Qdrant

Open-source vector database. Self-hosted or hosted via Qdrant Cloud.

Qdrant is an open-source vector DB. Faster than Pinecone in many benchmarks; more features (payload filtering, multiple collections per cluster).

Full walkthrough being written.

When to pick

• You want open-source / self-hostable vector storage.
• You need rich payload filtering on top of vector search.
• You’re cost-sensitive and want to self-host.

Setup

QDRANT_URL and QDRANT_API_KEY in vly secrets. Use the Qdrant SDK from a Convex action.

Related

Convex vector search

Built-in alternative.

Pinecone

Hosted alternative.

OpenAI

For embeddings.