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NameWeaviate
DescriptionAn open-source, AI-native vector database for search, RAG, and AI agents, with built-in vectorization, hybrid search, an agentic Query Agent, and Engram agent memory. Available self-hosted or as a fully managed service via Weaviate Cloud.
Primary database modelVector DBMS
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Score4.86
Rank#67  Overall
#9  Vector DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2019
Current release1.38.2, June 2026
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGo
Data schemeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.no
Secondary indexesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGo
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno
Triggersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Tunable (ONE / QUORUM / ALL)
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

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Weaviate, an ANN Database with CRUD support
2 February 2021,  Etienne Dilocker, SeMI Technologies (sponsor) 

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Recent citations in the news

Ricoh invests in AI-native vector database startup Weaviate through the RICOH Innovation Fund | Global
16 June 2026, Ricoh

Weaviate Launches "Engram" To Provide AI Agents With Production-Grade Memory
30 June 2026, Open Source For You

Weaviate Makes Engram Generally Available, Giving AI Agents Production-Grade Memory
24 June 2026, GlobeNewswire

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5 November 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Weaviate Launches Engram to Break the AI Memory Bottleneck and Let Agents Learn From Conversation Without Slowing Down
6 June 2026, ANI News

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