# We're sunsetting pg\_embedding in favor of pgvector

DevFeed: [We're sunsetting pg\_embedding in favor of pgvector](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/we-re-sunsetting-pg-embedding-in-favor-of-pgvector-5806.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/sunset-pgembedding>)

Author: Raouf Chebri

Published: 2023-09-29T15:11:41Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [AI search](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-search.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datasets.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [migration-guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration-guide.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [vector](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vector.md>)

## AI overview

Neon is sunsetting pg_embedding and encouraging users to migrate to pgvector, which now supports the HNSW index for scalable vector search in Postgres. Neon will continue supporting pg_embedding on Neon while focusing development on improvements such as Vamana, parallel index building, filtering, and real-time updates.

## Source excerpt

pg_embedding has introduced the Hierarchical Navigable Small World (HNSW) index to Postgres, allowing vector search to scale in Postgres. But with the addition of HNSW to pgvector 0.5.0, we see little benefit to the community to have to choose between two vector search extensions...