We performed a comparison between Chroma and PostgreSQL based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Elastic, Meta, Chroma and others in Vector Databases."The solution's most valuable feature is its documentation, which allows new users to easily learn, deploy, and use it."
"The product is easy to use and works fast for relational databases."
"The PostgreSQL database is similar to the SQL Server but has a slightly different technology that has similar resources as well. If the customer has the confidence using SQL Server, they will be fairly comfortable using this solution."
"The solution is open-source and free to use."
"The product is very similar to the SQL Server."
"Initial setup is simple."
"The initial setup is quick and easy."
"It is easy to install and easy to manage. There is no license on it, so it is free. There is high compatibility with Oracle, and there are many tools for the migration of data from Oracle to Postgre."
"The performance is good."
"I think Chroma doesn't have a ready-made containerized image available."
"It could be more secure."
"The scalability is limited."
"I find it difficult to get connectors on the tool. For example, .NET has only one free provider in PostgreSQL. I need to pay the provider if I need something more sophisticated features. Other languages like PHP and Java have good community support. We need community support for .NET."
"It needs more integration."
"PostgreSQL could improve by adding data warehousing tools."
"A better graphic user-interface would be nice to see."
"As PostgreSQL is an open-source product, you do have to do a bit more configuration and management yourself."
"PostgreSQL’s performance could be improved."
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Chroma is ranked 3rd in Vector Databases with 1 review while PostgreSQL is ranked 6th in Vector Databases with 120 reviews. Chroma is rated 8.0, while PostgreSQL is rated 8.6. On the other hand, the top reviewer of PostgreSQL writes " A scalable and stable database for transactional purposes". Chroma is most compared with Faiss, LanceDB, Redis, Milvus and OpenSearch, whereas PostgreSQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, EDB Postgres Advanced Server, MySQL, MariaDB and OpenSearch.
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