Comet Lab Atlas

A fast open-source vector database with rich filtering, built for production retrieval.

Qdrant is a purpose-built vector database written in Rust. It is fast, scales well, and its standout feature is filtered search — combining similarity with structured metadata conditions efficiently.

It runs self-hosted or as Qdrant Cloud, so a project can start on its own infrastructure and move to managed without changing the data model.

Where it's ideally used

A strong pick when retrieval needs to combine similarity with metadata filtering, or has outgrown an in-database extension.

Where it doesn't fit

An extra system to operate that you may not need when data sits in Postgres and the workload is modest.