Vectara is a free, LLM-powered search platform that aims to solve the limitations of traditional keyword search by providing a more powerful and effective way to understand user intent and context. The platform uses large language models and vector similarity to enable semantic search, overcoming the barriers of expensive and difficult-to-deploy technologies. With its developer-first approach, Vectara provides a simple and easy-to-use API for integrating advanced natural language processing into applications, delivering accurate and relevant results with seamless ease of use. The platform also supports cross-language search, delivers a complete search pipeline from extraction to retrieval, and is designed to be highly available, auto-scaling, and secure.