Qdrant moves to usage-based tiers with free AI inference tokens
What happened
Between the Mar 9, 2026 and Mar 16, 2026 captures of Qdrant's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Added Standard Tier features: Dedicated Resources, Flexible Vertical and Horizontal Scaling, Highly Available Setups; Added Free Tokens for Paid Inference Models in Standard Tier; Complete pricing restructure: Managed Cloud/Hybrid Cloud/Private Cloud deployment model replaced with Free Tier/Standard Tier/Premium Tier usage-based model. Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, package change) with an upward direction.
It lands 64 days after Qdrant's previous change, "Qdrant Updates Pricing Model: Hybrid Cloud Costs Now Available as 'Custom Price on Request'" (Jan 12, 2026). Qdrant has been tracked since 2023-12-22.
In the same window Pinecone, Algolia and Elastic also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Standard Tier · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Standard Tier features
AfterStandard Tier features
- Hybrid Cloud, Private Cloud, Free Tier · PackagingPackage change
Complete pricing restructure: Managed Cloud/Hybrid Cloud/Private Cloud deployment model replaced with Free Tier/Standard Tier/Premium Tier usage-based model
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Tier | Feature | No Standard Tier features | Standard Tier features | Added |
| Hybrid Cloud, Private Cloud, Free Tier | Packaging | Complete pricing restructure: Managed Cloud/Hybrid Cloud/Private Cloud deployment model replaced with Free Tier/Standard Tier/Premium Tier usage-based model | Package change | |
Values as written on Qdrant's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Qdrant's pricing page (qdrant.tech) from Mar 9, 2026 and Mar 16, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Standard Tier features now appears.
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Qdrant, the last 90 days
Full history- Apr 24, 2026improvedQdrant Splits Premium SLA into Single and Multi-AZ Uptime Tiers
- Apr 13, 2026improvedQdrant Adds GPU Indexing and CLI Automation Across All Tiers
- Apr 3, 2026improvedQdrant launches three-tier cloud pricing with free inference models
- Mar 17, 2026packagingQdrant moves to usage-based tiers with free AI inference tokens · this change
- Jan 12, 2026packagingQdrant Updates Pricing Model: Hybrid Cloud Costs Now Available as 'Custom Price on Request'
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Did Qdrant raise prices in March 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Mar 9, 2026 and Mar 16, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, package change.
What changed on Qdrant's pricing page between Mar 9, 2026 and Mar 16, 2026?
Standard Tier feature: No Standard Tier features → Standard Tier features, added; Complete pricing restructure: Managed Cloud/Hybrid Cloud/Private Cloud deployment model replaced with Free Tier/Standard Tier/Premium Tier usage-based model. Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 9, 2026 and Mar 16, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Qdrant change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Qdrant in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Qdrant Updates Pricing Model: Hybrid Cloud Costs Now Available as 'Custom Price on Request'" on Jan 12, 2026; Qdrant has been tracked since 2023-12-22.