Vector databases · RankedWeaviate
Weaviate is an open-source, AI-native vector database for building search, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic applications · weaviate.io ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
pgvector is first at 35%.
Qdrant is first at 34%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Pinecone is first at 45%.
Why models recommend it
“Most teams should evaluate Qdrant (for performance and flexibility) or Weaviate (for AI-native features) as their primary options”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Comparative question · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Weaviate or Qdrant offer the best balance of cost, performance, and flexibility”MiniMax M2.5 · Direct question · first choice
“we often recommend starting with a specialized open-source solution like Weaviate (using their cloud tier)”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Primary Recommendation: Weaviate”Kimi K2 · Paraphrase question · first choice
What gives them pause
“What to Avoid on a Budget ... Weaviate — More complex to set up and resource-intensive”MiniMax M2.5 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Managed Weaviate — $25–45/month minimums plus hidden infrastructure costs”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Running a dedicated service (like Weaviate, Pinecone, or Qdrant) alongside your primary database increases infrastructure costs”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Some (like certain Weaviate setups) have had scaling complaints in high-dimensional or update-heavy scenarios.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Weaviate, over the 183 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 173 | 58 | Compare → | |
| 170 | 49 | Compare → | |
| 139 | 41 | Compare → | |
| 94 | 4 | View → | |
| 92 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 43 | 2 | View → | |
| 28 | 1 | View → | |
| 28 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 28 | 0 | View → | |
| 27 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Weaviate →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Weaviate's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- developers
- Price stated
- Free tier; Usage based pricing; Enterprise options; Support
- Starting price
- 0
- Free plan or trial
- Free tier
- Certifications
- HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting
- Limited (2), Limited (7), All (~40)
- Customers named
- Loti, DocsBot, Finster, MarvelX, Instabase, Cedience, MetaBuddy, Kapa
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 158 of the 183 answers that named Weaviate and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
414 of the 414 domain citations in answers naming Weaviate came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 220 | 10 | 2026-09-22 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 176 | 0 | 2024-11-05 | ||
| News or press | 117 | 0 | 2026-06-18 | ||
| Report or ebook | 34 | 0 | 2025-01-30 | ||
| Case study | 14 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 10 | 0 | 2025-06-19 | ||
| Comparison | 4 | 0 | 2025-05-08 | ||
| Template or tool | 3 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 2 | 0 | 2023-11-09 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-22Engram memory practical guide blog
- 2026-09-174 bit rotational quantization blog
- 2026-09-09Hfresh blog
- 2026-09-08Building foundry creative search blog
- 2026-09-01Charts tables pdfs blog
- 2026-08-27Weaviate 1 39 release blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page weaviate.io exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.