# Milvus / Zilliz Cloud alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 232 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Milvus / Zilliz Cloud 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/milvus-zilliz-cloud/alternatives/

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

- pgvector: 78
- Pinecone: 73
- Qdrant: 40
- Chroma: 13
- Weaviate: 11
- Milvus: 8

## Vector databases

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Milvus / Zilliz Cloud.

- pgvector: first choice in 41 of those 84
- Pinecone: first choice in 20 of those 84
- Qdrant: first choice in 20 of those 84
- Chroma: first choice in 9 of those 84
- Weaviate: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Supabase pgvector: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Milvus / Zilliz Cloud (Milvus / Zilliz Cloud is #9 of 10 at 0%).

- pgvector: first choice in 28 of those 75
- Pinecone: first choice in 21 of those 75
- Qdrant: first choice in 15 of those 75
- Chroma: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Weaviate: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Milvus: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Actian VectorAI DB: first choice in 1 of those 75
- PostgreSQL with vector support: first choice in 1 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Milvus / Zilliz Cloud (Milvus / Zilliz Cloud is #9 of 10 at 0%).

- Pinecone: first choice in 32 of those 73
- pgvector: first choice in 9 of those 73
- Milvus: first choice in 5 of those 73
- Qdrant: first choice in 5 of those 73
- Weaviate: first choice in 4 of those 73
- Elastic: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Elasticsearch: first choice in 1 of those 73
- Self-Hosted Qdrant: first choice in 1 of those 73

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