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pgvector

Postgres embeddings extension - lowest-friction vector store for mid-market teams already on Postgres.

AdoptLLMOpsNew
Why this ring
Adopt for early production RAG under ~1M vectors when ops wants one database, not three.
Production risk if ignored
HNSW memory blowups and pre/post-filter traps at scale without a migration plan.
Typical effort
days
Low FinOps impact

Use cases

  • MVP RAG in production
  • Metadata joins with vectors
  • Regulated single-store stacks

Adoption steps

  1. Enable extension
  2. HNSW on primary collection
  3. Backup with DB
  4. Define scale exit criteria

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In your assessment

Postgres capacity + index strategy review