Application
Retrieval & Memory
Marqo
1Vector 2search 3for 4text 5and 6images
the six Ws · specification
W1
Who
Maintained by Marqo, a vector-search company.
W2
What
Generates embeddings and runs vector search over text and images.
W3
Where
Self-hosted via Docker or Marqo Cloud.
W4
When
When you need end-to-end multimodal vector search.
W5
Why
Bundles embedding and retrieval so you skip separate pipelines.
W6
With
Docker and optional GPUs for embedding.
W7
Watch
Company-maintained; open-source (Apache-2.0) with a hosted cloud (open-core). Self-hosted keeps data local; embedding runs in your deployment.