Turbopuffer
⭐Turbopuffer is a fully managed cloud vector database built around a centroid-optimized SPFresh index. It is designed for extremely low-cost, large-scale storage, leveraging object storage engines like S3, GCS, or Azure Blob.
Rank: #1License: ProprietaryCost: low
Deployment
BYOC, Managed Cloud
Cost
Minimum commitment $64/month
Index Types
SPFresh
Deployment
Infrastructure Options
Deployment Types
- BYOC
- Managed Cloud
Cloud Providers
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
Strengths
What Turbopuffer Does Well
- Ultra-low storage costs leveraging object storage
- Excellent for massive-scale deployments
- BYOC option for data sovereignty
- Can deploy to any region with object storage
- Innovative SPFresh index design
- Good for cold/warm data access patterns
- Cost-effective for billions of vectors
Weaknesses
Potential Drawbacks
- Cold queries can be slow (p99: 554ms)
- Proprietary and vendor lock-in
- Minimum $64/month commitment
- Limited client library ecosystem
- No self-hosted option
- Documentation less mature
- Newer player with smaller user base
Use Cases
When to Choose Turbopuffer
Ideal For
- Very large-scale vector storage (billions+)
- Cost-sensitive applications at scale
- Cold storage and archival use cases
- BYOC deployments requiring data sovereignty
- Applications tolerant to higher latency
Not Ideal For
- Applications requiring consistently low latency
- Small-scale prototypes (due to $64/mo minimum)
- Local development workflows
- Use cases with predominantly cold queries
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