Weaviate
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Features
37 features across 13 categories
AI(5)
Knowledgeable AI agents and agentic workflows
Pre-built agents that interact with and improve your data
Turn natural-language questions into precise Weaviate database operations
Trustworthy chat experiences grounded in your data
Access to various embedding models hosted in Weaviate Cloud
Compliance(2)
HIPAA compliant deployment on Enterprise Cloud
SOC 2 Type II compliance certification
Data Management(1)
Backup retention with varying retention periods by plan
Database(1)
Support for flexible and dynamic index types
Developer Tools(4)
Connect via GraphQL API
Language agnostic SDKs for Python, Go, TypeScript, and JavaScript
Interactive pricing calculator to estimate monthly costs
Connect via REST API
Education(1)
Instructor-led jumpstart training and courses for all skill levels
Infrastructure(4)
Scale seamlessly as you grow, optimizing costs while handling any workload
Global coverage for dedicated deployment on AWS, GCP, and Azure
HA and replication capabilities for reliability
Multi-tenant support for shared deployments
Integration(1)
Connect ML models of choice or use built-in embedding service
Monitoring(1)
Metrics endpoint for external monitoring and observability
Performance(1)
Various compression techniques including rotational quantization (RQ-8)
Search(5)
Smart, contextual search across unstructured data
Hybrid search combining vector and keyword search
Hybrid search capability with dynamic indexing
Semantic search using near_text queries
Pure vector search capability across collections
Security(5)
Support for custom identity providers
Encryption at rest with customer-managed keys
AWS PrivateLink support for secure connections
Baseline security with RBAC across all plans
Single sign-on and SAML authentication
Support(6)
Support via community Slack channel
Email support with next-business-day response times
Phone support for premium plans
Slack support for premium plans
Dedicated technical account team for enterprise customers
Support via official Weaviate forum
Pricing
Free Trial
- ✓14-day free trial
- ✓Fully managed AI Database in shared cloud
- ✓Hybrid search
- ✓Dynamic index
- ✓Vector compression
- ✓Multi-tenancy
- ✓RBAC
- ✓Compression by default
- ✓Community Slack support
- ✓Weaviate Forum support
- ✓99.5% uptime
Flex
Popular- ✓Pay-as-you-go, monthly billing
- ✓Instant, no-commit entry point
- ✓Shared cloud cluster
- ✓Hybrid search
- ✓Replication
- ✓Dynamic index
- ✓Vector compression
- ✓Multi-tenancy
- ✓RBAC
- ✓Highly available clusters
- ✓99.5% uptime
- ✓Email support (next-business-day Severity 1 response)
- ✓Compression by default
- ✓7-day backup retention
Premium
- ✓Prepaid contract with predictable spend
- ✓Choice of shared or dedicated deployment
- ✓Hybrid search
- ✓Replication
- ✓Dynamic index
- ✓Vector compression
- ✓Multi-tenancy
- ✓RBAC
- ✓SSO/SAML
- ✓Up to 99.95% uptime
- ✓Metrics endpoint
- ✓Global coverage for dedicated deployment (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- ✓Enterprise support (1-hour Severity 1 response)
- ✓Technical Account Team
- ✓Training and experts access
- ✓30-day backup retention
- ✓Phone support
- ✓Slack support
- ✓Compression by default
Enterprise
- ✓Custom deployment options
- ✓HIPAA compliance
- ✓PrivateLink (AWS)
- ✓Encrypted volumes with customer keys
- ✓Bring your own IdP
- ✓45-day backup retention
- ✓99.95% uptime SLA
- ✓Dedicated cloud deployment
- ✓Unlimited Query Agent requests
- ✓Unlimited embeddings
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Integrations
6 known integrations