have watched it for long enough to have more than one observation.
What users actually say
- Toughts about Qdrant Reddit · 2025
- Comparing between Qdrant and other vector stores Reddit · 2025
- Choosing Between pgvector and Qdrant for Large-Scale … Reddit · 2025
- Is Qdrant actually the issue? Reddit · 2026
- Has anyone used Milvus or Qdrant in cloud? Whats been … Reddit · 2025
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Side by side
| Tool | Our score | From | Free tier | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qdrant this page | 6.8 | - | Yes | ||
| Graphify | 7.6 | - | Yes | ||
| LlamaIndex | 7.6 | $1 | Yes | ||
| AnythingLLM | 7.5 | - | Yes | ||
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| cognee | 7.1 | - | Yes | ||
| RAGFlow | 6.8 | - | Yes |
Questions
Is qdrant free?
Yes. qdrant advertises a free tier on its own site.
How much does qdrant cost?
qdrant does not publish a web price list. For consumer apps that usually means pricing appears inside the product; for enterprise tools it means talking to sales.
Is qdrant open source?
Yes. qdrant is a public repository released under Apache-2.0. You can self-host or inspect the source directly.
How is qdrant scored here?
qdrant scores 6.8 out of 10. That comes from a desk review of public evidence, which is capped at 8.5 out of 10: public pricing, documentation, maintenance signals and how much we could actually verify. Affiliate relationships are excluded from scoring entirely. The full rubric is published on our methodology page.