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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 193 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Milvus 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/alternatives

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

- pgvector: 61
- Qdrant: 56
- Pinecone: 50
- Weaviate: 9
- Chroma: 4
- Milvus / Zilliz Cloud: 2

## Vector databases

**Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Milvus (Milvus is #6 of 9 at 1%).

- pgvector: first choice in 39 of those 78
- Qdrant: first choice in 27 of those 78
- Pinecone: first choice in 17 of those 78
- Chroma: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Weaviate: first choice in 4 of those 78
- ChromaDB: first choice in 1 of those 78
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 1 of those 78
- PostgreSQL plus `pgvector`: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Mid-market**: 58 of 84 answers did not name Milvus (Milvus is #5 of 11 at 2%).

- Qdrant: first choice in 19 of those 58
- pgvector: first choice in 16 of those 58
- Pinecone: first choice in 8 of those 58
- Weaviate: first choice in 2 of those 58
- Milvus / Zilliz Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 58
- PostgreSQL plus `pgvector`: first choice in 1 of those 58

**Enterprise**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Milvus (Milvus is #5 of 13 at 7%).

- Pinecone: first choice in 25 of those 57
- Qdrant: first choice in 10 of those 57
- pgvector: first choice in 6 of those 57
- Weaviate: first choice in 3 of those 57
- Elasticsearch / OpenSearch: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Milvus / Zilliz Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Oracle: first choice in 1 of those 57

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