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The cost estimates were rough illustrations for high-usage cloud setups (100 devs × 100 searches/day = ~3.65M queries/year):
Vector embeddings: ~$0.003/query (OpenAI embeddings + managed DB like Pinecone) → $10,950/yr Sourcegraph: Older Enterprise rate (~$91/user/mo) → $109k/yr Mantic: $0 (local, no APIs/DBs)
You're spot on—these are high-end, Weaviate (esp. self-hosted/compressed) can be way cheaper for moderate use like your ~60 users.
I leaned toward worst-case managed pricing to highlight the "no ongoing cost" upside.
Let me know how the trial feels!
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The cost estimates were rough illustrations for high-usage cloud setups (100 devs × 100 searches/day = ~3.65M queries/year):
Vector embeddings: ~$0.003/query (OpenAI embeddings + managed DB like Pinecone) → $10,950/yr Sourcegraph: Older Enterprise rate (~$91/user/mo) → $109k/yr Mantic: $0 (local, no APIs/DBs)
You're spot on—these are high-end, Weaviate (esp. self-hosted/compressed) can be way cheaper for moderate use like your ~60 users.
I leaned toward worst-case managed pricing to highlight the "no ongoing cost" upside.
Let me know how the trial feels!