Alternatives to Vespa
Other Search and vector infrastructure vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Vespa does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 33 that differ from Vespa on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Vespa has 7 gaps in what we could measure: Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Status page with history, Public pricing, Certifications named, No third-party tracking before consent, Notice before subprocessors change. The column “publishes and Vespa does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Vespa does not | Vespa publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chromatrychroma.com | 74/100 | 5 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Public pricing, +2 | 2 Uptime SLA with a figure, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Pineconepinecone.io | 70/100 | 5 Data location stated, Status page with history, Public pricing, +2 | 2 Uptime SLA with a figure, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Vectaravectara.com | 65/100 | 4 Subprocessor list, Status page with history, Public pricing, +1 | 2 Uptime SLA with a figure, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Gleanglean.com | 57/100 | 4 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Certifications named, +1 | 2 Data processing agreement, Uptime SLA with a figure | Compare |
| Addsearchaddsearch.com | 52/100 | 3 Data location stated, Public pricing, Notice before subprocessors change | 3 Uptime SLA with a figure, security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Dashworksdashworks.ai | 43/100 | 3 Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named | 3 Data processing agreement, Uptime SLA with a figure, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Meilisearchmeilisearch.com | 39/100 | 3 Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named | 3 Data processing agreement, Uptime SLA with a figure, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Cludocludo.com | 35/100 | 3 Data location stated, Status page with history, Public pricing | 4 Data processing agreement, Uptime SLA with a figure, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, +1 | Compare |
| Zillizzilliz.com | 30/100 | 3 Status page with history, Public pricing, Certifications named | 3 Data processing agreement, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Hebbiahebbia.ai | 39/100 | 2 Certifications named, Notice before subprocessors change | 2 Uptime SLA with a figure, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| turbopufferturbopuffer.com | 35/100 | 2 Data location stated, Public pricing | 3 Data processing agreement, Uptime SLA with a figure, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
| Metalgetmetal.io | 30/100 | 2 Data location stated, Certifications named | 3 Data processing agreement, Uptime SLA with a figure, security.txt (RFC 9116) | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.