Qdrant Cloud Managed vs pgvector on Hetzner VPS (Self-Hosted) pricing
Qdrant Cloud Managed and pgvector on Hetzner VPS (Self-Hosted) split these benchmark scenarios 1–1 on price — the winner depends on which workload profile matches yours.
Verified 2026-08-31
Monthly Cost Across Realistic Benchmarks
RAG Prototype · 100k×1536 fp32
Qdrant Cloud Managed: $0.00/mo pgvector on Hetzner VPS (Self-Hosted): $9.15/mo
Cheaper: Qdrant Cloud ManagedMid Scale · 1M×768 INT8
Qdrant Cloud Managed: $9.00/mo pgvector on Hetzner VPS (Self-Hosted): $9.15/mo
Cheaper: Qdrant Cloud ManagedLarge · 5M×768 INT8 10M queries
Qdrant Cloud Managed: $11.81/mo pgvector on Hetzner VPS (Self-Hosted): $9.15/mo
Cheaper: pgvector on Hetzner VPS (Self-Hosted)