turbopuffer
What turbopuffer is
turbopuffer is an object-storage-native database for vector and full-text search. It supports vector and text queries, filters, regular-expression search, and hybrid search, with API operations for writing, updating, deleting, and querying documents. Object storage holds state, while NVMe SSD and memory cache support compute. The company says its production service handles 1T+ documents, 10M+ writes per second, and 25k+ queries per second. Strong consistency is the default; queries can instead use eventual consistency, with worst-case staleness of about one hour. Cold uncached queries may be slower: the introduction reports p90=1214 ms on 1M documents for occasional cold queries. Customer data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.2+ and at rest with AES-256; customer-managed keys are optional. The service undergoes SOC 2 Type 2 audits and provides a DPA for GDPR and CCPA processes. It is available through an API, as self-hosted software, and on the web. Pricing starts at $16/mo, with Launch at $16 a month and $16/month minimum usage.
Who it suits
turbopuffer suits teams building vector or full-text search that need filtering, hybrid queries, or API-based document operations. Its consistency options and uncached-query behavior are relevant to teams weighing latency and freshness.
What it does well
- Supports vector, text, regex, and hybrid search.
- Strong consistency is the default.
- Encrypts data in transit and at rest.
- Customer-managed keys are optional.
- Available through API, self-hosting, and web.
What to know first
- No free plan is listed.
- Launch has $16/month minimum usage.
- Uncached queries can be slower.
- Maximum document size is 64 MiB.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| launch | $16/month minimum usage · Includes all database features · Multi-Tenancy · Community Slack & Email | $16 a month |
| scale | $256/month minimum usage · Includes all database features · Multi-Tenancy · SOC2 report, GDPR-ready DPA · HIPAA-ready BAA · SSO · Audit Logs · IP Allowlisting · Private Slack Channel · Support Hours 8-5 | $256 a month |
| enterprise | >=$4,096/month; 35% usage premium · Includes all database features · Single-Tenancy · BYOC · HIPAA-ready BAA · SSO · Audit Logs · Private Networking · CMEK · 24/7 support · Support SLA · 99.95% uptime SLA | $4,096 a month |
As turbopuffer.com lists them, read 7 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
turbopuffer combines multiple search types with API document operations and stated security controls. Consider its cold-query latency and documented size limits alongside the paid minimum usage.
Facts from turbopuffer's own pages
- API
- The documentation describes API operations to write, update, delete, and query documents. · turbopuffer.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Company
- The company describes itself as Canadian and remote-first, with an Ottawa office. · turbopuffer.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- turbopuffer undergoes SOC 2 Type 2 audits and provides a DPA for GDPR and CCPA processes. · turbopuffer.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Consistency
- Strong consistency is the default, while queries can be configured for eventual consistency with worst-case staleness of about one hour. · turbopuffer.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Enterprise security
- Enterprise customers can request HIPAA BAA, private networking, and customer-managed encryption keys. · turbopuffer.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Canada · turbopuffer.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Latency tradeoff
- Uncached queries can be slower; the introduction reports p90=1214 ms on 1M documents for occasional cold queries. · turbopuffer.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Limits
- The documented maximum document size is 64 MiB and the maximum dense vector dimension is 10,752. · turbopuffer.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- turbopuffer is an object-storage-native database for vector and full-text search. · turbopuffer.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Scale
- The company says its production service handles 1T+ documents, 10M+ writes per second, and 25k+ queries per second. · turbopuffer.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Search
- It supports vector search, text search, filters, regex search, and hybrid search. · turbopuffer.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- Customer data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.2+ and at rest with AES-256, with customer-managed keys optionally available. · turbopuffer.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Storage design
- It uses object storage for state and NVMe SSD with memory cache for compute. · turbopuffer.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The pricing page lists Community Slack and Email support on Launch, and private Slack support on Scale and Enterprise. · turbopuffer.com, 7 Oct 2026
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