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We are trying to choose a vector database for our college AI club project that needs to handle millions of embeddings cost-effectively. Which open source option is best today?

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We are trying to choose a vector database for our college AI club project that needs to handle millions of embeddings cost-effectively. Which open source option is best today?
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best open source vector databases 2026 millions embeddings cost performance Qdrant Milvus pgvector benchmarks self hosted Google ↗
  1. qdrant/qdrant · github.com
  2. milvus-io/milvus · github.com
  3. pgvector/pgvector · github.com
  4. Vectors · qdrant.tech
  5. Quantization · qdrant.tech
  6. Vector Database Benchmark: 7 Open-Source Engines for RAG · aimultiple.com
  7. Quantization · qdrant.tech
  8. Storage · qdrant.tech
  9. Memory Tiers in Qdrant: What to Use and When · qdrant.tech

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