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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 234 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where LanceDB 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/lancedb/alternatives

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

- Pinecone: 73
- Qdrant: 64
- pgvector: 58
- Weaviate: 14
- Milvus: 7
- Chroma: 3

## Vector databases

**Small business**: 72 of 84 answers did not name LanceDB (LanceDB is #7 of 9 at 0%).

- pgvector: first choice in 34 of those 72
- Qdrant: first choice in 25 of those 72
- Pinecone: first choice in 19 of those 72
- Chroma: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Weaviate: first choice in 3 of those 72
- ChromaDB: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Milvus: first choice in 1 of those 72
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 1 of those 72

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name LanceDB (LanceDB is #7 of 11 at 0%).

- Qdrant: first choice in 22 of those 78
- Pinecone: first choice in 17 of those 78
- pgvector: first choice in 17 of those 78
- Weaviate: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Elasticsearch: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Milvus: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Milvus / Zilliz Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 78
- PostgreSQL plus `pgvector`: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name LanceDB.

- 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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