Vespa vs Weaviate
A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.
Vespa RAG | Weaviate RAG | |
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| Tagline | Yahoo's open-source search engine with vector + sparse retrieval. | Open-source vector DB with hybrid search and modules. |
| Category | RAG | RAG |
| Pricing | Freemium· Free open-source; Vespa Cloud paid | Freemium· Free open-source; cloud from $25/mo |
| Model | Hosted search engine (not an LLM) | Hosted vector DB (not an LLM) |
| Editorial score | 8.2 / 10 | 8.4 / 10 |
| Use cases | large-scale searchrankinghybrid retrieval | self-hosted RAGhybrid search |
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| Website | vespa.ai | weaviate.io |
Pick Vespa if
- ✅ Battle-tested at huge scale
- ✅ Mixed retrieval out of the box
- ✅ Open source
- ✅ Built-in ML ranking support
Pick Weaviate if
- ✅ Hybrid search built in
- ✅ Self-host or cloud
- ✅ Module ecosystem
- ✅ GraphQL + REST APIs