diff --git a/docs/faq.mdx b/docs/faq.mdx index f9e4966aa..da9e12b24 100644 --- a/docs/faq.mdx +++ b/docs/faq.mdx @@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ Where: --- +### Why not use other open-source vector databases as the document engine? + +Currently, only Elasticsearch and [Infinity](https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity) meet the hybrid search requirements of RAGFlow. Most open-source vector databases have limited support for full-text search, and sparse embedding is not an alternative to full-text search. Additionally, these vector databases lack critical features essential to RAGFlow, such as phrase search and advanced ranking capabilities. + +These limitations led us to develop [Infinity](https://github.com/infiniflow/infinity), the AI-native database, from the ground up. + +--- + ### Differences between demo.ragflow.io and a locally deployed open-source RAGFlow service? demo.ragflow.io demonstrates the capabilities of RAGFlow Enterprise. Its DeepDoc models are pre-trained using proprietary data and it offers much more sophisticated team permission controls. Essentially, demo.ragflow.io serves as a preview of RAGFlow's forthcoming SaaS (Software as a Service) offering.