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Qdrant

Open-source Rust-based vector database, self-hostable for free with no scale limit

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What Qdrant does

  • Open-source Rust-based vector database, self-hostable for free with no scale limit
  • Managed free tier cluster (0.5 vCPU/1GB RAM/4GB disk) for prototyping RAG apps with no card required for OSS use
  • Hybrid Cloud option to run managed clusters on your own infrastructure for compliance-sensitive RAG

Qdrant — straight answers

What is Qdrant?

Qdrant is listed under Vector Databases & RAG Infra, in the Code & Development category on Flocci AI Tools. Open-source Rust-based vector database, self-hostable for free with no scale limit. It is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it, and it lives at qdrant.tech.

Is Qdrant free?

Qdrant is freemium: there is a free tier you can work in and paid plans above it. It is one of 391 freemium tools in the catalog, all labelled the same way so you are never surprised by a paywall.

What can Qdrant do?

Qdrant does 3 things the catalog singles out: Open-source rust-based vector database, self-hostable for free with no scale limit; managed free tier cluster (0.5 vcpu/1gb ram/4gb disk) for prototyping rag apps with no card required for oss use; hybrid cloud option to run managed clusters on your own infrastructure for compliance-sensitive rag.

What is the best free alternative to Qdrant?

Chroma is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Vector Databases & RAG Infra sub-category and is free tier + paid plans. Weaviate also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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Weaviate

Vector Databases & RAG Infra
freemium
  • Free managed cloud plan (100k objects, 1GB memory, 10GB disk) to explore without self-hosting
  • Open-source core project can be self-hosted for free indefinitely, same engine as the managed cloud
  • Built-in hybrid (vector + keyword) search and native embedding/query-agent integrations
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Chroma

Vector Databases & RAG Infra
freemium
  • Fully open-source embedded/self-hosted vector store, the default choice bundled into countless RAG tutorials and frameworks
  • Chroma Cloud managed tier starts with free usage credits, no subscription
  • Simple Python/JS-native API designed to be the easiest on-ramp to RAG for developers
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Cursor

AI IDEs & Editors
freemium
  • AI-first VS Code fork with agent mode
  • Multi-file edits and terminal commands
  • Codebase-wide context and rules
  • Free tier with limited requests
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Google Antigravity

AI IDEs & Editors
freemium
  • Google's agent-first IDE
  • Powered by Gemini 3 models
  • Autonomous multi-step coding
  • Free access tier
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Windsurf

AI IDEs & Editors
freemium
  • Agentic IDE with the Cascade flow
  • Now part of Cognition (Devin)
  • Deep whole-repo awareness
  • Free tier available
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Zed

AI IDEs & Editors
freemium
  • Blazing-fast, Rust-built editor
  • Agentic editing and prediction
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Free and open-source core
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