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Best Vector Database Software for Small Business

Shalaka Joshi
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Researched and written by Shalaka Joshi

Products classified in the overall Vector Database category are similar in many regards and help companies of all sizes solve their business problems. However, small business features, pricing, setup, and installation differ from businesses of other sizes, which is why we match buyers to the right Small Business Vector Database to fit their needs. Compare product ratings based on reviews from enterprise users or connect with one of G2's buying advisors to find the right solutions within the Small Business Vector Database category.

In addition to qualifying for inclusion in the Vector Database Software category, to qualify for inclusion in the Small Business Vector Database Software category, a product must have at least 10 reviews left by a reviewer from a small business.

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7 Listings in Small Business Vector Database Available

(46)4.6 out of 5
2nd Easiest To Use in Vector Database software
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  • Product Description
    How are these determined?Information
    This description is provided by the seller.

    DataStax is the company that powers generative AI applications with real-time, scalable data and production-ready vector data tools that generative AI applications need, and seamless integration with

    Users
    No information available
    Industries
    • Computer Software
    • Information Technology and Services
    Market Segment
    • 48% Small-Business
    • 30% Enterprise
  • Pros and Cons
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  • DataStax Pros and Cons
    How are these determined?Information
    Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
    Pros
    Ease of Use
    11
    Customer Support
    9
    Features
    7
    Implementation Ease
    6
    Ease of Setup
    5
    Cons
    Learning Difficulty
    4
    Difficult Learning
    3
    Learning Curve
    3
    Complexity
    2
    Complex Usage
    2
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    Seller
    DataStax
    Year Founded
    2010
    HQ Location
    Santa Clara, CA
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    425 employees on LinkedIn®
    Phone
    650-389-6000
Product Description
How are these determined?Information
This description is provided by the seller.

DataStax is the company that powers generative AI applications with real-time, scalable data and production-ready vector data tools that generative AI applications need, and seamless integration with

Users
No information available
Industries
  • Computer Software
  • Information Technology and Services
Market Segment
  • 48% Small-Business
  • 30% Enterprise
DataStax Pros and Cons
How are these determined?Information
Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
Pros
Ease of Use
11
Customer Support
9
Features
7
Implementation Ease
6
Ease of Setup
5
Cons
Learning Difficulty
4
Difficult Learning
3
Learning Curve
3
Complexity
2
Complex Usage
2
Seller Details
Seller
DataStax
Year Founded
2010
HQ Location
Santa Clara, CA
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
425 employees on LinkedIn®
Phone
650-389-6000
(53)4.7 out of 5
1st Easiest To Use in Vector Database software
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Entry Level Price:Free
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  • Product Description
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    This description is provided by the seller.

    Zilliz Cloud is a cloud-native vector database platform that stores, indexes, and searches billions of embedding vectors to power enterprise-grade similarity search, recommender systems, retrieval aug

    Users
    No information available
    Industries
    • Computer Software
    • Information Technology and Services
    Market Segment
    • 45% Small-Business
    • 36% Mid-Market
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  • Zilliz Pros and Cons
    How are these determined?Information
    Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
    Pros
    Ease of Use
    10
    Speed
    8
    Features
    7
    Performance
    6
    Documentation
    5
    Cons
    Expensive
    4
    Limitations
    3
    Insufficient Documentation
    2
    Missing Features
    2
    Cost Concerns
    1
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    Seller
    ZILLIZ
    Year Founded
    2017
    HQ Location
    Redwood City, US
    Twitter
    @milvusio
    4,874 Twitter followers
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    134 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
How are these determined?Information
This description is provided by the seller.

Zilliz Cloud is a cloud-native vector database platform that stores, indexes, and searches billions of embedding vectors to power enterprise-grade similarity search, recommender systems, retrieval aug

Users
No information available
Industries
  • Computer Software
  • Information Technology and Services
Market Segment
  • 45% Small-Business
  • 36% Mid-Market
Zilliz Pros and Cons
How are these determined?Information
Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
Pros
Ease of Use
10
Speed
8
Features
7
Performance
6
Documentation
5
Cons
Expensive
4
Limitations
3
Insufficient Documentation
2
Missing Features
2
Cost Concerns
1
Seller Details
Seller
ZILLIZ
Year Founded
2017
HQ Location
Redwood City, US
Twitter
@milvusio
4,874 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
134 employees on LinkedIn®

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(38)4.6 out of 5
3rd Easiest To Use in Vector Database software
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    This description is provided by the seller.

