Pinecone vs Weaviate

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

	Pinecone RAG	Weaviate RAG
Tagline	Managed vector database for production-scale similarity search.	Open-source vector DB with hybrid search and modules.
Category	RAG	RAG
Pricing	Freemium· Free starter; pay-as-you-go	Freemium· Open source; cloud from $25/mo
Model	—	—
Editorial score	8.8 / 10	8.4 / 10
Use cases	managed vector DBproduction RAG	self-hosted RAGhybrid search
Pros	Zero ops Low query latency Mature SDKs	Hybrid search built in Self-host or cloud Module ecosystem
Cons	Costs scale with vector count Less flexible than self-hosted	More ops than Pinecone if self-hosted Smaller community
Website	www.pinecone.io	weaviate.io

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