VikingDB comparisons

Paid#3 of 27 in Vector Databases

VikingDB is compared head-to-head with Elasticsearch, Vertex AI Vector Search and Actian VectorAI DB and more: 7 head-to-heads in Vector Databases, each with the specs and prices we checked.

9.1/10★★★★★Editor score

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VikingDB head-to-head

• VikingDB vs Elasticsearch
• VikingDB vs Vertex AI Vector Search
• VikingDB vs Actian VectorAI DB
• VikingDB vs Cloudflare Vectorize
• VikingDB vs Milvus
• VikingDB vs Qdrant
• VikingDB vs Zilliz Cloud

VikingDB vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Deployment	Hybrid search	Metadata filtering	Sparse vectors	Maximum dimensions	Score
3	VikingDB			Cloud	Yes	Yes	Yes	4096 dimensions	9.1
1	Elasticsearch	Yes		Both					9.3
2	Vertex AI Vector Search			Cloud	Yes	Yes	Yes		9.2
4	Actian VectorAI DB	Yes	$417/mo	Both	Yes	Yes			9.0
5	Cloudflare Vectorize	Yes	$5/mo	Cloud	No	Yes	No	1536 dimensions	8.9
6	Milvus	Yes	Free	Both	Yes	Yes	Yes		8.8
7	Qdrant	Yes		Both	Yes	Yes	Yes	65535 dimensions	8.7
8	Zilliz Cloud	Yes		Cloud	Yes	Yes	Yes	32768 dimensions	8.6

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Last updated 7 Oct 2026 · How we research and update