---
id: "vector-database"
type: "kind"
category: "data"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/vector-database"
---

# Vector database

Stores embeddings and answers nearest-neighbour queries over them.

| | |
|---|---|
| Category | Data |
| Properties | 9 |
| Components | 24 |
| Rules | 0 |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `dimensions` | integer | — | no | — |
| `distanceMetric` | enum | `cosine`, `euclidean`, `dot-product` | no | — |
| `hybridSearch` | boolean | — | no | false |
| `indexType` | enum | `flat`, `hnsw`, `ivf`, `disk-ann`, `lsh` | no | — |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false |
| `metadataFiltering` | boolean | — | no | false |
| `namespaces` | boolean | — | no | false |
| `quantization` | enum | `none`, `scalar`, `product`, `binary` | no | "none" |
| `replicas` | integer | — | no | — |

## Rules for this kind · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Components · 24

### vendor-neutral

- [Generic vector database](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/vector-database.md) `vector-database` — the kind itself

### alibabacloud

- [Alibaba Cloud Milvus](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-milvus.md) `alibaba-milvus` — 2 defaults

### aws

- [Amazon S3 Vectors](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-s3-vectors.md) `aws-s3-vectors` — 3 defaults

### cloudflare

- [Agent Memory](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-agent-memory.md) `cloudflare-agent-memory` — 3 defaults
- [Cloudflare Vectorize](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-vectorize.md) `cloudflare-vectorize` — 4 defaults

### default

- [Chroma](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/chroma.md) `chroma` — 6 defaults
- [Deep Lake](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/deeplake.md) `deeplake` — 2 defaults
- [Epsilla](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/epsilla.md) `epsilla` — 3 defaults
- [KDB.AI](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/kdb-ai.md) `kdb-ai` — 2 defaults
- [LanceDB](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/lancedb.md) `lancedb` — 4 defaults
- [Marqo](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/marqo.md) `marqo` — 5 defaults
- [Milvus](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/milvus.md) `milvus` — 5 defaults
- [MyScale](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/myscale.md) `myscale` — 2 defaults
- [pgvector](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/pgvector.md) `pgvector` — 4 defaults
- [pgvectorscale](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/pgvectorscale.md) `pgvectorscale` — 4 defaults
- [Pinecone](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/pinecone.md) `pinecone` — 4 defaults
- [Qdrant](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/qdrant.md) `qdrant` — 6 defaults
- [turbopuffer](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/turbopuffer.md) `turbopuffer` — 4 defaults
- [Vald](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/vald.md) `vald` — 4 defaults
- [Vespa Cloud](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/vespa-cloud.md) `vespa-cloud` — 4 defaults
- [Weaviate](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/weaviate.md) `weaviate` — 8 defaults
- [Zilliz Cloud](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/zilliz-cloud.md) `zilliz-cloud` — 4 defaults

### digitalocean

- [DigitalOcean Vector Databases](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/digitalocean-vector-database.md) `digitalocean-vector-database` — 2 defaults

### gcp

- [Vertex AI Vector Search](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-vertex-ai-vector-search.md) `google-vertex-ai-vector-search` — 4 defaults

## Source (`kind` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../schema/kind.schema.json
# Abstract kind: Stores fixed-dimension embeddings and answers nearest-neighbour queries (Pinecone, Milvus, Qdrant, pgvector, S3 Vectors, Vertex Vector Search).
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "kind"
id: "vector-database"
category: "data"
properties:
  dimensions:
    type: "integer"
  distanceMetric:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["cosine", "euclidean", "dot-product"]
  indexType:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["flat", "hnsw", "ivf", "disk-ann", "lsh"]
  quantization:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["none", "scalar", "product", "binary"]
    default: "none"
  metadataFiltering:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
  hybridSearch:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
  namespaces:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
  replicas:
    type: "integer"
  managed:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/vector-database