LanceDB — #3 Alternative to Pinecone
Embedded serverless multimodal vector database running directly over S3/NVMe columnar files
Think SQLite/DuckDB for AI: LanceDB embeds directly inside Python, TypeScript, or Rust apps backed by the open Lance columnar format—storing vectors, raw text, images, and audio together without managing a server.
License: Apache-2.0 · Pricing: Open Core · Compare all Pinecone alternatives · Official Website