Comparison

Qdrant vs Weaviate

On the evidence we track, Weaviate leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Qdrant59
Weaviate64
Score
Vioscale score
Qdrant59 / 100medium · 60%
Weaviate64 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Qdrant
Weaviate
Model
Weaviatefreemium
Price level
Qdrantunknown
Weaviatelow
Transparent
Qdrant
Weaviate
Integrations
Count
Qdrant6
Weaviate25
Reliability
Sla pct
Qdrant
Weaviate99.95
Status page
Qdrant
Weaviate
Adoption
Dependent repos
Qdrant0
Weaviate15
Github stars
Qdrant34,203
Weaviate16,753
Activity
Commits last 30d
Qdrant100
Weaviate100
Release
Cadence days
Qdrant18
Weaviate1
History
Qdrant20 items
Weaviate20 items
License
Spdx
Language
Primary
QdrantRust
WeaviateGo
Market

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Qdrant

A vector database engine that provides fast similarity search over high-dimensional vectors, available in managed cloud, self-hosted open source, and hybrid deployment models for AI applications.

Independently observed

Weaviate

Leader

Weaviate is an open-source vector database that supports hybrid search, metadata filtering, and scalable deployments. It enables developers to build AI applications with semantic search 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.

Qdrant

Usage-based

Usage-based pricing on CPU, memory, and disk storage; charged monthly for previous month's usage

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
Qdrant
Weaviate
CLI
Qdrant
Weaviate
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Qdrant
Weaviate
Self-hosted
Qdrant
Weaviate
On-premise
Qdrant
Weaviate
Hybrid
Qdrant
Weaviate
Air-gapped
Qdrant
Weaviate

Integrations

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

Qdrant

6 total
  • Slack
  • Adobe
  • Hubspot
  • Arize
  • Google DeepMind
  • Qualcomm
Independently observed

Weaviate

Leader

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.