Open Source · Self-Hosted · AGPL-3.0

The vector database that
evolves itself.

Stop tuning hyperparameters. EmergentDB discovers the fastest search strategy for your data automatically — 28× faster with 100% recall.

0.11ms
Batched latency
28×
vs ChromaDB
885M/s
Vectors scanned
100%
Recall

How it works

EmergentDB doesn't tune. It evolves.

No manual tuning. No configuration. Just faster results.

01
01

Insert

Batch insert vectors via REST API or TypeScript SDK. Any embedding source.

02
02

Evolve

EmergentDB discovers the optimal search strategy for your data automatically.

03
03

Search

Sub-millisecond latency. 100% recall. Tested at 10M vectors across all dimensions.

Get started

Three endpoints. That's it.

terminal
# Insert vectors
$ curl -X POST api.emergentdb.com/my-tenant/vectors/insert \
-d '{"vectors": [[0.1, 0.2, ...]]}'
{"ids": [0], "count": 1}
# Search — sub-millisecond
$ curl -X POST api.emergentdb.com/my-tenant/vectors/search \
-d '{"vector": [0.1, 0.2, ...], "k": 10}'
{"ids": [42, 17, 99], "distances": [0.05, 0.12, 0.15], "latency_ms": 0.11}

Performance

Measured, not marketed.

Same embeddings. Same queries. Apples-to-apples.

18–28×
faster than ChromaDB

Batched mode. Also 2.5× faster than FAISS across 768D–3072D.

885M/s
vectors scanned

Nearly a billion vectors per second on a single machine.

768DGemini
EmergentDB
0.11ms
FAISS
0.23ms
ChromaDB
1.97ms
1536Dada-002
EmergentDB
0.15ms
FAISS
0.38ms
ChromaDB
3.89ms
3072DOpenAI lg
EmergentDB
0.28ms
FAISS
0.66ms
ChromaDB
7.7ms

100K vectors · Inner Product · Top-10 · Apple Silicon. ChromaDB at 10K (too slow for 100K). Full methodology →

Pricing

Flat pricing. No surprises.

One price, unlimited queries and writes. No per-query fees.

Community

Self-hosted, open source

$0/forever
  • Unlimited vectors
  • Unlimited queries & writes
  • AGPL-3.0
  • Community support
  • Bolt-lite engine (bare-bones OSS core)

* 580K vec/s speeds are Bolt-only — the proprietary engine on managed plans.

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Launch

Managed cloud

$29/month

$24/mo billed annually

  • 500K vectors
  • Unlimited queries & writes
  • SOC 2 · GDPR
  • 99.9% SLA
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Scale

Dedicated resources

$79/month

$66/mo billed annually

  • 2.5M vectors
  • Unlimited queries & writes
  • Dedicated instance
  • HIPAA-ready · 99.95% SLA
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3
Regions

US, EU, Asia-Pacific. Data residency built in.

WAL
Crash-safe

Write-ahead log. 10GB index reopens in microseconds.

ISO
Compliant

ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA-ready.

Your vectors deserve better.

Self-host for free or deploy managed for $29/mo.