# Weaviate: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/weaviate

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Knowledge base and self-service](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/customer/knowledge-base-and-self-service/index.md) | 0% | 101 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "unpatched vector DBs like early Pinecone/Weaviate integrations ... Prone to "poisoning" attacks" (Grok 4.20, Knowledge base)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Weaviate, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ai.gov.uk: 1
- canada.ca: 1
- groenewold-it.solutions: 1
- ncsc.gov.uk: 1
- ssd.eff.org: 1

### Pages cited

- https://ai.gov.uk/knowledge-hub/how-to/security: 1
- https://canada.ca/en/government/system/digital-government/online-security-privacy/identity-credential-access-management/password-guidance.html: 1
- https://groenewold-it.solutions/en/blog/ki-wissen/the-top-7-mistakes-in-introducing-a: 1
- https://ncsc.gov.uk/files/Guidelines-for-secure-AI-system-development.pdf: 1
- https://ssd.eff.org/module/privacy-considerations-with-ai-tools: 1

## In its own words

What Weaviate's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: An open-source, AI-native vector database for building search, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic applications. (https://weaviate.io/)
- For: developers (https://weaviate.io/)
- Price stated: Free tier; Usage based pricing; Enterprise options; Support (https://weaviate.io/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://weaviate.io/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Free tier (https://weaviate.io/)
- Certifications: HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting: Limited (2), Limited (7), All (~40)
- Customers named: Loti, DocsBot, Finster, MarvelX, Instabase, Cedience, MetaBuddy, Kapa

## What it publishes

Every page weaviate.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1242 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 220 pages, 10 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-22
- case study: 14 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 10 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-06-19
- report or ebook: 34 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-01-30
- comparison: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-05-08
- template or tool: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 176 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-11-05
- podcast or video: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-11-09
- news or press: 117 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-18
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Engram memory practical guide https://weaviate.io/blog/engram-memory-practical-guide
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: 4 bit rotational quantization https://weaviate.io/blog/4-bit-rotational-quantization
- Recent: 2026-09-09 blog: Hfresh https://weaviate.io/blog/hfresh
- Recent: 2026-09-08 blog: Building foundry creative search https://weaviate.io/blog/building-foundry-creative-search
- Recent: 2026-09-01 blog: Charts tables pdfs https://weaviate.io/blog/charts-tables-pdfs
- Recent: 2026-08-27 blog: Weaviate 1 39 release https://weaviate.io/blog/weaviate-1-39-release

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.