AI Datastores
Parent: AI Agent Ecosystems · Published reference · snapshot 2026-09-08 · skill ai-rag-retrieval/references/ai-datastores.md
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Self-hosted cost crossover
- Self-hosted Qdrant on a $30/month VPS handles 10M+ vectors - 10x cheaper than equivalent Pinecone. The crossover where self-hosting beats Pinecone is roughly $600/month in vector DB costs. [archived source: https://llms-explorer.com/sources/mdb-context-hub/ai-datastores/#self-hosted-cost-crossover]
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- Vector Databases (frontier)
- Knowledge Graphs for AI (frontier)
- Agent Memory Frameworks (frontier)
- Redis for Agent Coordination (frontier)
- Hybrid Storage Architectures (frontier)
Frontier under this node: Agent Memory Frameworks, Hybrid Storage Architectures, Knowledge Graphs for AI, Redis for Agent Coordination, Vector Databases