    Pinecone is the developer-favorite and most trusted vector database for building accurate and performant AI applications at scale in production. Fully managed, easy to use, with the best cost/performa

    Users
    No information available
    Industries
    • Computer Software
    • Information Technology and Services
    Market Segment
    • 84% Small-Business
    • 13% Mid-Market
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    Year Founded
    2019
    HQ Location
    New York, NY
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    133 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
How are these determined?Information
This description is provided by the seller.

Pinecone is the developer-favorite and most trusted vector database for building accurate and performant AI applications at scale in production. Fully managed, easy to use, with the best cost/performa

Users
No information available
Industries
  • Computer Software
  • Information Technology and Services
Market Segment
  • 84% Small-Business
  • 13% Mid-Market
Seller Details
Year Founded
2019
HQ Location
New York, NY
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
133 employees on LinkedIn®
(29)4.6 out of 5
Optimized for quick response
5th Easiest To Use in Vector Database software
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Entry Level Price:Free
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    This description is provided by the seller.

    Weaviate is an AI-native vector database designed to simplify the process of building and scaling search and generative AI applications for developers of all levels. Open source and built with modern

    Users
    No information available
    Industries
    • Computer Software
    Market Segment
    • 76% Small-Business
    • 14% Mid-Market
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    Seller
    Weaviate
    Company Website
    Year Founded
    2019
    HQ Location
    Amsterdam, NL
    Twitter
    @weaviate_io
    18,348 Twitter followers
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    99 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
How are these determined?Information
This description is provided by the seller.

Weaviate is an AI-native vector database designed to simplify the process of building and scaling search and generative AI applications for developers of all levels. Open source and built with modern

Users
No information available
Industries
  • Computer Software
Market Segment
  • 76% Small-Business
  • 14% Mid-Market
Seller Details
Seller
Weaviate
Company Website
Year Founded
2019
HQ Location
Amsterdam, NL
Twitter
@weaviate_io
18,348 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
99 employees on LinkedIn®
(266)4.4 out of 5
Optimized for quick response
4th Easiest To Use in Vector Database software
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Entry Level Price:$79 per month
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    This description is provided by the seller.

    Build next generation search experiences for your customers and employees that support your organization’s technology objectives. Elasticsearch gives developers a flexible toolkit to build AI-powered

    Users
    • Software Engineer
    • Senior Software Engineer
    Industries
    • Information Technology and Services
    • Computer Software
    Market Segment
    • 39% Mid-Market
    • 32% Enterprise
    User Sentiment
    How are these determined?Information
    These insights, currently in beta, are compiled from user reviews and grouped to display a high-level overview of the software.
    • Elasticsearch is a search and analytics platform that performs near real-time search and analytics across large datasets.
    • Reviewers frequently mention Elasticsearch's speed, scalability, and flexibility, as well as its ability to handle high-volume data and perform complex operations such as full-text search, log analysis, and real-time querying.
    • Users experienced operational complexity and resource intensity at scale, a steep learning curve, and issues with documentation and support.
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  • Elasticsearch Pros and Cons
    How are these determined?Information
    Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
    Pros
    Ease of Use
    32
    Fast Search
    23
    Features
    21
    Results
    19
    Speed
    19
    Cons
    Learning Difficulty
    17
    Required Expertise
    17
    Expensive
    16
    Improvement Needed
    16
    Difficult Learning
    15
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    Seller
    Elastic
    Company Website
    Year Founded
    2012
    HQ Location
    San Francisco, CA
    Twitter
    @elastic
    64,199 Twitter followers
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    4,788 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
How are these determined?Information
This description is provided by the seller.

