Is Qdrant Cloud free?

Yes. Qdrant Cloud has a Free plan at $0/month that includes 1 GB storage. It does not allow paid overages, so you must upgrade once you exceed it.

How much does Qdrant Cloud cost for 20 GB storage?

At 20 GB storage per month, the cheapest option is Standard at about $22/month before taxes and add-ons.

How is Qdrant Cloud billed?

Clusters are billed hourly by RAM/CPU/disk. Free 1 GB cluster; no card required.

What are the best Qdrant Cloud alternatives?

Popular alternatives are Pinecone, Weaviate Cloud. Compare their plans side by side on this page.

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Q: How much does Qdrant Cloud cost?

Qdrant Cloud has 3 plans: Free ($0/mo, 1 GB storage included); Standard ($0/mo, then $1.1 per GB storage); Hybrid / Private (Custom quote).

Rust vector search engine with strong filtering, open source or managed.

Starts at: Free
Free plan: Yes
Plans: 3
Billed by: GB storage

Plans at a glance

Qdrant Cloud plans and prices

Estimated from public pricing · 2026-09-25

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Storage

20 GB

Standard estimate

$22/mo

$0/mo, then $1.1 per GB storage

Estimate covers the main usage meter only; taxes and add-ons are excluded.

Qdrant Cloud plans at 20

vs alternatives (cheapest plan)

How much does Qdrant Cloud cost per month?


2	—	$2.20	Custom
10	—	$11	Custom
20	—	$22	Custom
100	—	$110	Custom
400	—	$440	Custom

Free: —
Standard: $2.20
Hybrid / Private: Custom

Free: —
Standard: $11
Hybrid / Private: Custom

Free: —
Standard: $22
Hybrid / Private: Custom

100

Free: —
Standard: $110
Hybrid / Private: Custom

400

Free: —
Standard: $440
Hybrid / Private: Custom

Cheapest plan per volume highlighted. "—" means the plan does not allow that volume.

Qdrant Cloud plan feature comparison


Backups & restore	None	Backups	Custom
Branching	Not included	Not included	Not included
Compute	0.5 vCPU	Dedicated, from ~$25/mo	Your infra
Database engine	Vector (Rust)	Vector (Rust)	Vector (Rust)
Regions / clouds	AWS, GCP, Azure	AWS, GCP, Azure	Any Kubernetes
Storage	1 GB cluster	Pay per resources	Your infra
Support	Community	Standard	Premium
Uptime SLA	Not included	99.5%	Custom

Backups & restore

Free: None
Standard: Backups
Hybrid / Private: Custom

Branching

Free: Not included
Standard: Not included
Hybrid / Private: Not included

Compute

Free: 0.5 vCPU
Standard: Dedicated, from ~$25/mo
Hybrid / Private: Your infra

Database engine

Free: Vector (Rust)
Standard: Vector (Rust)
Hybrid / Private: Vector (Rust)

Regions / clouds

Free: AWS, GCP, Azure
Standard: AWS, GCP, Azure
Hybrid / Private: Any Kubernetes

Storage

Free: 1 GB cluster
Standard: Pay per resources
Hybrid / Private: Your infra

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How Qdrant Cloud pricing works

Qdrant Cloud charges for cluster resources (RAM, vCPU, disk) hourly. A 1 GB free cluster is available forever.

Clusters are billed hourly by RAM/CPU/disk.
Free 1 GB cluster; no card required.

Qdrant Cloud is best for

Filtered vector search

Self-hosting option

Cost-efficient RAG

Qdrant Cloud alternatives

Pinecone

$57/mo at 20

Serverless vector DB · Hybrid search

Qdrant Cloud vs Pinecone

Weaviate Cloud

$27/mo at 20

Built-in vectorizers · GraphQL

Qdrant Cloud vs Weaviate Cloud

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Source: official Qdrant Cloud pricing page. Estimated 2026-09-25. Prices change — confirm before buying.