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Qdrant vs Vald
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| Fact | Qdrant | Vald |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Rust | Go |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 35k | 1.7k |
| Latest | v1.19.2 | v1.8.0 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 31 days between releases | about 123 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 41+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 4 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Pinecone. Alternatives to Pinecone →
Full replacementQdrantVector search with payload filtering, quantisation and hybrid search.
PartialValdDistributed approximate nearest-neighbour search that runs on Kubernetes.
Qdrant
- v1.19.22026-10-05- Don't rewrite full sparse posting list on every upsert, making sparse vector upserts significantly faster
- v1.19.12026-09-04- Speed up and saturate memory bandwidth in quantized scoring with prefetching
- v1.19.02026-08-05- TurboQuant 4-bit as a datatype of primary vector storage. Only store 4-bit quantized vectors and spare disk space on…
- v1.18.32026-07-17- Fix query errors when using shard keys while resharding
- v1.18.22026-06-04- Log slow operations during shard WAL recovery
Qdrant
✓ signed The latest release, v1.19.2, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Vald
✓ signed The latest release, v1.8.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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