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Comparing Supabase (pgvector), Pinecone, Qdrant

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AttributeSupabase (pgvector)PineconeQdrant
What it isSupabase 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.Pinecone is a fully managed vector database. It handles infrastructure for you and offers namespaces for per-tenant data and dense+sparse hybrid search.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.
CategoryDatabaseDatabaseDatabase
TypeHosted serviceHosted serviceHosted service
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PricingFreemiumFree (500 MB DB); Pro from $25/month (8 GB disk).As of FreemiumStarter free; Builder $20/month flat; Standard $50/month minimum, pay as you go.As of FreemiumFree tier forever (single node, 1GB RAM / 4GB disk); Standard tier is usage-based; hybrid and private cloud options.As of
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