| Chroma | Qdrant | Weaviate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Open-source search infrastructure for AI | Qdrant is an Open-Source Vector Search Engine written in Rust. It provides fast and scalable vector similarity search service with convenient API. | Bring AI-native applications to life with less hallucination, data leakage, and vendor lock-in |
| Stage | — not provided | — not provided | — not provided |
| Industry | — not provided | — not provided | — not provided |
| Headquarters | — not provided | — not provided | — not provided |
| Overall score | 72.9/100 57% confidence 25 src | 74.3/100 57% confidence 26 src | 70.5/100 57% confidence 30 src |
| Evidence | 25 sources | 26 sources | 30 sources |
| Freshness | fresh | fresh | fresh |
| Primary risk | — not provided | The AI evaluation council recorded dissent on this company. | The AI evaluation council recorded dissent on this company. |
| Dimension | Chroma | Qdrant | Weaviate |
|---|---|---|---|
adoption40%Each company's strength on "adoption" as a 0–100% score; the badge is this dimension's weight in the overall score. | |||
developer35%Each company's strength on "developer" as a 0–100% score; the badge is this dimension's weight in the overall score. | |||
funding_magnitude15%Each company's strength on "funding_magnitude" as a 0–100% score; the badge is this dimension's weight in the overall score. | — not provided | — not provided | |
funding_recency10%Each company's strength on "funding_recency" as a 0–100% score; the badge is this dimension's weight in the overall score. | — not provided | — not provided |
| Chroma | Qdrant | Weaviate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary language | Rust observed stale | Rust observed stale | Go observed stale |
| GitHub stars | 29494 observed | 35068 observed | 16879 observed |
| Forks | 2560 observed | 2744 observed | 1420 observed |
| Weekly downloads (npm) | 248633 observed | 915938 observed | 379335 observed |
| Chroma | Qdrant | Weaviate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team size (reported) | — not provided | — not provided | — not provided |
| Open eng roles | 1 observed | — not provided | 0 observed stale |
| Total open roles | 1 observed | — not provided | 3 observed |
| Chroma | Qdrant | Weaviate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funding stage | — not provided | — not provided | — not provided |
| Lifecycle stage | — not provided | — not provided | — not provided |
| Latest round stage | — not provided | series_b observed stale | — not provided |
| Observation | Value | Kind | Stance | Conf. | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ai.document.claims | {"claims": [{"claim": "Chroma is an open-source search infrastructure for AI.", "quote": "Open-source search infrastructure for AI", "topic": "Type", "section": 0}, {"claim": "Chroma is licensed under | observed | supports · stale | 0.50 | 2026-07-20 |
ai.technical.assessment | {"council": {"dissent": false, "members": [{"agent": "technical_specialist", "domain": "technical", "signal": 0.8, "signal_source": "model"}, {"agent": "product_docs_specialist", "domain": "product_do | derived | qualifies · stale | 0.76 | 2026-07-22 |
common_name | Chroma | observed | supports · stale | 0.60 | 2026-07-09 |
common_name | Chroma | observed | supports · stale | 0.95 | 2026-07-16 |
community.hn.max_points | 231 | observed | supports | 0.20 | 2026-10-08 |
community.hn.mentions | 23 | observed | supports | 0.20 | 2026-10-08 |
community.hn.rumors | [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35469361", "title": "Chroma raises $18M seed round", "points": 8, "created_at": "2023-04-06", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unverifie | observed | supports · stale | 0.20 | 2023-04-06 |
community.hn.top_story | {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43692089", "title": "Chroma: Ubisoft's internal tool used to simulate color-blindness", "points": 231, "created_at": "2025-04-15"} | observed | supports · stale | 0.20 | 2025-04-15 |
description | Open-source search infrastructure for AI | observed | supports · stale | 0.70 | 2026-07-09 |
domain | trychroma.com | observed | supports · stale | 0.95 | 2026-07-09 |
gate.accumulation | {"outcome": "document_created", "obs_count": 38, "source_id": "01KXZK7SW864AWN3MCM1MR1227", "trigger_path": "accumulation_gate", "collector_count": 6, "artifact_collector": "website_collector"} | observed | supports · stale | 0.60 | 2026-07-20 |
