Vector Databases pricing across 10 tracked products: entry-tier median $0, top-tier median $202. Cheapest: Chroma. Most premium: Pinecone. Updated April 2026.
Vector Databases pricing varies across per-seat, per-usage, and enterprise-quoted tiers. Published list prices on vendor pricing pages form the basis of this benchmark; negotiated deals typically land 15-40% below list for teams over 20 seats.
Entry-tier median is $0, top-tier median $202. Negotiated enterprise deals typically land 15-40% below list.
| Product | Entry | Median | Top | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chroma | $0 | $0 | $250 | month |
| LanceDB | $0 | $50 | $1,000 | month |
| Milvus | $0 | $78 | $155 | month |
| MongoDB Atlas Vector Search | $0 | $0.54 | $33 | month |
| pgvector | $0 | $0 | $0 | month |
| Pinecone | $0 | $50 | $500 | month |
| Qdrant | $0 | $0 | $0 | month |
| Turbopuffer | $64 | $256 | $4,096 | month |
| Weaviate | $0 | $45 | $400 | month |
| Zilliz | $0 | $78 | $155 | month |
Low is the entry-tier price (often a free or starter plan). Median is the middle price across published tiers. High is the top published tier — enterprise contracts with negotiated discounts usually land 15-40% below the published high.
Across 10 tracked products, the entry-tier median is $0 and the top-tier median is $202. Individual products vary significantly — see the per-product table above.
Chroma has the lowest entry-tier price in our tracked set.
Pinecone has the highest top-tier list price among tracked products.
Prices are sourced from vendor pricing pages and automatically re-checked. Any tier marked 'custom' has no public list price; negotiated deals aren't shown here.