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Best Vertex AI Vector Search Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from vector database hosting ranked against Vertex AI Vector Search on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Pinecone Free plan apiWeb 7.4
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Pinecone
  2. 2
    Qdrant Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.4
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Qdrant
  3. 3
    Vespa Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.05/mo7.4
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Vespa
  4. 4
    Chroma Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $250/mo7.3
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Chroma
  5. 5
    Cloudflare Vectorize Free plan apiWeb Free7.3
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Cloudflare Vectorize
  6. 6
    FalkorDB Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $731/mo7.3
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs FalkorDB
  7. 7
    Kinetica Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.3
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Kinetica
  8. 8
    SingleStore Helios Free plan apiWeb $0.99/mo7.3
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs SingleStore Helios
  9. 9
    Supabase Free plan AndroidapiiOSMacself-hosted $25/mo7.3
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Supabase
  10. 10
    SvectorDB Free plan apiWeb Free7.3
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs SvectorDB
  11. 11
    Tencent Cloud API Gateway Free plan apiWeb Free7.3
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Tencent Cloud API Gateway
  12. 12
    Upstash Vector Free plan apiWeb $0.40/mo7.3
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Upstash Vector
  13. 13
    Weaviate Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $45/mo7.3
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Weaviate
  14. 14
    Zilliz Cloud Free plan apiWeb Free7.3
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Zilliz Cloud
  15. 15
    Huawei Cloud Cloud Search Service apiWeb 7.2
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Huawei Cloud Cloud Search Service
  16. 16
    KDB.AI Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs KDB.AI
  17. 17
    LanceDB Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free7.2
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs LanceDB
  18. 18
    Neon Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin $0.11/mo7.2
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Neon
  19. 19
    Amazon OpenSearch Service apiWeb 6.9
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Amazon OpenSearch Service
  20. 20
    Elasticsearch Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.9
    Vertex AI Vector Search vs Elasticsearch

Vertex AI Vector Search alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Pinecone7.4Free plan—API, Web
2Qdrant7.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Vespa7.4No$0.05/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Chroma7.3Free plan$250/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5Cloudflare Vectorize7.3Free planFreeAPI, Web
6FalkorDB7.3Free plan$731/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
7Kinetica7.3Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8SingleStore Helios7.3Free plan$0.99/moAPI, Web
9Supabase7.3Free plan$25/moAndroid, API, iOS, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10SvectorDB7.3Free planFreeAPI, Web
11Tencent Cloud API Gateway7.3Free planFreeAPI, Web
12Upstash Vector7.3Free plan$0.40/moAPI, Web
13Weaviate7.3Free plan$45/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
14Zilliz Cloud7.3Free planFreeAPI, Web
15Huawei Cloud Cloud Search Service7.2No—API, Web
16KDB.AI7.2Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
17LanceDB7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
18Neon7.2Free plan$0.11/moAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
19Amazon OpenSearch Service6.9No—API, Web
20Elasticsearch6.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
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Questions about Vertex AI Vector Search alternatives

What is the best alternative to Vertex AI Vector Search?

Pinecone, number 1 in vector database hosting with a score of 7.4 out of 10. The others here: Qdrant, Vespa, Chroma and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Vertex AI Vector Search?

Pinecone is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 16 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it.