github.repository.archived | false | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.created_at | 2022-10-05T17:58:44Z | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.default_branch | main | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.description | Search infrastructure for AI | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.disabled | false | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.forks | 2560 | observed | supports | 0.60 | 2026-10-12 |
github.repository.full_name | chroma-core/chroma | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.license | Apache-2.0 | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.open_issues | 936 | observed | supports | 0.60 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.primary_language | Rust | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.pushed_at | 2026-10-14T04:09:39Z | observed | supports | 0.90 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.stars | 29494 | observed | supports | 0.60 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.topics | ["agents", "ai", "ai-agents", "database", "rust", "rust-lang"] | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.updated_at | 2026-10-14T03:17:02Z | observed | supports | 0.90 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.url | https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.visibility | public | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
hypothesis | {"criterion": {"attribute": "github.repository.stars", "threshold": 50000, "comparator": "gte"}, "prediction": "GitHub stars will exceed 50000 within 90 days.", "expected_by": "2026-10-07T14:58:44.580 | derived | qualifies · stale | 0.30 | 2026-07-09 |
index.ai_tie | AI_ADJACENT | observed | supports · stale | 0.60 | 2026-07-25 |
jobs.board_url | https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/trychroma | observed | supports | 0.85 | 2026-09-20 |
jobs.postings.engineering | 1 | observed | supports | 0.85 | 2026-09-20 |
jobs.postings.total | 1 | observed | supports | 0.85 | 2026-09-20 |
metric.developer.fork_ratio | 0.0868 | derived | qualifies | 0.60 | 2026-10-12 |
metric.developer.inorganic_risk | none | derived | qualifies · stale | 0.70 | 2026-08-08 |
metric.developer.push_recency_days | 0.8629 | derived | qualifies | 0.90 | 2026-10-15 |
metric.developer.repo_age_days | 1470.2872 | derived | qualifies | 0.90 | 2026-10-15 |
metric.developer.stars_growth_per_day | 4.5158 | derived | qualifies | 0.60 | 2026-10-14 |
metric.venture.package_downloads_weekly | 2192475 | derived | qualifies | 0.70 | 2026-10-14 |
npm.package.dependent_repos | 294 | observed | supports · stale | 0.80 | 2026-08-29 |
npm.package.latest_version | 3.5.0 | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
npm.package.license | Apache-2.0 | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
npm.package.name | chromadb | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
npm.package.weekly_downloads | 248633 | observed | supports | 0.70 | 2026-10-14 |
pypi.package.latest_version | 1.5.9 | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
pypi.package.name | chromadb | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
pypi.package.release_count | 130 | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
pypi.package.weekly_downloads | 1943842 | observed | supports | 0.70 | 2026-10-14 |
score.developer_momentum | 65.7 | derived | qualifies | 0.57 | 2026-10-15 |
score.technical_maturity | 70.9 | derived | qualifies · stale | 0.76 | 2026-07-22 |
score.venture_signal | 72.9 | derived | qualifies | 0.47 | 2026-10-15 |
sector | ai_infra | derived | qualifies · stale | 0.85 | 2026-08-08 |
signal.attributed_claims | 16 | observed | supports | 0.90 | 2026-09-26 |
source.document.reference | {"kind": "document", "title": "chroma: Chroma - open-source search infrastructure for AI", "source_id": "01KXZK7SW864AWN3MCM1MR1227", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:562016325c6887764c0d86774531ffa26f | observed | supports · stale | 0.95 | 2026-07-20 |
website.homepage.has_pricing_link | true | observed | supports · stale | 0.80 | 2026-07-09 |
website_url | https://trychroma.com | observed | supports · stale | 0.95 | 2026-07-09 |
