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Pick up to three. Scores are curated estimates on a 0–10 scale. Lock-in: higher = worse.
| Dimension | Pinecone | Qdrant | Supabase (pgvector) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| Capability fit | 9.0 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| Price / performance | 6.2 | 8.8 | 9.0 |
| Latency / reliability | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| Developer & agent DX | 8.8 | 8.4 | 9.4 |
| Privacy / data retention | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.0 |
| Lock-in risk (higher = worse) | 7.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Maturity / track record | 9.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 |
| Pricing | Serverless + dedicated/pod tiers; usage on storage/reads/writes; Dedicated Read Nodes for high QPS. | Rust engine; open-source + Qdrant Cloud; excellent filtered ANN; competitive cloud pricing. | Postgres + pgvector + Auth + Storage; usage on compute/storage; free tier. Vectors hitchhike on Postgres. |