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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qdrant.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qdrant.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Epsilla Vector Database for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick Qdrant API + MCP for reliability (+25), schema \u0026 documentation (+51), agent ergonomics (+40), security \u0026 auth (+58), maintenance \u0026 community (+77), transparency \u0026 trust (+19).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Epsilla Vector Database | Qdrant API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 80 | Qdrant API + MCP +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 36 | 87 | Qdrant API + MCP +51 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 47 | 87 | Qdrant API + MCP +40 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 25 | 83 | Qdrant API + MCP +58 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 8 | 85 | Qdrant API + MCP +77 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 84 | Qdrant API + MCP +19 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **36 · F** | **75.3 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Epsilla Vector Database | Qdrant API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Epsilla | Qdrant |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://dispatch.epsilla.com/api/v3` | `https://api.cloud.qdrant.io` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, stdio, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | GPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 2 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2025-11-29 | 2026-09-16 |\n| Popularity | 875 stars, 75 npm/wk, 125 PyPI/wk | 35k stars, 1.1M npm/wk, 3M PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | 3.6/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Epsilla Vector Database.** GPL-3.0 server you can run from one Docker image. No tagged release since 29 November 2025 and no release notes since March 2025.\n\n**Qdrant API + MCP.** Database keys can be read-only, limited to chosen collections and expire after 90 days by default. The MCP server has 2 tools, can't manage collections or run filtered queries, and last released on 10 December 2025.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Epsilla Vector Database\n\n1. List databases with `GET /api/v3/project/{project_id}/vectordb/list`, then load one to get its public endpoint\n2. Hybrid search is assembled client-side with `as_search_engine().add_retriever(...).set_reranker(type=\"rrf\")`\n3. If you use pyepsilla against the cloud, patch or wrap it to verify TLS\n4. Ask a person to create the database in the console first. The API can't\n\n### Qdrant API + MCP\n\n1. Create payload indexes on the fields you filter on, or filtered search slows on large collections\n2. Use `/points/query` with `prefetch` to fuse dense and BM25 results\n3. Pass `wait=true` on upserts when the next step reads its own writes\n4. On 429, wait for the `Retry-After` seconds before retrying\n5. Set `with_vector=false` unless the task needs vectors, since they dominate response size\n\n## Other comparisons with Epsilla Vector Database or Qdrant API + MCP\n\n- [Chroma API + MCP vs Epsilla Vector Database](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/chroma-vs-epsilla.md)\n- [Chroma API + MCP vs Qdrant API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/chroma-vs-qdrant.md)\n- [Epsilla Vector Database vs LanceDB](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/epsilla-vs-lancedb.md)\n- [Epsilla Vector Database vs Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/epsilla-vs-milvus-zilliz.md)\n- [Epsilla Vector Database vs Pinecone API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/epsilla-vs-pinecone.md)\n- [Epsilla Vector Database vs Typesense API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/epsilla-vs-typesense.md)\n- [Epsilla Vector Database vs Upstash Vector API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/epsilla-vs-upstash-vector.md)\n- [Epsilla Vector Database vs Weaviate API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/epsilla-vs-weaviate.md)\n- [LanceDB vs Qdrant API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lancedb-vs-qdrant.md)\n- [Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP vs Qdrant API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/milvus-zilliz-vs-qdrant.md)\n- [Pinecone API + MCP vs Qdrant API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pinecone-vs-qdrant.md)\n- [Qdrant API + MCP vs Typesense API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qdrant-vs-typesense.md)\n- [Qdrant API + MCP vs Upstash Vector API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qdrant-vs-upstash-vector.md)\n- [Qdrant API + MCP vs Weaviate API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qdrant-vs-weaviate.md)\n",
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