Managed Vector Databases pricing comparison
18 official prices from Alibaba Cloud, Chroma Cloud, Pinecone, Qdrant Cloud, Tencent Cloud (China), turbopuffer, Volcengine, Weaviate Cloud, Zilliz Cloud. Start with the overview, then drill into each provider.
Prices and offers are for reference only. The provider's official page always prevails.
Overview
| Provider | Lowest | Items | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud | ¥180per month | 3 | |
| Chroma Cloud | $250per month | 2 | |
| Pinecone | $50per month | 2 | |
| Qdrant Cloud | — | 1 | |
| Tencent Cloud (China) | — | 2 | |
| turbopuffer | $16per month | 2 | |
| Volcengine | ¥324per month | 1 | |
| Weaviate Cloud | $45per month | 3 | |
| Zilliz Cloud | $126per month | 2 |
| Name | Plan | Spec | Price/monthper month | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DashVector Performance P.small | Performance P.small (pay-as-you-go, 0.375 CNY/h) | P.small | ¥270 | Included in instance |
| DashVector Storage S.small | Storage S.small (pay-as-you-go, 0.25 CNY/h) | S.small | ¥180 | Included in instance |
| DashVector Serverless | Serverless | Write 3.6 CNY/M units, read 8 CNY/M units | — | 1.5 CNY/GB/month |
| Name | Plan | Spec | Price/monthper month | Storage | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| starter | Starter | 10 databases, 10 team members | Free | $0.33/GiB/month; writes $2.50/GiB; queries $0.0075/TiB; egress $0.09/GiB | $5 free credits |
| team | Team | 100 databases, 30 members, SOC 2 | $250 | Same usage rates | $100 credits/month (no rollover) |
| Name | Plan | Spec | Price/monthper month | Storage | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| starter | Starter (free) | 2 GB storage, 2M writes, 1M reads/mo, 5 indexes | Free | Included up to 2 GB | Free forever, 1 project |
| standard | Standard | Usage-based; read $16–18/M, write $4–4.5/M units | $50 | $0.33/GB/month | 3-week trial, $300 credits; $50/month minimum |
| Name | Plan | Spec | Price/monthper month | Storage | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| free | Free cluster | 1 node, 0.5 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 4 GB disk | Free | Included | Free forever, with free inference on selected models |
| Name | Plan | Spec | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| VectorDB Standard node (Beijing) | Standard (CPU:RAM 1:4), monthly | Memory 56 CNY/GB/month; 0.12 CNY/GB/hour pay-as-you-go | Disk 1 CNY/GB/month (0.0025/GB/hour) |
| VectorDB Storage-optimized node (Beijing) | Storage-optimized (CPU:RAM 1:8), monthly | Memory 37 CNY/GB/month; 0.08 CNY/GB/hour pay-as-you-go | Disk 1 CNY/GB/month (0.0025/GB/hour) |
| Name | Plan | Spec | Price/monthper month | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| launch | Launch | Object-storage based; minimum spend | $16 | Up to $0.33/GB (calculator max); writes up to $2/GB, queries up to $1/PB |
| scale | Scale | Higher minimum, same usage rates | $256 | Up to $0.33/GB |
| Name | Plan | Spec | Price/monthper month | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VikingDB vector store (1 CU) | Pay-as-you-go, 0.45 CNY/CU/hour | 1 CU = 1 vCPU / 8 GB RAM | ¥324 | 0.0015 CNY/GB/hour (~1.08 CNY/GB/month); DiskANN compute 0.83 CNY/CU/hour |
| Name | Plan | Spec | Price/monthper month | Storage | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sandbox | Sandbox (free) | 1 cluster, 100k objects, 1 GB memory, 10 GB disk | Free | Included | Always free |
| flex | Flex (pay-as-you-go) | From $0.00465 per 1M vector dimensions | $45 | From $0.12/GiB | — |
| premium | Premium (prepaid contract) | Quote-based | $400 | Quote-based | — |
| Name | Plan | Spec | Price/monthper month | Storage | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| free | Free | 5 GB storage, 2.5M vCUs/mo, 5 collections | Free | Included up to 5 GB | Free forever |
| dedicated-standard | Dedicated Standard | Dedicated cluster; from $63/M vectors (performance) / $16/M (capacity) / $5/M (tiered) | $126 | See cost calculator | — |
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