Intelligent Recommendation Engines

Personalization at scale with graph-powered recommendations

The Challenge

E-commerce and content platforms need to deliver personalized recommendations in real-time, considering millions of users, products, and complex interaction patterns. Traditional collaborative filtering approaches struggle with:

  • Cold start problem for new users and items
  • Real-time personalization at scale
  • Balancing exploration vs exploitation
  • Multi-dimensional similarity (collaborative + content-based)
  • Context-aware recommendations

ArcadeDB Advantage

Combine graph traversal for collaborative filtering with vector similarity search for content-based recommendations:

  • Graph Relationships: User-product interactions, social connections, co-purchase patterns
  • Vector Embeddings: Product features, user preferences, semantic similarity
  • Real-time Personalization: Generate recommendations in <20ms
  • Hybrid Approach: Best of collaborative + content-based in one query

How ArcadeDB Solves It

ArcadeDB's hybrid approach combines collaborative filtering through graph traversal with content-based filtering using vector similarity. This allows you to find users with similar interaction patterns, retrieve their highly-rated products, and score recommendations by blending both collaborative scores and vector embeddings—all in a single query without microservices complexity.

Real-World Impact

"Our previous recommendation system required a complex microservices architecture with separate graph and vector databases, plus a caching layer. With ArcadeDB's multi-model approach, we consolidated everything into one database, reduced infrastructure costs by 60%, and actually improved recommendation quality. The cold start problem was nearly eliminated thanks to the hybrid approach."

— VP of Engineering, Leading E-commerce Platform
(Company name confidential per NDA)

Measurable Results:

  • 42% increase in click-through rate
  • 28% boost in conversion rate
  • 60% reduction in infrastructure costs
  • Response times under 20ms at 10M+ users

Ready to Build Your Recommendation Engine?

Start exploring ArcadeDB today and see how our multi-model approach can transform your personalization capabilities.