QDRANT-CLOUD
Qdrant Cloud SaaS + BYOC managed Qdrant vector DB.
Definition
Qdrant Cloud detail offerings: (1) Free Tier: 1GB storage + 0.5 vCPU + 1GB RAM single Qdrant cluster (1 node), perfect prototyping + small applications, AWS us-east-1 region only. (2) Standard tier: pricing $0.05/GB-month storage + compute pricing per vCPU + RAM consumed, multi-region (AWS + Azure + GCP us + eu + apac regions), horizontal + vertical cluster scaling, snapshots + backups, dashboard monitoring. (3) Hybrid Cloud BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud): Qdrant Cloud control plane provisioned in Qdrant's accounts, but Qdrant data plane (vector data + compute) provisioned in customer's AWS + Azure + GCP accounts (Kubernetes EKS + AKS + GKE), Qdrant operates + maintains via remote management API, customer maintains data residency + custom security + compliance (HIPAA + SOC 2 + ISO 27001). (4) Multi-cluster federation: cluster federation across regions for global distribution + DR. (5) Monitoring + observability: Qdrant Cloud dashboard with metrics latency + throughput + memory + storage usage, alerts. Customers: Twitch + Vivino + Bayer + HubSpot + many startups deploying Qdrant Cloud production.
Origin
Qdrant Cloud Free Tier 2022 ; Qdrant Cloud Standard 2023 ; Qdrant Hybrid Cloud BYOC announced June 2024 ; ~3000 Qdrant Cloud customers 2024.
Example in context
Bayer Pharmaceuticals deploys Qdrant Hybrid Cloud BYOC: Qdrant cluster runs in Bayer AWS account (data residency EU GDPR compliance), Qdrant Inc. manages operations via remote API, Bayer R&D pharma molecule database 100M+ molecular embeddings + drug discovery search use cases compliance-sensitive avoid SaaS.
Related terms
- Qdrant — OSS product.