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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 112 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Pinecone 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/pinecone/alternatives

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

- pgvector: 40
- Qdrant: 29
- Milvus: 5
- Weaviate: 5
- Chroma: 3
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: 2

## Vector databases

**Small business**: 38 of 84 answers did not name Pinecone (Pinecone is #3 of 9 at 19%).

- pgvector: first choice in 23 of those 38
- Qdrant: first choice in 10 of those 38
- Chroma: first choice in 3 of those 38
- Weaviate: first choice in 3 of those 38
- ChromaDB: first choice in 1 of those 38
- Postgres full-text search: first choice in 1 of those 38

**Mid-market**: 41 of 84 answers did not name Pinecone (Pinecone is #3 of 11 at 21%).

- pgvector: first choice in 13 of those 41
- Qdrant: first choice in 11 of those 41
- Elasticsearch: first choice in 1 of those 41

**Enterprise**: 33 of 84 answers did not name Pinecone (Pinecone is #1 of 13 at 45%).

- Qdrant: first choice in 8 of those 33
- Milvus: first choice in 5 of those 33
- pgvector: first choice in 4 of those 33
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 2 of those 33
- Weaviate: first choice in 2 of those 33
- Elastic: first choice in 1 of those 33
- Oracle: first choice in 1 of those 33
- Weaviate OSS: first choice in 1 of those 33

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