Predictable pricing at any scale
Your costs are based on the resources your application uses, not how many queries you run. Scale compute, memory, storage, and GPUs as your workload grows.
Choose how you run Vespa
Every option runs the same Vespa engine. Choose based on where it runs, who operates it, and the level of control your organization needs.
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Cloud
Fully managed by Vespa, in Vespa Cloud
- Vespa manages infrastructure & operations
- Automated deployment, upgrades, & scaling
- Built-in production monitoring & security
Resource-based pricing
Initial unit price*
- vCPU$ 0.1 / hour
- Memory GB$ 0.01 / hour
- GPU Memory GB$ 0.07 / hour
- Disk GB$ 0.0004 / hour
*Pricing goes down with volume
Start with $300 in trial credit
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Enclave
Fully managed by Vespa, in your cloud
- Vespa manages infrastructure & operations
- Data stays in your cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Use your cloud commitments
Resource-based pricing
Initial unit price*
- vCPU $0.145 / hour
- Memory GB $0.0145 / hr
- Disk GB $0.0005 / hr
- GPU Memory GB $0.1 / hr
*Pricing goes down with volume
Contact us for an estimate based on your workload
Best when data must remain in your cloud environment.
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Enterprise
Operated by your team, with Vespa support
- Your team manages operations
- Runs in your cloud or data center
- Kubernetes operator
Custom pricing
Annual license sized to your deployment
How pricing works
- Licensing tailored to your deployment size
- Your team provisions infrastructure and manages operations
- Deploy in your cloud or data center
Contact us to discuss licensing and support options
Best for environments where a managed service is not an option.
Other Options
Startup
Our plan for testing and getting your business started! We take care of the operations for you, but with some restrictions.
Initial unit price*
- vCPU $0.05 / hr
- Memory GB $0.005 / hr
- Disk GB $0.0002 / hr
- GPU Memory GB $0.03 / hr
* Low fixed unit cost
Community support only, no SLA
Open Source
The full Vespa core engine, deployed and operated on your own infrastructure. Your team manages operations and upgrades. Community support only, no SLA.
Select the support level that fits your workload
Choose the level of support that fits your needs. Higher tiers provide faster response times, stronger operational guarantees, and more direct access to Vespa experts. You can change tiers as your needs evolve.
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Basic
Non-critical production workloads
- Next business day response
- CI validation & continuous deployment
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Professional
Customer-facing production workloads.
- 1 hour response
- 24/7 support
- CI validation & continuous deployment
- Backups & DR
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Premium
Critical workloads requiring the fastest response and named experts.
- 15-minute response
- 24/7 support
- CI validation & continuous deployment
- Backups & DR
$20k/mo minimum
Visit the Developer Center for additional helpful resources.
Pricing details
Each support level sets a unit price for machine resources. You'll be charged for the resources allocated to the application at each point in time. These are the resources specified in services.xml for production clusters, and scaled-down versions of these resources for other zones (either explicitly deployed or ephemeral for tests). In addition, Vespa Cloud may temporarily allocate resources for necessary operational tasks such as migration off failed nodes or migration due to node type changes.
You are only charged for container and content clusters, all control plane resources are provided at no additional cost.
Unit prices decrease linearly with the amount of total resources allocated to the application across all clusters, up to a 50% reduction (83% on enclave). Enclave prices are lower since your own cost for compute resources comes in addition. Enabling enclave for a tenant requires a minimum spend of $10k/month across the tenant's applications.
Committed spend is for a year (no prepayment). The amount committed will give a 15% discount (8% on enclave).
We reserve the right to pass on network ingress/egress costs from cloud providers for externally imposed traffic if these are in excess of the range of reasonable usage by Vespa applications.
All plans have a quota.
Compare Deployment Options
Choose deployment based on where Vespa needs to run and how much of the operational work you want Vespa to handle.
Deployment
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Open Source
Self-managed |
Cloud
Fully managed |
Enclave
Managed in your cloud |
Enterprise
Supported self-hosted |
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Runs in
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Your infrastructure
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Vespa Cloud or your cloud account (AWS, Azure, GCP)
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Your cloud account (AWS, Azure, GCP)
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Your infrastructure
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Managed by
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Your team
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Vespa
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Vespa
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Your team, with Vespa support
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Cloud / environment options
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Cloud or on-premises
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Supported Vespa Cloud regions
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Your supported cloud environment
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Cloud or on-premises
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Core Engine
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Open Source
Self-managed |
Cloud
Fully managed |
Enclave
Managed in your cloud |
Enterprise
Supported self-hosted |
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Vector, lexical & hybrid search
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Filtered vector search
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Multi-phase ranking & reranking
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Tensor computation & ML inference
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Custom query processing
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Grouping, aggregation, & faceting
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Streaming search (personal mode)
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Real-time indexing & partial updates
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Platform & management
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Open Source
Self-managed |
Cloud
Fully managed |
Enclave
Managed in your cloud |
Enterprise
Supported self-hosted |
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Managed embedding/inference
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Autoscaling controller
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via Kubernetes
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Application package validation in CLI
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Performance & latency dashboards
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Vendor-supported long-term release line
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Operations & reliability
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Open Source
Self-managed |
Cloud
Fully managed |
Enclave
Managed in your cloud |
Enterprise
Supported self-hosted |
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Cluster provisioning & setup
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Your team
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Automated
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Automated
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Automated, with playbooks
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Software upgrades & patches
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Manual
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Continuous, zero downtime
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Continuous, zero downtime
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Vendor supported
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Multi-AZ high availability
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Your team
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Multi-region failover
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Included
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Backups & disaster recovery
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Your team
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Monitoring & observability
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Uptime SLA
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Based on support plan
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Based on support plan
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Based on contract
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Security & compliance
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Open Source
Self-managed |
Cloud
Fully managed |
Enclave
Managed in your cloud |
Enterprise
Supported self-hosted |
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SOC 2 Type II
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GDPR-aligned data residency
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EU Regions
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Private endpoint
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SSO / SAML
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Audit Logging
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Frequently asked questions