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Foundation Year2019
Country🇳🇱 Netherlands
FoundersBob van Luijt, Etienne Dilocker, Micha Verhagen
TierFree Trial, Paid
PlatformsAPI, Web Browsers
AI FeaturesAI Knowledge Base, API, Backup & Restore, Hybrid Search, Multi-tenancy, Retrieval Augmented Generation, Structured Filtering, Vector Search
Pricing From$45 Per Month
SupportYes (Email, Phone)
Best Used ForAI Knowledge Base
Affiliate ProgramNo
White LabelNo
APIYes

Description

Weaviate is an open-source vector database that helps you turn your documents, notes, and app data into something you can search by meaning, not just by exact words. It stores your data together with its embeddings, so you can run fast semantic search and also hybrid search (keyword + vector) when you want both accuracy and “understanding.” It is a great backend for an AI knowledge base: you can build chatbots and “ask my docs” apps using RAG, where Weaviate finds the best passages first and then an LLM uses them to answer. It also aims to make AI apps easier to build and scale, with built-in search features and easy connections to AI models.

Features

  • Vector Search
  • Keyword Search (BM25/BM25F)
  • Hybrid Search
  • Structured Filtering
  • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Multi-tenancy
  • Backup & Restore
  • GraphQL API
  • REST API
  • gRPC Search API

Free Plan & Pricing

Free Tier
Free Trial (14 Days)
Free 14-day trial, then pay‑as‑you‑go, monthly instant, no‑commit entry point.
Sandbox cluster that delivers Weaviate’s full core DB toolkit (hybrid search, dynamic index, compression, multi-tenancy).
Baseline security with RBAC.
Various compression techniques.
Compression by default.
Support via Community Slack and Weaviate Forum.
Paid Plans
Flex ($45 Per Month)
Pay‑as‑you‑go, monthly instant, no‑commit entry point.
Shared cloud cluster that delivers Weaviate’s full core DB toolkit (hybrid search, replication, dynamic index, compression, multi-tenancy).
Baseline security with RBAC.
Various compression techniques.
Highly available clusters 99.5% uptime.
Compression by default.
Email support, next-business-day Severity 1 response.
Premium ($400 Per Month)
Prepaid contract with predictable spend.
Choice of shared or dedicated deployment for high performance & compliance.
Trusted reliability up to 99.95% uptime.
Various compression techniques.
Metrics endpoint for external monitoring.
Global coverage for dedicated deployment on AWS, GCP & Azure.
Enterprise support: as low as 1-hour Severity 1 response, Technical Account Team, and access to training and experts.
Refund Policy
Weaviate did not provided any information about their refund policy.

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[4.2/5]

Weaviate is praised for making semantic search and vector database workflows easy to get started with, combining vector storage and metadata into one system which speeds up prototyping and RAG pipelines; users note strong features and cloud-native modules for real-time search but report scaling and performance can be inconsistent at larger loads.
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Last Fetched Date: December 17, 2025, 9:04 am
Our Expert's Opinion

[4.5/5]

After trying Weaviate, I feel it is a strong vector database for building an AI knowledge base, because it gives fast semantic search and also hybrid search when you need both meaning and keywords. I like that it supports several APIs (GraphQL, REST, and gRPC), so it fits different apps and workloads. But it is not “plug and play” for everyone: the schema and data modeling can take time to get right, and some advanced parts (like multi-tenancy and backups) add extra setup and rules you must understand. Also, if you use the cloud version, the pricing model can feel confusing at first, so you need to watch usage and plan your budget. Overall, it feels powerful and flexible, but it asks you to learn a bit more than the simplest managed tools.

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