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title: "Discussion on \"The Hidden Costs of Self-Hosting Your Vector Database\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"The Hidden Costs of Self-Hosting Your Vector Database\". Everyone benchmarks Qdrant vs Milvus vs pgvector on raw performance. Nobody benchmarks what happens six months in. Here's the real TCO of self-hosting a vector database."
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# [The Hidden Costs of Self-Hosting Your Vector Database](https://vecstore.hashnode.dev/the-hidden-costs-of-self-hosting-your-vector-database?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Everyone benchmarks Qdrant vs Milvus vs pgvector on raw performance. Nobody benchmarks what happens six months in. Here's the real TCO of self-hosting a vector database.

Apr 22 · 8 min read · vecstore.hashnode.dev  
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