Vector Databases · pricing · Updated November 2026
Weaviate pricing (2026)
Weaviate's paid plans start at $45/mo (Flex) as checked on 2026-11-01, read from Weaviate's own pricing page; 3 plans. Best for Multi-tenant SaaS applications needing per-customer data isolation. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $45/mo (Flex)
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: Multi-tenant SaaS applications needing per-customer data isolation; Regulated healthcare workloads on AWS requiring HIPAA compliance; Teams wanting an open-source vector DB with managed cloud option
As of · every figure below links to its source
Weaviate plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — | Flat monthly | 100,000 objects, 1 GB memory, 10 GB disk. 2,000 embedding requests/day. 1,000 Query Agent requests/mo. 1 collection, up to 3 tenants. Best-effort SLA. | weaviate.io |
| Flex | $45 | — | Custom / quote | Starts at $45/mo. Pay-as-you-go beyond minimum. Unlimited objects and collections (up to 1,000). Vector dimensions from $0.00465/1M, storage from $0.12/GiB. 7-day backup retention. 99.5% uptime SLA. No commitment required. | weaviate.io |
| Premium STALE · 2026-09-03 | $400 | — | Custom / quote | Starts at $400/mo. Prepaid contract. Shared or dedicated deployment. Dedicated: vector dimensions from $0.002718/1M, storage from $0.1505/GiB. 45-day backup retention. 99.95% uptime SLA. Phone and Slack support. HIPAA available on Enterprise Cloud (AWS). | weaviate.io |
Last verified 2026-11-01. STALE marks a plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 1 of 3 plans above is marked. https://weaviate.io/pricing accessed 2026-06-14. Four tiers confirmed via two independent fetches. HIPAA confirmed: 'Available on Enterprise Cloud (AWS) for regulated healthcare workloads.' Embedding model pricing (Snowflake Arctic-Embed-M-V1.5: $0.025/1M tokens, etc.) also confirmed. Cross-checked against benchmark.vectorview.ai. This note predates a correction to the plans above, from 2026-09-27; the table holds the corrected figures.See the corrections.
Plans no longer listed
Plans we recorded earlier that the page they were read from no longer lists. None of these is a current price, and a plan missing from a pricing page may still be sold to existing customers or through sales.
| Plan | Last recorded | Named successor | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PlusNot listed on weaviate.io as of 2026-09-27; last seen 2026-06-14. The page lists: "Compare Database plans Plan Free Flex Premium Shared Dedicated" | was $280/mo — Not listed on weaviate.io as of 2026-09-27; last seen 2026-06-14 | — | weaviate.io |
Price changes
Price on record
$45/moFirst on record 2026-10-16
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since October 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Corrections to this record
Changes we made to our own record of Weaviate, newest first: a figure read again on the vendor's page, a plan it no longer lists, a note. None of them is a price change by Weaviate. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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Plus (not listed on weaviate.io as of 2026-09-27; last seen 2026-06-14). Not listed on weaviate.io as of 2026-09-27; last seen 2026-06-14. The page lists: "Compare Database plans Plan Free Flex Premium Shared Dedicated"
Capabilities
Integrations: OpenAI, Cohere, Anthropic, Hugging Face, AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, Snowflake.
Key features: Native multi-tenancy with per-tenant data isolation; Built-in vectorizer and reranker modules (no external embedding pipeline required); Query Agent for natural language querying of collections; Engram managed memory/context service for agentic workflows; Open-source core with self-hosted or fully managed cloud options.
Plan limits: Free: 100,000 objects, 1 GB memory, 10 GB disk, 1 collection, up to 3 tenants, 2,000 embedding requests/day; Free: best-effort SLA, no HIPAA; HIPAA available only on Enterprise Cloud (AWS) — Premium tier and above.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Weaviate cost?
Weaviate's paid plans start at $45/mo (Flex), and it lists a $0 plan (Free); it has 3 published plans. Verified 2026-11-01.
What are cheaper alternatives to Weaviate?
Cheaper vector databases than Weaviate (entry $45/mo) include Redis Cloud at $5/mo, MongoDB Atlas Vector Search at $8/mo, Pinecone at $20/mo. Verified 2026-11-01.
Does Weaviate support HIPAA?
Yes — Weaviate states HIPAA support on its public pages. Its public pages also state SOC 2 and GDPR compliance.
Does Weaviate have a free plan?
Yes — Weaviate publishes a free tier.
Weaviate vs alternatives
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- Supabase (pgvector) from $25/mo
- Pinecone from $20/mo
- MongoDB Atlas Vector Search from $8/mo
- Redis Cloud from $5/mo
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