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	Chroma The open-source embedding database.	Qdrant High-performance vector search.	Weaviate The AI-native vector database.
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Pricing	Free	Freemium	Freemium
Open source
Category	RAG & Vector DBs	RAG & Vector DBs	RAG & Vector DBs
Key features	In-process or client/server Simple Python/JS API Metadata filtering	Rich payload filtering Quantization for scale Self-host or cloud	Built-in vectorizers Hybrid keyword + vector search GraphQL API
Pros	Zero-setup for prototypes Runs fully local	Excellent performance Strong filtering support	Batteries-included vectorization Solid hybrid search
Cons	Scale story younger than rivals Fewer enterprise features	More ops than in-process DBs Tuning for scale takes work	Heavier to run Concept-heavy schema
	Visit trychroma.com	Visit qdrant.tech	Visit weaviate.io

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