Marqo is an open-source, end-to-end vector and tensor search engine that handles embedding generation, storage, and retrieval through a single API, with a managed Marqo Cloud option. It targets teams building search (with a focus on ecommerce) who want embedding and retrieval handled together, and supports hybrid search combining tensor and lexical retrieval. The core is open-source under Apache 2.0 and free to self-host, while Marqo Cloud is a managed, resource-based offering rather than a scale-to-zero serverless one. It sits in the mid pricing tier. Marqo carries SOC2 compliance.
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Overview
- Founded
- 2022
- Pricing tier
- Mid
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- Yes
Vector database
- Free tier
- Yes: Open-source (Apache-2.0, self-host free); Marqo Cloud resource-based.
- Serverless
- No
- Open-source
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Managed service
- Yes
- Hybrid search
- Yes