| Observation | Value | Kind | Stance | Conf. | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ai.document.claims | {"claims": [{"claim": "Qdrant is built entirely in Rust with SIMD and a custom storage engine called Gridstore.", "quote": "Built entirely in Rust with SIMD and a custom storage engine (Gridstore) — n | observed | supports · stale | 0.50 | 2026-07-20 |
ai.technical.assessment | {"council": {"dissent": true, "members": [{"agent": "technical_specialist", "domain": "technical", "signal": 0.82, "signal_source": "model"}, {"agent": "product_docs_specialist", "domain": "product_do | derived | qualifies | 0.66 | 2026-09-28 |
common_name | Qdrant | observed | supports · stale | 0.60 | 2026-07-09 |
common_name | Qdrant | observed | supports · stale | 0.95 | 2026-07-16 |
community.hn.max_points | 131 | observed | supports · stale | 0.20 | 2026-07-18 |
community.hn.mentions | 50 | observed | supports · stale | 0.20 | 2026-07-18 |
community.hn.rumors | [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39101682", "title": "Qdrant, the Vector Search Database, raised $28M in a Series A round", "points": 131, "created_at": "2024-01-23", "evidence_type": "r | observed | supports · stale | 0.20 | 2024-01-23 |
community.hn.top_story | {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39101682", "title": "Qdrant, the Vector Search Database, raised $28M in a Series A round", "points": 131, "created_at": "2024-01-23"} | observed | supports · stale | 0.20 | 2024-01-23 |
description | Qdrant is an Open-Source Vector Search Engine written in Rust. It provides fast and scalable vector similarity search service with convenient API. | observed | supports · stale | 0.70 | 2026-07-09 |
domain | qdrant.tech | observed | supports · stale | 0.95 | 2026-07-09 |
funding.round.amount_usd | 50000000 | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
funding.round.announced_on | 2026-03-12 | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
funding.round.lead_investors | ["Advance Venture Partners"] | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
funding.round.source_url | https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatamanagement/news/366640132/Qdrant-raises-50M-in-funding-to-fuel-vector-database-growth | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
funding.round.stage | series_b | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
gate.accumulation | {"outcome": "document_created", "obs_count": 40, "source_id": "01KXZK62S0YHXYGCMFWD9AFTH3", "trigger_path": "accumulation_gate", "collector_count": 6, "artifact_collector": "website_collector"} | observed | supports · stale | 0.60 | 2026-07-20 |
github.repository.archived | false | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.created_at | 2020-05-30T21:37:01Z | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.default_branch | master | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.description | Qdrant - High-performance, massive-scale Vector Database and Vector Search Engine for the next generation of AI. Also available in the cloud https://cloud.qdrant.io/ | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.disabled | false | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.forks | 2744 | observed | supports | 0.60 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.full_name | qdrant/qdrant | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.license | Apache-2.0 | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.open_issues | 760 | observed | supports | 0.60 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.primary_language | Rust | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.pushed_at | 2026-10-14T06:49:09Z | observed | supports | 0.90 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.stars | 35068 | observed | supports | 0.60 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.topics | ["ai-search", "ai-search-engine", "embeddings-similarity", "hnsw", "hybrid-search", "image-search", "knn-algorithm", "machine-learning", "mlops", "nearest-neighbor-search", "neural-network", "neural-s | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.updated_at | 2026-10-14T03:37:39Z | observed | supports | 0.90 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.url | https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.visibility | public | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
hypothesis | {"criterion": {"attribute": "github.repository.stars", "threshold": 50000, "comparator": "gte"}, "prediction": "GitHub stars will exceed 50000 within 90 days.", "expected_by": "2026-10-07T14:58:44.580 | derived | qualifies · stale | 0.30 | 2026-07-09 |
