# Chroma alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 202 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Chroma holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/chroma/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Pinecone: 58
- Qdrant: 48
- pgvector: 47
- Weaviate: 13
- Milvus: 7
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: 3

## Vector databases

**Small business**: 52 of 84 answers did not name Chroma (Chroma is #5 of 9 at 4%).

- pgvector: first choice in 25 of those 52
- Qdrant: first choice in 14 of those 52
- Pinecone: first choice in 9 of those 52
- Weaviate: first choice in 3 of those 52
- ChromaDB: first choice in 1 of those 52
- Milvus: first choice in 1 of those 52
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 1 of those 52
- PostgreSQL plus `pgvector`: first choice in 1 of those 52

**Mid-market**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Chroma (Chroma is #8 of 11 at 0%).

- Qdrant: first choice in 17 of those 66
- pgvector: first choice in 15 of those 66
- Pinecone: first choice in 12 of those 66
- Weaviate: first choice in 3 of those 66
- Elasticsearch: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Milvus: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Milvus / Zilliz Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 66
- PostgreSQL plus `pgvector`: first choice in 1 of those 66

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Chroma (Chroma is #13 of 13 at 0%).

- Pinecone: first choice in 37 of those 84
- Qdrant: first choice in 17 of those 84
- Weaviate: first choice in 7 of those 84
- pgvector: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Milvus: first choice in 5 of those 84
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Elastic: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Elasticsearch / OpenSearch: first choice in 1 of those 84

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