Comparison

Vald 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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Vald48
Weaviate64
Score
Vioscale score
Vald48 / 100low · 36%updating
Weaviate64 / 100high · 75%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Vald
Weaviate
Model
Vald
Weaviatefreemium
Price level
Vald
Weaviatelow
Transparent
Vald
Weaviate
Integrations
Count
Vald
Weaviate25
Reliability
Sla pct
Vald
Weaviate99.95
Status page
Vald
Weaviate
Adoption
Dependent repos
Vald1
Weaviate15
Github stars
Vald1,718
Weaviate16,753
Activity
Commits last 30d
Vald18
Weaviate100
Release
Cadence days
Vald51
Weaviate1
History
Weaviate20 items
License
Spdx
Language
Primary
ValdGo
WeaviateGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Vald

Vald is a cloud-native vector search platform running on Kubernetes that uses NGT for efficient nearest-neighbor search. It provides automatic indexing and backups, index replication across distributed agents, and horizontal scaling to handle billions of vectors.

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.

Vald

Pricing not documented yet.

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

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