The short answer
Turbopuffer is billed per gb queried/written + storage. It has no free tier (None ($64/mo Launch minimum)). The paid plans we list start at $16/mo minimum (Launch).
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Launch | $16/mo minimum | Self-serve usage-based plan with all core database features included; entry tier (previously a $64/month minimum). |
| Scale | $256/mo minimum | Adds HIPAA BAA, SSO, audit logs, and priority support on top of usage-based billing. |
| Enterprise | $4,096+/mo (≈35% usage premium) | Single-tenancy, BYOC, CMEK, private networking, 24/7 support and a 99.95% uptime SLA. |
How Turbopuffer bills you
The pricing model is per gb queried/written + storage. Object-storage-first serverless search powering Cursor and Notion, extremely cheap at scale but no free tier. Best suited to: cheap serverless search on object storage.
What to watch for on the bill
- No free tier and a monthly spend minimum, making pgvector cheaper for small/early projects
- 99.95% uptime SLA is gated to the expensive Enterprise tier only
- Critics argue the storage-cost framing understates real latency/operational tradeoffs of serverless object-storage search
The pricing page we read
Source: https://turbopuffer.com/pricing. Prices change, so confirm there before you commit.
Compare Turbopuffer with alternatives
Other vector database apis: Pinecone, MongoDB Atlas Vector Search, Zilliz Cloud (Milvus), Supabase Vector (pgvector), Qdrant Cloud.
Looking at quality rather than price? See the Turbopuffer score on APIbenchmarks. Full entry: Turbopuffer pricing.