Definition
Full definition of vector store
Vector stores hold embeddings (numerical representations of text) and let you query "find the 10 most similar to this query". Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, pgvector are the popular options. Tiny Command integrates with the major ones. Useful for semantic search, RAG, recommendation engines, or any "find related" workflow.
In practice
Vector Store examples
Vector query
Find top 5 documents similar to 'how do I refund a customer?' from the help-articles index.
Used by
Apps that exemplify vector store
See vector store in action across real integrations.
FAQ
Common questions about vector store
Which vector store should I pick?
Pinecone for managed-cloud + easy setup. Weaviate for open-source / self-hosting. pgvector if you already use Postgres and want one fewer service.
How big can the vectors be?
OpenAI's embeddings are 1536 or 3072 dims. Most stores handle millions of vectors per index without trouble.
