https://renezander.com/tags/vector-search/Recent content in Vector-Search on René Zander | AI Automation ConsultantHugoenSat, 09 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://renezander.com/guides/pinecone-vs-runpod-vector-search/Sat, 09 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://renezander.com/guides/pinecone-vs-runpod-vector-search/<p>Every couple of months a client asks whether they should swap Pinecone for self-hosted vector search on a rented GPU. The answer depends on three numbers: vectors stored, queries per second, and how much your team wants to babysit a Qdrant cluster. This guide walks the math with real RunPod and Pinecone pricing.</p> <p>If you&rsquo;re already comfortable with the self-hosted-vs-API tradeoff for LLMs, the vector-search version is the same shape with different constants. I covered the LLM side in <a href="https://renezander.com/guides/self-hosted-llm-vs-api/">Self-Hosted LLM vs API Cost: Break-Even Analysis</a>. This guide is the parallel piece for the retrieval layer.</p>