Comparison

txtai vs Weaviate

No clear leader: Weaviate (63.7) and txtai (62.9) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
txtai63
Weaviate64
Score
Vioscale score
txtai63 / 100medium · 56%
Weaviate64 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
txtai
Weaviate
Model
Weaviatefreemium
Price level
txtaifree
Weaviatelow
Transparent
txtai
Weaviate
Integrations
Count
txtai10
Weaviate25
Reliability
Sla pct
txtai
Weaviate99.95
Status page
txtai
Weaviate
Adoption
Dependent repos
txtai14
Weaviate15
Github stars
txtai12,909
Weaviate16,753
Activity
Commits last 30d
txtai70
Weaviate100
Release
Cadence days
txtai26
Weaviate1
History
Weaviate20 items
License
Spdx
Language
Primary
txtaiPython
WeaviateGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
txtaiEmbedded
WeaviateSelf-hosted
Serverless / consumption pricing
txtai-
Weaviate-
Index
ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat)
txtaiHNSW, IVF, IVFSparse, milvus-lite, turbovec, zvec
WeaviateHNSW
Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)
txtaicosine
Weaviate-
Query
Metadata filtering
txtaiPre-filter
Weaviate-
Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion)
txtai
Weaviate
Built-in BM25 / lexical
txtai
Weaviate
Storage
Quantization
txtaiScalar
WeaviateProduct
On-disk vs in-memory
txtaiDisk-backed
Weaviate-
Scale
Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants)
txtai
Weaviate
Horizontal scale
txtaiSharded / distributed
WeaviateSharded / distributed
Consistency
Consistency
txtaiTunable
Weaviate-
Licensing
Licence class
txtaiPermissive OSS
WeaviatePermissive OSS
Classification
Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent
txtaiDedicated DBMS
WeaviateDedicated DBMS

What each one is

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

txtai

txtai is an open-source Python framework for building semantic search applications, LLM-powered agents, retrieval augmented generation systems, and language model workflows with support for multiple vector backends and integration with various LLMs.

Independently observed

Weaviate

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.

txtai

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Weaviate

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
txtai
Weaviate
CLI
txtai
Weaviate
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
txtai
Weaviate
Self-hosted
txtai
Weaviate

Integrations

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

txtai

11 total
  • llama.cpp
  • LiteLLM
  • Hugging Face
  • OpenAI
  • Claude
  • AWS Bedrock
  • smolagents
  • OpenCode
  • DuckDB
  • Milvus
  • LiteRT
Independently observed

Weaviate

Not documented yet.

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