specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Vespa
providerId: vespa-ai
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - AI Search
  - Vector Database
description: Vespa Cloud pricing tiers — Startup, Basic, Commercial, Enterprise, Self-Managed.
  Pricing is resource-based (vCPU-hour, GiB-memory-hour, GiB-disk-hour, GiB-GPU-memory-hour) with
  volume discounts up to 50% and a 15% committed-spend discount.
sources:
  - https://cloud.vespa.ai/price-calculator.html
  - https://cloud.vespa.ai/pricing
plans:
  - id: vespa-startup
    name: Startup
    type: paid
    description: Lowest-cost plan for testing and early-stage businesses. Shared resources, dev
      zones only, community support, no SLA.
    entries:
      - label: vCPU per hour
        name: vcpu
        type: metered
        metric: vCPU-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.05'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Memory per GiB-hour
        name: memory
        type: metered
        metric: GiB-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.005'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Disk per GiB-hour
        name: disk
        type: metered
        metric: GiB-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.0002'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: GPU memory per GiB-hour
        name: gpu_memory
        type: metered
        metric: GiB-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.03'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Shared resources
      - name: Dev zones only
      - name: No redundancy by default
      - name: Community / Slack support
      - name: No SLA
  - id: vespa-basic
    name: Basic
    type: paid
    description: For applications without 24/7 support needs. Next-business-day support for
      production / deployment issues.
    entries:
      - label: vCPU per hour
        name: vcpu
        type: metered
        metric: vCPU-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.10'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Memory per GiB-hour
        name: memory
        type: metered
        metric: GiB-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.01'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Disk per GiB-hour
        name: disk
        type: metered
        metric: GiB-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.0004'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: GPU memory per GiB-hour
        name: gpu_memory
        type: metered
        metric: GiB-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.07'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Dedicated resources
      - name: NBD support response
      - name: 2 business-day response for non-production
  - id: vespa-commercial
    name: Commercial
    type: paid
    description: Production-ready with 24/7 operational support, 1-hour response for production
      issues, backup and disaster recovery.
    entries:
      - label: vCPU per hour
        name: vcpu
        type: metered
        metric: vCPU-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.145'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Memory per GiB-hour
        name: memory
        type: metered
        metric: GiB-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.0145'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Disk per GiB-hour
        name: disk
        type: metered
        metric: GiB-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.0005'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: GPU memory per GiB-hour
        name: gpu_memory
        type: metered
        metric: GiB-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.10'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 24/7 operational support
      - name: 1-hour response for production issues
      - name: Backup and disaster recovery included
  - id: vespa-enterprise
    name: Enterprise
    type: paid
    description: Premium tier with a $20,000 monthly minimum, 15-minute response SLA, SSO, named
      support representative, dedicated Slack channel, and on-site visits.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly minimum
        name: monthly_min
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '20000.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: vCPU per hour
        name: vcpu
        type: metered
        metric: vCPU-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.18'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Memory per GiB-hour
        name: memory
        type: metered
        metric: GiB-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.018'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Disk per GiB-hour
        name: disk
        type: metered
        metric: GiB-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.0007'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: GPU memory per GiB-hour
        name: gpu_memory
        type: metered
        metric: GiB-hour
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: hour
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.125'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: 15-minute SLA for production
      - name: SSO
      - name: Named support representative
      - name: Dedicated Slack channel
      - name: On-site visits available
  - id: vespa-self-managed
    name: Self Managed
    type: custom
    description: Run open-source Vespa on your own infrastructure with a commercial support contract
      and dedicated representative. Pricing per contract.
    entries:
      - label: Contract pricing
        name: contract
        type: custom
        metric: contract
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: year
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 'contact-sales'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Run on your own infrastructure
      - name: Apache 2.0 open-source license
      - name: Dedicated support representative
      - name: Custom contract terms
  - id: vespa-open-source
    name: Open Source
    type: free
    description: Apache 2.0 open-source Vespa engine, self-hosted. Free of license cost; community
      support only.
    entries:
      - label: Free
        name: free
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Apache 2.0 license
      - name: Full Vespa engine
      - name: Community support via Slack and GitHub
discounts:
  - name: Volume discount
    description: Resource unit prices decrease by up to 50% as usage scales.
  - name: Committed-spend discount
    description: 15% discount on committed annual spend.