Databricks vs Weaviate

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Weaviate is the stronger AI pick in Vector Databases: it has a visibility score of 45.2 versus 1.4 for Databricks, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Databricks if…

You need ISO 27001 or ISO 27017 or ISO 27018 or ISO 27701 or SOC 1 or SOC 3 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (5,000+ employees)
Lakehouse architecture combining data warehousing with data lake flexibility
Strong for machine learning, AI, and data engineering workloads

Choose Weaviate if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (45.2 vs 1.4)
AI answers describe it more positively (59% vs 35% positive)
You need HIPAA (Enterprise Cloud on AWS) coverage
Strong native hybrid search

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Databricks	Weaviate
Visibility score	1.4%	45.2%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Vector Databases	#22	#4
Share of voice	0.8%	11.7%
Mentions this run	4	56
Positive in AI answers	35%	59%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Databricks 0pp · Weaviate 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Weaviate leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

1.9%

57.8%

AI Mode

1.3%

40%

Perplexity

1.1%

37.8%

DatabricksWeaviate

Head to head in AI answers

5 engine answers name both brands

0Databricks ranked higher

5Weaviate ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Databricks	Weaviate
Best vector database for enterprise	ChatGPT	#9	#3
Best vector database for enterprise	AI Mode	#6	#4
Compare the leading Vector Databases platforms	ChatGPT	#10	#3
Best vector database with AI features	Perplexity	#7	#2
Is Chroma a good vector database?	ChatGPT	#6	#4

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Databricks	Weaviate
Pricing model	—	Usage-based
Entry price	—	Free; paid from $45 / mo
Free plan	—	Yes
Deployment	Available across all major cloud providers	Serverless, Enterprise Cloud, or Bring Your Own Cloud
Compliance	ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3	SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA (Enterprise Cloud on AWS)
Support	Technical support on request, Technical documentation	Email support on all plans, Phone and Slack support on Premium and Dedicated plans, Technical Account Team add-on on Premium and Dedicated plans
Founded	2013	2019
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Employees	5,000+	51–200
Funding	Round at $60B valuation, including secondary sale	Strategic investment (Ricoh corporate venture fund)
Best for	Data engineering, data science, analytics and AI teams at startups and global enterprises	Development teams and enterprises building search, RAG and agent applications who want an open-source, production-ready vector database.