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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 126 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Weaviate 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/weaviate/alternatives

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

- pgvector: 46
- Qdrant: 29
- Pinecone: 18
- Chroma: 4
- Milvus: 4
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: 2

## Vector databases

**Small business**: 46 of 84 answers did not name Weaviate (Weaviate is #4 of 9 at 4%).

- pgvector: first choice in 27 of those 46
- Qdrant: first choice in 12 of those 46
- Pinecone: first choice in 6 of those 46
- Chroma: first choice in 4 of those 46
- ChromaDB: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Milvus: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Postgres full-text search: first choice in 1 of those 46

**Mid-market**: 43 of 84 answers did not name Weaviate (Weaviate is #4 of 11 at 5%).

- pgvector: first choice in 16 of those 43
- Qdrant: first choice in 10 of those 43
- Pinecone: first choice in 2 of those 43
- Elasticsearch: first choice in 1 of those 43

**Enterprise**: 37 of 84 answers did not name Weaviate (Weaviate is #3 of 13 at 13%).

- Pinecone: first choice in 10 of those 37
- Qdrant: first choice in 7 of those 37
- Milvus: first choice in 3 of those 37
- pgvector: first choice in 3 of those 37
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 2 of those 37
- Elastic: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Oracle: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Weaviate OSS: first choice in 1 of those 37

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