Top 9 Vector Databases You Should Know
Introduction
In recent times, Vector Databases have gained quite a popularity, especially after the arrival of the RAG architecture to work efficiently with LLMs. The concept of vector databases is not new, however, as they were already used in recommendation engines, personalization, Ad targeting, etc. Vector databases are used to save, index, and retrieve complex data like text, images, or other unstructured formats in vectors. The vectors are mathematical representations of data in a high-dimensional space enabling high-quality similarity and semantic searches on complex data types.
Now there are many types of vector databases in the market that are both open source and proprietary with different characteristics. In this post, we will go through different vector database options that are available along with