Comparison

Marqo vs Weaviate

On the evidence we track, Weaviate leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Marqo40
★Weaviate63
Score
vioscaleAI score
Marqo40 / 100low · 30%
Weaviate63 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Marqo–
Weaviate✓
Model
Marqoquote
Weaviatefreemium
Price level
Marqounknown
Weaviatelow
Transparent
Marqo✗
Weaviate✗
Integrations
Count
Marqo3
Weaviate25
Security
Disclosure policy
Marqo–
Weaviate✓
Gdpr
Marqo–
Weaviate✓
Hipaa
Marqo–
Weaviate✓
Scorecard
Marqo–
Weaviate6.7
Soc2
Marqo–
Weaviate✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Marqo–
Weaviate99.95
Status page
Marqo✓
Weaviate✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Marqo–
Weaviate15
Github stars
Marqo–
Weaviate16,862
Activity
Commits last 30d
Marqo–
Weaviate100
Release
Cadence days
Marqo–
Weaviate1
History
Marqo–
Weaviate20 items
License
Spdx
Marqo–
WeaviateBSD-3-Clause
Language
Primary
Marqo–
WeaviateGo
Content
Faq
Marqo6 items
Weaviate7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for vector databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Deployment
MarqoManaged
WeaviateSelf-hosted
Serverless / consumption pricing
Marqo✓
Weaviate-
Index
ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat)
Marqo-
WeaviateHNSW
Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)
Marqo-
Weaviate-
Query
Metadata filtering
Marqo-
Weaviate-
Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion)
Marqo✓
Weaviate✓
Built-in BM25 / lexical
Marqo✓
Weaviate✓
Storage
Quantization
Marqo-
WeaviateProduct
On-disk vs in-memory
Marqo-
Weaviate-
Scale
Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants)
Marqo✓
Weaviate✓
Horizontal scale
MarqoSharded / distributed
WeaviateSharded / distributed
Consistency
Consistency
Marqo-
WeaviateTunable
Licensing
Licence class
MarqoProprietary
WeaviatePermissive OSS
Classification
Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent
MarqoDedicated DBMS
WeaviateDedicated DBMS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Marqo

An ecommerce search platform using semantic understanding and personalization to help online retailers deliver relevant product results and recommendations based on shopper behavior and intent.

Independently observed

Weaviate

Leader

A vector database that enables semantic search by storing both objects and vectors, with built-in support for combining vector similarity search with traditional keyword search, retrieval-augmented generation, and reranking capabilities.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Marqo

Quote-based
as of verify ↗

Weaviate

Leader
HybridFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Marqo✓
Weaviate✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Marqo✓
Weaviate✓
Self-hosted
Marqo✗
Weaviate✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Marqo

3 total
  • Shopify
  • Adobe Commerce
  • Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Independently observed

Weaviate

Leader

Not documented yet.

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