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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 67 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Qdrant 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/qdrant/alternatives

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

- pgvector: 11
- Pinecone: 10
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: 3
- Weaviate: 3
- Milvus: 2
- Elastic: 1

## Vector databases

**Small business**: 17 of 84 answers did not name Qdrant (Qdrant is #2 of 9 at 29%).

- pgvector: first choice in 7 of those 17
- Pinecone: first choice in 2 of those 17
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 1 of those 17
- Postgres full-text search: first choice in 1 of those 17

**Mid-market**: 18 of 84 answers did not name Qdrant (Qdrant is #1 of 11 at 34%).

- Weaviate: first choice in 1 of those 18
- pgvector: first choice in 1 of those 18

**Enterprise**: 32 of 84 answers did not name Qdrant (Qdrant is #2 of 13 at 20%).

- Pinecone: first choice in 8 of those 32
- pgvector: first choice in 3 of those 32
- Milvus: first choice in 2 of those 32
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 2 of those 32
- Weaviate: first choice in 2 of those 32
- Elastic: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Oracle: first choice in 1 of those 32

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