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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 92 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where pgvector 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/pgvector/alternatives

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

- Pinecone: 32
- Qdrant: 16
- Weaviate: 9
- Milvus: 2
- PostgreSQL plus `pgvector`: 2
- Chroma: 1

## Vector databases

**Small business**: 16 of 84 answers did not name pgvector (pgvector is #1 of 9 at 35%).

- Qdrant: first choice in 6 of those 16
- Pinecone: first choice in 3 of those 16
- Weaviate: first choice in 2 of those 16
- Chroma: first choice in 1 of those 16
- PostgreSQL plus `pgvector`: first choice in 1 of those 16
- PostgreSQL with the pgvector extension: first choice in 1 of those 16
- Supabase pgvector: first choice in 1 of those 16

**Mid-market**: 24 of 84 answers did not name pgvector (pgvector is #2 of 11 at 34%).

- Pinecone: first choice in 4 of those 24
- Qdrant: first choice in 2 of those 24
- PostgreSQL plus `pgvector`: first choice in 1 of those 24

**Enterprise**: 52 of 84 answers did not name pgvector (pgvector is #4 of 13 at 7%).

- Pinecone: first choice in 25 of those 52
- Qdrant: first choice in 8 of those 52
- Weaviate: first choice in 7 of those 52
- Milvus: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Elastic: first choice in 1 of those 52
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 1 of those 52

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