Vector databases · Comparison
Qdrant Cloud vs Weaviate Cloud
2 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.
Side by side
| Metric | Qdrant Cloud | Weaviate Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Worth the priceA managed open-source vector engine on nodes you size, with no per-query charge, an exit to self-hosted Qdrant and a free cluster for about 1M vectors. | Saves engineering timeThe open-source Weaviate engine run for you, with hybrid search, RBAC and multi-tenancy on every plan and no per-query or per-write charges. |
| Overall score | 7.0Best | 6.2 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan |
| Card to start | No card needed | No card needed |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $0.03566/node-hour | $45/mo minimum |
| Pricing model | Usage-based | Usage-based |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing unit | Provisioned nodes per hour (RAM, vCPU and disk), plus backup storage | Vector dimensions, GiB of storage and GiB of backup, for each of 3 replicas |
| Free option | Free 1 GB cluster (about 1M 768-dimension vectors), no card | Free cluster (100,000 objects), no card |
| Reference scenario (1M vectors, 1M queries) | $102.51/mo on Standard (3 × mx1 nodes), official calculator | $255/mo on Flex, official calculator |
| Plan minimum | None on Standard; Premium minimum not published | Flex $45 a month; Premium through sales |
| Hybrid search | Every plan (dense plus sparse or BM25) | Every plan (BM25F plus vector, fused) |
| Backups | Standard and up, scheduled; collection snapshots on every plan | Daily on Flex, kept 7 days; restore through support |
| SOC 2 / ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type II; ISO 27001 not stated | SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 (Markdown copy of the security page) |
| HIPAA BAA | From Standard; BAA scope through Solutions Engineering | Premium Dedicated, through sales |
| EU regions | AWS Frankfurt and Ireland, GCP Frankfurt, Azure Germany West Central | Region selection on Dedicated tiers; EU regions not named |
| SSO | Premium (console sign-in) | SAML on Premium |
| BYOC | Hybrid Cloud and Private Cloud, through sales | Named on the security page; through sales |
| Data export | Downloadable snapshots; scroll API | Cursor API; Parquet export not available on Cloud |
| Self-host path | Qdrant open source (Apache 2.0), restore from snapshot | Weaviate open source (BSD-3-Clause; some enterprise features licensed separately) |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Qdrant Cloud is managed open-source Qdrant billed by node-hour: no per-query charge, a large free cluster and a documented way back to self-hosting. Prices live in the calculator, and SSO and private networking need Premium. | From its public pages, Weaviate Cloud is the managed form of an open-source engine, billed by what you store with three replicas included. Enterprise controls sit on Premium through sales, and its rates are easiest to read through the calculator. |
Evidence: Qdrant Cloud: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Weaviate Cloud: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
When to pick each
In the words of each review, with the date its facts were checked.
From our Qdrant Cloud review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick Qdrant Cloud when
- You want audit logs on the first paid plan, downloadable snapshots and a lower scenario cost.
- Pick Weaviate Cloud when
- You want three replicas and backups included without sizing nodes, and ISO 27001.
From our Weaviate Cloud review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick Weaviate Cloud when
- You want three replicas and backups included without sizing nodes, and ISO 27001.
- Pick Qdrant Cloud when
- You want an audit log on the first paid plan, downloadable snapshots and a lower scenario cost ($102.51 a month).
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- Qdrant CloudStandard$0.03566/node-hourSmallest node (2 GiB RAM, 0.5 vCPU, 8 GiB disk) in AWS us-east-1, about $26.10 a month; billed hourly, no minimum
- Nodes up to 256 GiB RAM and 64 vCPU
- Scheduled backups and high-availability setups
- Audit logs on Qdrant 1.17 and later
- AWS, GCP and Azure regions, EU included
- Weaviate CloudFlex$45/mo minimumPay as you go, monthly; from $0.00465 per 1M vector dimensions, $0.12 per GiB storage, $0.03036 per GiB backup
- Highly available clusters with replication
- Daily backups kept 7 days
- AWS or GCP, 7 regions
- Embeddings and Query Agent billed by usage
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: Qdrant Cloud 2026-10-16, Weaviate Cloud 2026-10-16.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- Qdrant CloudSelf-serve sign-up, no card needed; the highest score of the 2 self-serve products here (7.0/10).
- If you want to try it without entering a card
- Qdrant CloudFree plan, no card needed, and the highest score of the 2 that skip the card (7.0/10).
- Lowest starter price
- Weaviate Cloud$45/mo minimum for the Flex plan. Qdrant Cloud lists no comparable paid price.
- Highest overall score
- Qdrant Cloud7.0/10 (Good). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.
Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score
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