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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 191 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Milvus 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/alternatives/

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

- pgvector: 67
- Pinecone: 57
- Qdrant: 35
- Chroma: 10
- Weaviate: 7
- Actian VectorAI DB: 1

## Vector databases

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

- pgvector: first choice in 39 of those 79
- Pinecone: first choice in 18 of those 79
- Qdrant: first choice in 18 of those 79
- Chroma: first choice in 8 of those 79
- Weaviate: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Supabase pgvector: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 64 of 84 answers did not name Milvus (Milvus is #6 of 10 at 3%).

- pgvector: first choice in 24 of those 64
- Pinecone: first choice in 17 of those 64
- Qdrant: first choice in 16 of those 64
- Weaviate: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Chroma: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Actian VectorAI DB: first choice in 1 of those 64
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search: first choice in 1 of those 64
- PostgreSQL with vector support: first choice in 1 of those 64

**Enterprise**: 48 of 84 answers did not name Milvus (Milvus is #3 of 10 at 9%).

- Pinecone: first choice in 22 of those 48
- pgvector: first choice in 4 of those 48
- Weaviate: first choice in 2 of those 48
- Qdrant: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Zilliz Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 48

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