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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 77 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Qdrant 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/qdrant/alternatives/

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

- Pinecone: 16
- pgvector: 16
- Chroma: 3
- Milvus: 3
- Weaviate: 3
- Actian VectorAI DB: 1

## Vector databases

**Small business**: 16 of 84 answers did not name Qdrant (Qdrant is #3 of 7 at 17%).

- pgvector: first choice in 5 of those 16
- Pinecone: first choice in 2 of those 16
- Chroma: first choice in 1 of those 16
- Weaviate: first choice in 1 of those 16

**Mid-market**: 25 of 84 answers did not name Qdrant (Qdrant is #3 of 10 at 22%).

- pgvector: first choice in 6 of those 25
- Pinecone: first choice in 3 of those 25
- Chroma: first choice in 2 of those 25
- Actian VectorAI DB: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Milvus: first choice in 1 of those 25
- PostgreSQL with vector support: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Qdrant Managed Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Weaviate: first choice in 1 of those 25

**Enterprise**: 36 of 84 answers did not name Qdrant (Qdrant is #2 of 10 at 9%).

- Pinecone: first choice in 11 of those 36
- pgvector: first choice in 5 of those 36
- Milvus: first choice in 2 of those 36
- Elasticsearch: first choice in 1 of those 36
- Self-Hosted Qdrant: first choice in 1 of those 36
- Weaviate: first choice in 1 of those 36

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