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Comparing Qdrant, Pinecone, Supabase (pgvector)
| Attribute | Qdrant | Pinecone | Supabase (pgvector) |
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| What it is | Qdrant is an open-source vector database written in Rust. You can self-host it or use Qdrant Cloud, and it supports hybrid and multi-stage queries. | Pinecone is a fully managed vector database. It handles infrastructure for you and offers namespaces for per-tenant data and dense+sparse hybrid search. | Supabase is hosted Postgres; with the pgvector extension it stores embeddings next to your app data. That lets you do RAG with ordinary SQL and Postgres row-level security. |
| Category | Database | Database | Database |
| Type | Hosted service | Hosted service | Hosted service |
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| Pricing | FreemiumFree tier forever (single node, 1GB RAM / 4GB disk); Standard tier is usage-based; hybrid and private cloud options.As of | FreemiumStarter free; Builder $20/month flat; Standard $50/month minimum, pay as you go.As of | FreemiumFree (500 MB DB); Pro from $25/month (8 GB disk).As of |
| License | Open source (Apache-2.0)Checked | License not yet reviewed | Proprietary platformChecked |
| Layers | Knowledge | Knowledge | Knowledge |
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