What are the best open source alternatives to Pinecone for a small SaaS company trying to build a local vector database without breaking the bank
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What are the best open source alternatives to Pinecone for a small SaaS company trying to build a local vector database without breaking the bank
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- Installation guide · qdrant.tech
- Website · weaviate.io
- Documentation · docs.weaviate.io
- Website · milvus.io
- Documentation · milvus.io
- Website · trychroma.com
- Documentation · docs.trychroma.com
- GitHub · github.com
- Documentation · github.com
- website · lancedb.com