# Chroma alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 210 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Chroma holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/chroma/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Pinecone: 77
- pgvector: 62
- Qdrant: 26
- Weaviate: 10
- Milvus: 6
- Actian VectorAI DB: 1

## Vector databases

**Small business**: 58 of 84 answers did not name Chroma (Chroma is #5 of 7 at 5%).

- pgvector: first choice in 28 of those 58
- Pinecone: first choice in 14 of those 58
- Qdrant: first choice in 8 of those 58
- Weaviate: first choice in 3 of those 58
- Supabase pgvector: first choice in 1 of those 58

**Mid-market**: 68 of 84 answers did not name Chroma (Chroma is #4 of 10 at 6%).

- pgvector: first choice in 25 of those 68
- Pinecone: first choice in 20 of those 68
- Qdrant: first choice in 13 of those 68
- Weaviate: first choice in 3 of those 68
- Actian VectorAI DB: first choice in 1 of those 68
- Milvus: first choice in 1 of those 68
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 1 of those 68
- PostgreSQL with vector support: first choice in 1 of those 68

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Chroma (Chroma is #10 of 10 at 0%).

- Pinecone: first choice in 43 of those 84
- pgvector: first choice in 9 of those 84
- Milvus: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Qdrant: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Weaviate: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Elastic: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Elasticsearch: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Self-Hosted Qdrant: first choice in 1 of those 84

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