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What are the best vector databases?
AI Visibility Ranking
Brands ordered by GenRank score for this question.
DirectionalQuestion-level figures rest on at most 6 answers per brand, so treat them as direction, not a verdict; the category ranking is the number to judge by. Scores are for the week of 2026-11-08.
| Rank | Brand | Named by | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pinecone | 5/6 | 58.6 |
| 2 | Qdrant | 5/6 | 50.8 |
| 3 | Weaviate | 5/6 | 46.2 |
| 4 | Milvus | 5/6 | 44.9 |
| 5 | Chroma | 5/6 | 40.6 |
| 6 | Elasticsearch | 3/6 | 24.9 |
| 7 | PostgreSQL | 2/6 | 17.2 |
| 8 | Zilliz Cloud | 2/6 | 17.0 |
| 9 | LanceDB | 1/6 | 9.2 |
| 10 | Faiss | 1/6 | 8.9 |
Sources these answers cited
The sites each surface's answer cited this week. The logos are the surfaces that cited the site.
| Source | Cited by |
|---|---|
| encore.devVector Databases Compared: pgvector, Pinecone, Qdrant (2026) |   2 surfaces |
| marktechpost.comBest Vector Databases in 2026: Pricing, Scale Limits, and Architecture ... | 2 surfaces |
| 1bench.dev35+ Vector Databases Ranked & Compared (Nov 2026) | 1 surfaces |
| analyticsvidhya.comTop 15 Vector Databases for 2026 - Analytics Vidhya | 1 surfaces |
| docs.trychroma.comIntroduction - Chroma Docs |  1 surfaces |
| docs.weaviate.ioHybrid search | Weaviate Documentation | 1 surfaces |
| g2.comreview and listing sites · I Evaluated 8 Best Vector Database Software on G2 (2026) | 1 surfaces |
| geeksforgeeks.orgPopular Vector Databases - GeeksforGeeks | 1 surfaces |
| github.comreference · GitHub - pgvector/pgvector: Open-source vector similarity search for Postgres · GitHub | 1 surfaces |
| hussain-nazary.github.ioTop 10 Vector Databases in 2026 (Ranked by Use Case) | 1 surfaces |
| internative.netBest Vector Databases 2026 Compared | 1 surfaces |
| milvus.ioWhat is Milvus | Milvus Documentation | 1 surfaces |
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