What are the main drawbacks of using PostgreSQL as a vector database compared to dedicated tools like Chroma?
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What are the main drawbacks of using PostgreSQL as a vector database compared to dedicated tools like Chroma?
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- GitHub - pgvector/pgvector: Open-source vector similarity search for Postgres · github.com
- Best Practices for PostgreSQL Vector Search · docs.digitalocean.com
- HNSW indexes · supabase.com