Every vector database out there is both faster and slower than any other competitor — if you believe all the benchmarketing out there.
Let's turn the marketing into useful benchmarks that actually help you:
1. How not to benchmark (spoiler: don’t trust the glossy charts).
2. What’s uniquely tricky about benchmarking vector search.
3. How to build meaningful benchmarks tailored to your use case.

PS: Yes, you will have to get your hands dirty. Never believe a benchmark that you haven't tweaked yourself.