Alternatives to Pinecone

Ordered by how much they overlap with Pinecone, then by score.

Alternatives, ranked

  1. Milvus

    Distributed vector database for storing embeddings and running approximate nearest neighbor search at scale.

    • Released more recently
    • Higher score
    • Open source
    • No shared features
    Updated 7 days ago
    77 88.8 = Compare
  2. Qdrant

    Vector database written in Rust for similarity search with payload filtering and a REST/gRPC API.

    • Released more recently
    • Higher score
    • Open source
    • No shared features
    Updated 21 days ago
    98 87.8 = Compare
  3. pgvector

    PostgreSQL extension that adds a vector type, distance operators and indexes for similarity search.

    • Released more recently
    • Higher score
    • Open source
    • No shared features
    Updated 58 days ago
    156 82.2 = Compare
  4. Chroma

    Embedding database for AI applications, usable embedded in Python or as a client-server service.

    • Released more recently
    • Higher score
    • Open source
    • No shared features
    No release for 143 days
    188 70.4 = Compare