Vector DBs vs pgvector

The cluster centers on discussions recommending and comparing dedicated vector databases like Milvus, Pinecone, Weaviate, Faiss, and Chroma to pgvector in Postgres, focusing on scalability, performance, and production use cases.

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sharemywin β€’ Feb 7, 2023 β€’ View on HN

you might check out some vector databases:https://milvus.io/ANDpinecone.iothere are others too

thierrydamiba β€’ Aug 14, 2024 β€’ View on HN

What vector database do you use under the hood?

shanghaikid β€’ Dec 15, 2021 β€’ View on HN

Try open source vector database: https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/

3cats-in-a-coat β€’ Jan 4, 2024 β€’ View on HN

Isn’t that what vector dbs are.

shabbyjoon β€’ Sep 16, 2021 β€’ View on HN

How is this different from Pinecone, Milvus, and Faiss?

tim_sw β€’ Mar 31, 2023 β€’ View on HN

How are people using vector DBs in production? Do you typically use and manage Faiss indexes alone or use something like Milvus, Pinecone, Weaviate, or Chroma?

andre-z β€’ Jul 13, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Great! Just, maybe pgvector is not the ideal choice https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36713151

alansaber β€’ Jan 15, 2026 β€’ View on HN

Most vectordb is a hammer looking for a nail

kevinmm β€’ Aug 1, 2022 β€’ View on HN

Very cool. How does this compare against Millvus, Weaviate or Qdrant?

m1117 β€’ Apr 17, 2024 β€’ View on HN

ah pgvector is kind of annoying to start with, you have to set it up and maintain, and then it starts falling apart when you have more vectors