Build next generation search experiences for your customers and employees that support your organization’s technology objectives. Elasticsearch gives developers a flexible toolkit to build AI-powered

Users
  • Software Engineer
  • Senior Software Engineer
Industries
  • Information Technology and Services
  • Computer Software
Market Segment
  • 39% Mid-Market
  • 32% Enterprise
User Sentiment
How are these determined?Information
These insights, currently in beta, are compiled from user reviews and grouped to display a high-level overview of the software.
  • Elasticsearch is a search and analytics platform that performs near real-time search and analytics across large datasets.
  • Reviewers frequently mention Elasticsearch's speed, scalability, and flexibility, as well as its ability to handle high-volume data and perform complex operations such as full-text search, log analysis, and real-time querying.
  • Users experienced operational complexity and resource intensity at scale, a steep learning curve, and issues with documentation and support.
Elasticsearch Pros and Cons
How are these determined?Information
Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
Pros
Ease of Use
32
Fast Search
23
Features
21
Results
19
Speed
19
Cons
Learning Difficulty
17
Required Expertise
17
Expensive
16
Improvement Needed
16
Difficult Learning
15
Seller Details
Seller
Elastic
Company Website
Year Founded
2012
HQ Location
San Francisco, CA
Twitter
@elastic
64,199 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
4,788 employees on LinkedIn®
(28)4.7 out of 5
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  • Product Description
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    This description is provided by the seller.

    Supabase adds realtime and restful APIs to Postgres without a single line of code.

    Users
    No information available
    Industries
    • Information Technology and Services
    • Computer Software
    Market Segment
    • 86% Small-Business
    • 14% Mid-Market
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  • Supabase Pros and Cons
    How are these determined?Information
    Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
    Pros
    Database Management
    7
    Ease of Use
    7
    Features
    6
    Setup Ease
    5
    Documentation
    4
    Cons
    Insufficient Guidance
    4
    Beginner Unfriendliness
    3
    Poor Customer Support
    3
    Complexity
    2
    Difficult Learning
    2
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    Seller
    Supabase
    Year Founded
    2020
    HQ Location
    Global, US
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    203 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
How are these determined?Information
This description is provided by the seller.

Supabase adds realtime and restful APIs to Postgres without a single line of code.

Users
No information available
Industries
  • Information Technology and Services
  • Computer Software
Market Segment
  • 86% Small-Business
  • 14% Mid-Market
Supabase Pros and Cons
How are these determined?Information
Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
Pros
Database Management
7
Ease of Use
7
Features
6
Setup Ease
5
Documentation
4
Cons
Insufficient Guidance
4
Beginner Unfriendliness
3
Poor Customer Support
3
Complexity
2
Difficult Learning
2
Seller Details
Seller
Supabase
Year Founded
2020
HQ Location
Global, US
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
203 employees on LinkedIn®
Entry Level Price:Free
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    This description is provided by the seller.

    The real-time database for analytics, search, and AI. Store any type of data and combine the simplicity of SQL with the scalability of NoSQL. CrateDB is an open source, multi-model, distributed and co

    Users
    • Data Engineer
    • Software Engineer
    Industries
    • Computer Software
    • Information Technology and Services
    Market Segment
    • 55% Small-Business
    • 31% Mid-Market
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  • CrateDB Pros and Cons
    How are these determined?Information
    Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
    Pros
    Ease of Use
    10
    Easy Integrations
    10
    SQL Usage
    10
    Features
    8
    Scalability
    8
    Cons
    Lack of Features
    3
    Poor Documentation
    3
    Software Limitations
    3
    Complex Configuration
    2
    Insufficient Training
    2
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    Seller
    CrateDB
    Company Website
    Year Founded
    2013
    HQ Location
    Redwood City, CA
    Twitter
    @cratedb
    4,210 Twitter followers
    LinkedIn® Page
    www.linkedin.com
    46 employees on LinkedIn®
Product Description
How are these determined?Information
This description is provided by the seller.

The real-time database for analytics, search, and AI. Store any type of data and combine the simplicity of SQL with the scalability of NoSQL. CrateDB is an open source, multi-model, distributed and co

Users
  • Data Engineer
  • Software Engineer
Industries
  • Computer Software
  • Information Technology and Services
Market Segment
  • 55% Small-Business
  • 31% Mid-Market
CrateDB Pros and Cons
How are these determined?Information
Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
Pros
Ease of Use
10
Easy Integrations
10
SQL Usage
10
Features
8
Scalability
8
Cons
Lack of Features
3
Poor Documentation
3
Software Limitations
3
Complex Configuration
2
Insufficient Training
2
Seller Details
Seller
CrateDB
Company Website
Year Founded
2013
HQ Location
Redwood City, CA
Twitter
@cratedb
4,210 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
46 employees on LinkedIn®