Merge pull request #1616 from qdrant/blog-new-product-ui

Publishing blog re: UI changes

qdrant-landing/content/blog/beta-migration-tool.md

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+draft: true
+title: "Database Migration Tool Beta Launch: One-Command Cluster-to-Cluster Transfers"
+short_description: "Qdrant’s Migration Tool (Beta) lets you move data across clusters or regions with one command—no snapshots needed. Try it now."
+description: "We're launching the beta of Qdrant’s Database Migration Tool—migrate data across clusters, regions, or from open source to cloud with just one command. No manual snapshots, fully stream-based. Try the beta now!"
+preview_image: /blog/product-ui-changes/new-ui-hero-final.jpg
+social_preview_image: /blog/product-ui-changes/new-ui-hero-final.jpg
+title_preview_image: /blog/product-ui-changes/new-ui-hero-final.jpg
+date: 2025-05-07T00:02:00Z # year, month, date
+author: Qdrant
+featured: false
+tags:
+  - Qdrant
+---
+
+## Migrating your data just got easier
+
+We’ve launched the beta release of our Qdrant Migration Tool, designed to simplify moving data between Qdrant instances.
+
+This tool streams all vectors from a collection in the source Qdrant instance to a target Qdrant instance. It supports migrations from one Qdrant deployment to another, including from open source to Qdrant Cloud or between cloud regions. All with a single command.
+
+Unlike Qdrant’s included [snapshot migration method](https://qdrant.tech/documentation/concepts/snapshots/), which requires consistent node-specific snapshots, our migration tool enables you to easily migrate data between different Qdrant database clusters in streaming batches. The only requirement is that the vector size and distance function must match.
+
+This is especially useful if you want to change the collection configuration on the target, for example by choosing a different replication factor or quantization method.
+
+The easiest way to run the qdrant migration tool is as a container. You can run it any machine where you have connectivity to both the source and the target Qdrant databases. Direct connectivity between both databases is not required. For optimal performance, you should run the tool on a machine with a fast network connection and minimum latency to both databases. [Read more about installation.](https://github.com/qdrant/migration?tab=readme-ov-file#installation)
+
+## Learn more and start migrating easily: [Qdrant Migration Tool](https://github.com/qdrant/migration) 
+
+Note: This project is in beta. The API may change in future releases.

