# Alternatives to the most popular vector database

Category: Vector Databases. Intent: commercial. Top brand: Pinecone.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/prompt/alternatives-to-the-most-popular-vector-database-yyvpea6zha · data of 2026-11-02

## Brands named

| Brand | Share of engines |
|---|---|
| Pinecone | 100% |
| PostgreSQL | 100% |
| Qdrant | 100% |
| Weaviate | 100% |
| Chroma | 100% |
| LanceDB | 100% |
| MongoDB Atlas | 67% |
| Vespa | 67% |
| Elasticsearch | 67% |
| turbopuffer | 67% |
| Redis | 33% |
| SingleStore | 33% |

## Sources

- zenml.io (2)
- arxiv.org (1)
- dupple.com (1)
- elastic.co (1)
- encore.dev (1)
- firecrawl.dev (1)
- frontdeskreview.com (1)
- geekflare.com (1)
- github.com (1)
- lancedb.com (1)
- layer3labs.io (1)
- layerbase.com (1)
- milvus.io (1)
- qdrant.tech (1)
- ramp.com (1)
- redis.io (1)
- rework.com (1)
- singlestore.com (1)
- sliplane.io (1)
- techsy.io (1)
- truefoundry.com (1)
- trychroma.com (1)
- vespa.ai (1)
- weaviate.io (1)
- web-reference.org (1)

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Alternatives to the most popular vector database”, https://slateindex.ai/prompt/alternatives-to-the-most-popular-vector-database-yyvpea6zha, data of 2026-11-02. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).