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Are vector databases (mostly) commodities ? Do they have a winner takes all property (Pinecone seems more popular at the moment?
by here4U 3y ago
Are vector databases (mostly) commodities ? Do they have a winner takes all property (Pinecone seems more popular at the moment?
- andre-z 3y agoBut is isn’t open source.
- chaxor 3y agoEverytime I see pinecone I'm immediately put off by it since it's so heavily focused on "use the cloud" and "make an account". I don't want another account, I don't want to have to be connected to the internet, and I don't even really want multiple files to be generated on disk. Simple is better and offline is better, which is why SQLite and DuckDB reign supreme. So, no Pinecone is not a very good DB from what I can tell.
- williamstein 3y agoI agree -- I listened to a 2022 podcast interview with the cofounder of Pinecone and he seems very dismissive of what open source can bring to vector database. I found that annoying and off putting. The open source vector database ecosystem is really impressive right now!