AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Upstash Vector
Serverless vector database for AI and LLMs
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Upstash Vector launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Supabase Vector▲398The open source backend for AI applications
2023 · supabase.com · its alternatives →
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The portable vector database for AI agents beyond the cloud
Apr 2026 · actian.com · its alternatives →
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2025 · vectorvfs.readthedocs.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! We are building Epsilla (https://github.com/epsilla-cloud/vectordb), an open-source, self-hostable vector database for semantic similarity search that specializes in low query latency. When do we need a vector database? For example, GPT-3.5 has a 16k context window limit. If we want to let it answer a question about a 300 page book, we cannot put the whole book content into the context. We have to choose the sections of the book that are most relevant to the question. Vector database is specialized at ranking and picking the most relevant content from a large pool…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Vectorize▲246Build RAG pipelines that are optimized for your data.
2024 · vectorize.io · its alternatives →
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🦉⚡️Serverless, distributed vector database as an API - TimeSurgeLabs/athenadb
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, we want to share HelixDB (https://github.com/HelixDB/helix-db/), a project a college friend and I are working on. It’s a new database that natively intertwines graph and vector types, without sacrificing performance. It’s written in Rust and our initial focus is on supporting RAG. Here’s a video runthrough: https://screen.studio/share/szgQu3yq. Why a hybrid? Vector databases are useful for similarity queries, while graph databases are useful for relationship queries. Each stores data in a way that’s best for its main type of query (e.g.…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Vectorized executor to speed up PostgreSQL. Contribute to citusdata/postgres_vectorization_test development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Vectorize 2.0▲335Complete RAG agents (chatbot, MCP) with little or no code
2025 · platform.vectorize.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I built a proof-of-concept for AI memory using Git instead of vector databases. The insight: Git already solved versioned document management. Why are we building complex vector stores when we could just use markdown files with Git's built-in diff/blame/history? How it works: Memories stored as markdown files in a Git repo Each conversation = one commit git diff shows how understanding evolves over time BM25 for search (no embeddings needed) LLMs generate search queries from conversation context Example: Ask "how has my project evolved?" and it uses git diff to show actual…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Discover, evaluate, and access relevant embeddings in your go-to framework. Skip all the infra for scraping, cleaning, indexing, and updating high-quality embeddings.
2023 · embedding.store · its alternatives →
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Zero-ops vector database for GenAI developers
2024 · zilliz.com · its alternatives →
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Vectorly▲92Get web data behind clicks, searches, user interactions
Dec 2025 · inkbox.ai · its alternatives →
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The Virtual Feature Store. Turn your existing data infrastructure into a feature store. - featureform/featureform
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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We are excited to share Lantern! Lantern is a PostgreSQL vector database extension for building AI applications. Install and use our extension here: https://github.com/lanterndata/lantern We have the most complete feature set of all the PostgreSQL vector database extensions. Our database is built on top of usearch — a state of the art implementation of HNSW, the most scalable and performant algorithm for handling vector search. There’s three key metrics we track. CREATE INDEX time, SELECT throughput, and SELECT latency. We match or outperform pgvector and pg_embedding…
2023 · docs.lantern.dev · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, At Mintplex Labs are building developer tools for AI applications. One area we encountered frustration was the use of Vector Databases like Pinecone, Chroma, QDrant, or Weaviate to "unlock" long-term memory and contextual answers. It is nearly impossible to manage this data when in use for production. The craziest thing was how you cannot atomically CRUD any vectors in most of these vector databases. Let alone easily copy, clone, or migrate data or entire indexes without paying for re-embedding - among other things. With VectorAdmin you get a database level UI with the ability to…
2023 · vectoradmin.com · its alternatives →
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Extremely memory-efficient vector database. Contribute to D-Star-AI/minDB development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, it’s been just over a year since we launched HelixDB (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43975423), a project a friend and I started in college. It’s an OLTP graph database built on object-storage, with native vector search and full-text search (FTS). Why graph, vector and FTS? Graph databases provide a natural cognitive model for data, vectors allow for a semantic understanding of the entities and relationships in the graph, and FTS provides more specific filtering. Many AI-driven applications attempt to combine all of these functionalities by stitching together…
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to Z-Gort/Reservoirs-Lab development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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