Part 2/11:
V8 Vector Search Engine: Comes with a community edition, supporting a pay-as-you-go model, suitable for local or cloud deployment.
Pinecone: A hosted, cloud-based SaaS offering that emphasizes ease of use and scalability.
Milvus: An open-source vector database that can run locally on Docker, designed for large-scale similarity search.
Quadrant (Cudrin): A minimal, lightweight Docker container (~40 MB), ideal for quick experiments and embedded systems.
The goal was to experiment with Quadrant first due to its simplicity and small footprint, making it perfect for a local setup and testing.