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Getting Started
Introduction
What is Vecta and why use it?
Last updated: August 19, 2025
Category: getting-started
Introduction
Vecta is a RAG evaluation platform that helps you ship reliable AI systems. Test retrieval quality, catch hallucinations, and track performance over time.
Why Vecta?
Before Vecta:
- No way to know if your RAG system actually works
- Hallucinations discovered by users in production
- Can't tell if code changes improve or break retrieval
With Vecta:
- Automated benchmarks tailored to your data
- Precision/Recall/F1 scores for retrieval quality
- Accuracy and groundedness metrics for generation
- Track performance over time
Key Features
Granular Metrics
- Chunk-level: Did you retrieve the right paragraphs?
- Page-level: Did you find the right pages?
- Document-level: Did you find the right documents?
Three Evaluation Types
- Retrieval Only: Test search quality
- Generation Only: Test LLM responses
- Retrieval + Generation: Test your complete pipeline
Universal Compatibility
- Works with any vector database
- Flexible schema configuration
- Pre-built connectors for popular databases

Figure: Vecta tracks retrieval and generation quality at every semantic level so you can pinpoint regressions fast.
Next Steps
- Quickstart → - Connect and evaluate in 5 minutes
- Data Sources → - Connect your database
- Benchmarks → - Create test datasets
- Evaluations → - Run and interpret tests