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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 241 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where LanceDB 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/lancedb/alternatives/

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

- Pinecone: 85
- pgvector: 74
- Qdrant: 42
- Chroma: 11
- Weaviate: 11
- Milvus: 8

## Vector databases

**Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name LanceDB (LanceDB is #6 of 7 at 0%).

- pgvector: first choice in 36 of those 79
- Pinecone: first choice in 20 of those 79
- Qdrant: first choice in 20 of those 79
- Chroma: first choice in 7 of those 79
- Weaviate: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Supabase pgvector: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name LanceDB (LanceDB is #8 of 10 at 0%).

- pgvector: first choice in 29 of those 78
- Pinecone: first choice in 22 of those 78
- Qdrant: first choice in 17 of those 78
- Chroma: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Weaviate: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Milvus: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Actian VectorAI DB: first choice in 1 of those 78
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name LanceDB.

- 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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