# Qdrant Deployment Options

> Guides Qdrant deployment selection. Use when someone asks 'how to deploy Qdrant', 'Docker vs Cloud', 'local mode', 'embedded Qdrant', 'Qdrant EDGE', 'which deployment option', 'self-hosted vs cloud', or 'need lowest latency deployment'. Also use when choosing between deployment types for a new project.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-qdrant-skills-qdrant-deployment-options`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [qdrant](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/qdrant)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Databases](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/databases)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [qdrant](https://github.com/qdrant)
- **Source:** https://github.com/qdrant/skills/tree/main/skills/qdrant-deployment-options
- **Website:** https://skills.qdrant.tech

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-qdrant-skills-qdrant-deployment-options
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Which Qdrant Deployment Do I Need?

Start with what you need: managed ops or full control? Network latency acceptable or not? Production or prototyping? The answer narrows to one of four options.

## Getting Started or Prototyping

Use when: building a prototype, running tests, CI/CD pipelines, or learning Qdrant.

- Use local mode (Python only): zero-dependency, in-memory or disk-persisted, no server needed [Local mode](https://skills.qdrant.tech/md/documentation/quickstart/)
- Local mode data format is NOT compatible with server. Do not use for production or benchmarking.
- For a real server locally, use Docker [Quick start](https://skills.qdrant.tech/md/documentation/quickstart/?s=download-and-run)

## Going to Production (Self-Hosted)

Use when: you need full control over infrastructure, data residency, or custom configuration.

- Docker is the default deployment. Full Qdrant Open Source feature set, minimal setup. [Quick start](https://skills.qdrant.tech/md/documentation/quickstart/?s=download-and-run)
- You own operations: upgrades, backups, scaling, monitoring
- Must set up distributed mode manually for multi-node clusters [Distributed deployment](https://skills.qdrant.tech/md/documentation/distributed_deployment/)
- Consider Hybrid Cloud if you want Qdrant Cloud management on your infrastructure [Hybrid Cloud](https://skills.qdrant.tech/md/documentation/hybrid-cloud/)

## Going to Production (Zero-Ops)

Use when: you want managed infrastructure with zero-downtime updates, automatic backups, and resharding without operating clusters yourself.

- Qdrant Cloud handles upgrades, scaling, backups, and monitoring [Qdrant Cloud](https://skills.qdrant.tech/md/documentation/cloud-quickstart/)
- Supports multi-version upgrades automatically
- Provides features not available in self-hosted: `/sys_metrics`, managed resharding, pre-configured alerts

## Need Lowest Possible Latency

Use when: network round-trip to a server is unacceptable. Edge devices, in-process search, or latency-critical applications.

- Qdrant EDGE: in-process bindings to Qdrant shard-level functions, no network overhead [Qdrant EDGE](https://skills.qdrant.tech/md/documentation/edge/edge-quickstart/)
- Same data format as server. Can sync with server via shard snapshots.
- Single-node feature set only. No distributed mode.

## What NOT to Do

- Use local mode for production or benchmarking (not optimized, incompatible data format)
- Self-host without monitoring and backup strategy (you will lose data or miss outages)
- Choose EDGE when you need distributed search (single-node only)
- Pick Hybrid Cloud unless you have data residency requirements (unnecessary Kubernetes complexity when Qdrant Cloud works)

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [qdrant](https://github.com/qdrant)
- **Source:** [qdrant/skills](https://github.com/qdrant/skills)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Homepage:** https://skills.qdrant.tech

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-qdrant-skills-qdrant-deployment-options
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/qdrant
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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