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Vespa vs Amgix: catalog facts
VespaAmgix
Freemium

Free and open source to self-host; Vespa Cloud is a paid service with a free trial.

Free

Free and open source under AGPL-3.0.

Web, Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Text, vector and hybrid retrieval with ranking in one engine
  • Runs machine-learned models at query time
  • Single REST API for ingestion, embedding and hybrid retrieval
  • Server-side fusion of dense, sparse and keyword search
  • Aimed at engineering teams rather than individual users
  • Larger setup and learning effort than simpler search servers
  • Young project with a very small community
  • Aimed at developers integrating search, not end users
Self-hosted, Hosted service Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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