qdrant-landing/content/blog/product-ui-changes.md

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+---
+draft: false
+title: "Exploring Qdrant Cloud Just Got Easier"
+short_description: "Read about recent improvements designed to simplfiy your journey with Qdrant."
+description: Read about recent improvements designed to simplify your journey from login, creating your first cluster, prototyping, and going to production. 
+preview_image: /blog/product-ui-changes/new-ui-hero-final.jpg
+social_preview_image: /blog/product-ui-changes/new-ui-hero-final.jpg
+title_preview_image: /blog/product-ui-changes/new-ui-hero-final.jpg
+date: 2025-05-06T00:02:00Z
+author: Qdrant
+featured: false
+tags:
+  - Qdrant
+  - design
+---
+# Exploring Qdrant Cloud just got easier
+
+We always aim to simplify our product for developers, platform teams, and enterprises. 
+
+Here’s a quick overview of recent improvements designed to simplify your journey from login, creating your first cluster, prototyping, and going to production.
+
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J75pNicPEo8?si=1HznwER1Kqx5ZrLG" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+## Simplified Login
+
+We've reduced the steps to create and access your account, and also simplified navigation between login and registration.
+
+![JPG of log in page](/blog/product-ui-changes/log-in-page.jpg)
+
+Upon log in, of course you continue to have the option to toggle between dark and light mode, or choose your system default. 
+
+![GIF of toggling between dark and light mode](/blog/product-ui-changes/gif-dark-light-mode.gif)
+
+Now for the biggest improvements. 
+
+## Effortless Cluster Creation 
+
+When you log in for your first time, it’s incredibly easy to create your first cluster (completely free, no need to share any payment details). 
+
+Simply name your first cluster, choose your region, and click “Create.” Your cluster will start spinning up immediately\!
+
+The 1 GB free gives you enough storage for approximately 1 million vectors at 768 dimensions and is great for prototyping and learning.
+
+![GIF of the first cluster being created](/blog/product-ui-changes/my-first-cluster.gif)
+
+Don’t forget to create a collection, add vectors, then run your first search.
+
+## Cluster Overview 
+
+Now this is probably where you will spend most of your time when building with Qdrant. 
+
+When looking at the overview of your cluster, we’ve added new tabs with an improved menu structure. 
+
+![Image of cluster overview](/blog/product-ui-changes/my-first-cluster-overview.jpg)
+
+* **Overview**: This has everything you need at a glance, including a visual of your node, disk, RAM, CPU usage so you can see if you are approaching any limits. It’s also easier now to scale your cluster. Once scaled to a paid tier via credit card or marketplace, you can access backup and disaster recovery, a 99.5% uptime SLA, horizontal and vertical scaling, monitoring and log management, and more.   
+* **API** **keys**: Manage access to your database cluster  
+* **Metrics**: a visualization of your resources, RAM, CPU, disk and requests over different timeframes   
+* **Logs**: get a real-time window into what’s happening inside cluste for transparency, diagnostics, and control (especially important during debugging, performance tuning, or infrastructure troubleshooting\!)  
+* **Backups:** View snapshots of your vector data and metadata that can be used to restore your collections in case of data loss, migration, or rollbacks (not available on free clusters)   
+* **Configuration**: Check your collection defaults and add advanced optimizations (after reading Docs of course)   
+  * For example, we advise against setting up a ton of different collections. Instead segment with [payloads](https://qdrant.tech/documentation/concepts/payload/).
+
+When viewing the details of your clusters, you can now view the Cluster UI Dashboard regardless of where you are, and also have easier access to tutorials and resources. 
+
+We also are making it more seamless to update your cluster to the latest version as well as see GitHub release notes.   
+   
+![JPG of changing version](/blog/product-ui-changes/change-version.png)
+
+## Get Started Overview 
+
+Next we’ve done a major overhaul to the “Get Started” page. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to find the resources you need, whether it's guides, sample data, or tutorials.   
+    
+![Image of Get Started webpage](/blog/product-ui-changes/get-started-overview.jpg)
+
+**Explore Your Data or Start with Samples**  
+You’ll see immediately pertinent information to help you get the most out of Qdrant quickly, including the [Cloud Quickstart guide](https://qdrant.tech/documentation/quickstart-cloud/), and resources to help you get your data into Qdrant, or use sample data. 
+
+Learn about the different ways to connect to your cluster, use the Qdrant API, try out sample data, and our personal favorite, use the Qdrant Cluster UI to view your collection data and access tutorials. 
+
+**Build World Class Applications**  
+If you are ready to build an app, but looking for ideas or the best place to start, we have our top three tutorials highlighted for you. 
+
+Learn how to:
+* [Build a hybrid search service](https://qdrant.tech/documentation/beginner-tutorials/hybrid-search-fastembed/) with [FastEmbed](https://github.com/qdrant/fastembed)   
+* [Build a RAG app with DeepSeek](https://qdrant.tech/documentation/rag-deepseek/) for semantic query enrichment  
+* [Connect Qdrant with your data stack](https://qdrant.tech/documentation/data-management/) for seamless workflows
+
+**Pick a Deployment Model**
+
+If you are looking for freedom of choice, [enterprise-readiness](https://qdrant.tech/blog/enterprise-vector-search/), and scalability without [vendor lock-in](https://qdrant.tech/blog/are-you-vendor-locked/), look no further. Here you can learn about the different deployment options we offer. 
+
+Whether you want a fully managed experience, complete infrastructure control, or something in between, Qdrant delivers.
+
+**Support, Community, and Docs**
+
+We have robust documentation, as well as a global [community](https://discord.com/invite/qdrant) of users that share projects, advice, and help each other build. If you run into technical issues, our support team is happy to help troubleshoot. Here you can find what you need if you run into roadblocks when building. 
+
+## See for Yourself
+
+If you haven’t tried Qdrant Cloud yet, now is the time to get started.
+
+[**Try now!**](https://cloud.qdrant.io/signup%20)   
+
+Want to share feedback? Email us at community@qdrant.com

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