turbopuffer is a retrieval option for building AI agents. Vector and full-text search on object storage — very cheap at rest.
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| Option | What it does | Licence | Self-host |
|---|---|---|---|
| turbopuffer | Vector and full-text search on object storage — very cheap at rest. | Proprietary | No |
| pgvector | Vector search inside the Postgres you already run. | Open source | Yes |
| Qdrant | Rust vector database with strong payload filtering, self-host or cloud. | Open source | Yes |
| Pinecone | Fully managed vector database. No index to operate. | Proprietary | No |
| Chroma | Embedded vector store that runs in-process. Ideal first index. | Open source | Yes |
| LanceDB | Embedded multimodal store backed by the Lance columnar format. | Open source | Yes |
Every page here answers to Accept: text/markdown and returns the same content at roughly a tenth the tokens. No separate site, no toggle — same URL.
curl -s -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://newagent.build/c/turbopuffer