# Milvus / Zilliz Cloud alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 220 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Milvus / Zilliz Cloud 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/milvus-zilliz-cloud/alternatives

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

- pgvector: 65
- Qdrant: 64
- Pinecone: 52
- Weaviate: 13
- Milvus: 7
- Chroma: 5

## Vector databases

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Milvus / Zilliz Cloud (Milvus / Zilliz Cloud is #8 of 9 at 0%).

- pgvector: first choice in 40 of those 82
- Qdrant: first choice in 29 of those 82
- Pinecone: first choice in 19 of those 82
- Chroma: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Weaviate: first choice in 4 of those 82
- ChromaDB: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Milvus: first choice in 1 of those 82
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Milvus / Zilliz Cloud (Milvus / Zilliz Cloud is #10 of 11 at 0%).

- Qdrant: first choice in 22 of those 78
- pgvector: first choice in 21 of those 78
- Pinecone: first choice in 13 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

**Enterprise**: 60 of 84 answers did not name Milvus / Zilliz Cloud (Milvus / Zilliz Cloud is #8 of 13 at 0%).

- Pinecone: first choice in 20 of those 60
- Qdrant: first choice in 13 of those 60
- Milvus: first choice in 5 of those 60
- Weaviate: first choice in 5 of those 60
- pgvector: first choice in 4 of those 60
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Elastic: first choice in 1 of those 60
- Oracle: first choice in 1 of those 60

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