# Qdrant vs Weaviate

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Weaviate

| Attribute | Qdrant | Weaviate |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 55.8 (65% (medium)) | 62.5 (73% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 15 |
| adoption.github_stars | 35,060 | 16,862 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Vector Databases.","source":"https://qdrant.tech/documentation/cloud-pricing-payments/","question":"What is Qdrant?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Qdrant offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://qdrant.tech/documentation/cloud-pricing-payments/","question":"Is Qdrant free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Qdrant. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://qdrant.tech/documentation/cloud-pricing-payments/","question":"What platforms does Qdrant support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Qdrant can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://qdrant.tech/documentation/cloud-pricing-payments/","question":"Can Qdrant be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 6 integrations for Qdrant, including Slack, Adobe, Hubspot, Arize, Google DeepMind and Qualcomm. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://qdrant.tech","question":"What does Qdrant integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Qdrant. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Qdrant not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://qdrant.tech","question":"What security certifications does Qdrant have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. Qdrant is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant","question":"Is Qdrant open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Vector Databases.","source":"https://weaviate.io/blog/weaviate-cloud-pricing-update","question":"What is Weaviate?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Weaviate offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://weaviate.io","question":"Is Weaviate free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Weaviate supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://weaviate.io","question":"What platforms does Weaviate support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Weaviate can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://weaviate.io/blog/weaviate-cloud-pricing-update","question":"Can Weaviate be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Weaviate. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Weaviate not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://weaviate.io","question":"What security certifications does Weaviate have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. Weaviate is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate","question":"Is Weaviate open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"Weaviate is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the Netherlands.","source":"https://weaviate.io","question":"Where is Weaviate available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A database system designed for storing and searching vectors with comprehensive filtering capabilities. It provides production-ready APIs and tools for semantic similarity matching and embedding-based applications. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"ann_index":"HNSW","deployment":"self_hosted","quantization":"scalar","storage_tier":"disk_backed","hybrid_search":true,"licence_class":"source_available","multi_tenancy":true,"product_class":"dedicated_dbms","full_text_bm25":true,"distance_metrics":"dot product","horizontal_scale":"sharded_distributed"}` | `{"ann_index":"HNSW","deployment":"self_hosted","consistency":"tunable","quantization":"product","hybrid_search":true,"licence_class":"permissive_oss","multi_tenancy":true,"product_class":"dedicated_dbms","full_text_bm25":true,"horizontal_scale":"sharded_distributed"}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | 25 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Adobe"},{"name":"Hubspot"},{"name":"Arize"},{"name":"Google DeepMind"},{"name":"Qualcomm"},{"name":"Cohere","native":true,"category":"embeddings","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS","native":true},{"name":"GCP","native":true},{"name":"Azure","native":true},{"name":"LangChain","native":true,"category":"framework"},{"name":"FastEmbed","native":true,"category":"embedding"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage","native":false,"category":"storage"},{"name":"Azure Blob Storage","native":false,"category":"storage"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Rust | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"NL","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Usage-based pricing billed monthly based on CPU, memory, and disk storage consumption. Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://qdrant.tech/documentation/cloud-pricing-payments/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-10T21:04:02.653Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://weaviate.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:28:29.566Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 18 | 1 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.95 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.7 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://qdrant.tech/documentation/security/ | https://weaviate.io/blog/tags/security |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=qdrant&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":5,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fweaviate%2Fweaviate&per_page=100","last_12m":3,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (Vector Databases)

| Capability | Qdrant | Weaviate |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| Serverless / consumption pricing | - | - |
| **Index** |  |  |
| ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat) | HNSW | HNSW |
| Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean) | dot product | - |
| **Query** |  |  |
| Metadata filtering | - | - |
| Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in BM25 / lexical | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Storage** |  |  |
| Quantization | Scalar | Product |
| On-disk vs in-memory | Disk-backed | - |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Horizontal scale | Sharded / distributed | Sharded / distributed |
| **Consistency** |  |  |
| Consistency | - | Tunable |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Source-available | Permissive OSS |
| **Classification** |  |  |
| Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent | Dedicated DBMS | Dedicated DBMS |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T23:24:30.617Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*