Weaviate free tier includes Open-source vector database — self-hosted free… Verified September 2026. Compare with 7 alternatives in Databases.
Subtypes in Databases: vector — stores embeddings and answers similarity queries as its primary access path. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://weaviate.io/pricing, where it says: “Compare pricing options for our different levels of vector database services and solutions.” How we use this.
Weaviate's free tier offers Open-source vector database — self-hosted free… We rate it stable. The one change we have recorded did not narrow the terms. Best for databases workloads — 7 alternatives available.
Open-source vector database — self-hosted free. Cloud: permanent free tier with 1 cluster, 100,000 objects, 1 GB memory, 10 GB disk, 1 collection, up to 3 tenants, 2,000 embedding requests/day and 1,000 Query Agent requests/month. Paid cloud from $45/mo (Flex)
We read that on 2026-09-10 from https://weaviate.io/pricing, and our check recorded: the page names Weaviate as "weaviate" and states "$0".
How Weaviate compares against every one of the 7 we list, not against a selection of them. A surface with room for every member of a tied set may rotate their order. A surface with room for only some of them names none of them, because which ones it named would be the claim, and a claim seeded on the date is not the one we serve tomorrow. How we decide this.
| Service | Free Tier | Stability |
|---|---|---|
| Weaviate | Open Source | stable |
| Zilliz Cloud | Free | unrated |
| Chroma | Open Source | stable |
| Supabase | Free | stable |
| Upstash Vector | Free | stable |
| Upstash | Free | stable |
| SurrealDB Cloud | Free | caution |
| Turbopuffer | Pay-as-you-go | unrated |
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We do not push notifications. Every change we record is readable the moment it lands, and the JSON answer carries an ETag — send it back as If-None-Match and an unchanged answer costs one 304.
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{
"tool": "search_deals",
"arguments": {
"query": "Weaviate",
"limit": 5
}
}
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