index.ai_tie | AI_ADJACENT | observed | supports · stale | 0.60 | 2026-07-25 |
metric.developer.fork_ratio | 0.0782 | derived | qualifies | 0.60 | 2026-10-14 |
metric.developer.inorganic_risk | none | derived | qualifies · stale | 0.70 | 2026-08-08 |
metric.developer.push_recency_days | 0.7502 | derived | qualifies | 0.90 | 2026-10-15 |
metric.developer.repo_age_days | 2328.1337 | derived | qualifies | 0.90 | 2026-10-15 |
metric.developer.stars_growth_per_day | 12.7828 | derived | qualifies | 0.60 | 2026-10-14 |
metric.venture.funding_amount_usd | 50000000 | derived | qualifies · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
metric.venture.funding_recency_days | 217.0344 | derived | qualifies | 0.90 | 2026-10-15 |
metric.venture.package_downloads_weekly | 4036311 | derived | qualifies | 0.70 | 2026-10-14 |
npm.package.dependent_repos | 97 | observed | supports · stale | 0.80 | 2026-08-29 |
npm.package.latest_version | 1.19.0 | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-08-05 |
npm.package.license | Apache-2.0 | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
npm.package.name | @qdrant/js-client-rest | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
npm.package.weekly_downloads | 915938 | observed | supports | 0.70 | 2026-10-14 |
pypi.package.latest_version | 1.19.1 | observed | supports | 0.90 | 2026-09-24 |
pypi.package.license | Apache-2.0 | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
pypi.package.name | qdrant-client | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
pypi.package.release_count | 126 | observed | supports | 0.90 | 2026-09-24 |
pypi.package.weekly_downloads | 3120373 | observed | supports | 0.70 | 2026-10-14 |
score.developer_momentum | 68.9 | derived | qualifies | 0.57 | 2026-10-14 |
score.technical_maturity | 68.6 | derived | qualifies | 0.57 | 2026-09-28 |
score.venture_signal | 74.3 | derived | qualifies | 0.54 | 2026-10-15 |
sector | ai_infra | derived | qualifies · stale | 0.85 | 2026-08-08 |
signal.attributed_claims | 9 | observed | supports | 0.90 | 2026-09-26 |
source.document.reference | {"kind": "document", "title": "qdrant: Qdrant - Vector Search Engine", "source_id": "01KXZK62S0YHXYGCMFWD9AFTH3", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:8b02ef889ef93277653c5c1409477f5b106dd003002dfff9566f36 | observed | supports · stale | 0.95 | 2026-07-20 |
website.homepage.has_pricing_link | false | observed | supports · stale | 0.80 | 2026-07-09 |
website_url | https://qdrant.tech | observed | supports · stale | 0.95 | 2026-07-09 |
| Observation | Value | Kind | Stance | Conf. | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ai.document.claims | {"claims": [{"claim": "Weaviate provides peace of mind regarding scalability and uptime for vector databases.", "quote": "I need peace of mind. When we are scaling our systems, I don't want to worry a | observed | supports · stale | 0.50 | 2026-07-20 |
ai.technical.assessment | {"council": {"dissent": true, "members": [{"agent": "technical_specialist", "domain": "technical", "signal": 0.85, "signal_source": "model"}, {"agent": "product_docs_specialist", "domain": "product_do | derived | qualifies | 0.45 | 2026-09-28 |
common_name | The AI database developers love | observed | supports · stale | 0.60 | 2026-07-09 |
common_name | Weaviate | observed | supports · stale | 0.95 | 2026-07-16 |
community.hn.max_points | 64 | observed | supports · stale | 0.20 | 2026-07-18 |
community.hn.mentions | 50 | observed | supports · stale | 0.20 | 2026-07-18 |
community.hn.rumors | [] | observed | supports · stale | 0.20 | 2026-07-18 |
community.hn.top_story | {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36757334", "title": "The Future of LLMs with Arthur, MosaicML, LangChain, and Weaviate [video]", "points": 64, "created_at": "2023-07-17"} | observed | supports · stale | 0.20 | 2023-07-17 |
description | Bring AI-native applications to life with less hallucination, data leakage, and vendor lock-in | observed | supports · stale | 0.70 | 2026-07-09 |
domain | weaviate.io | observed | supports · stale | 0.95 | 2026-07-09 |
gate.accumulation | {"outcome": "document_created", "obs_count": 38, "source_id": "01KXZKDEAZ4299JHWGGEXJ3CAE", "trigger_path": "accumulation_gate", "collector_count": 6, "artifact_collector": "website_collector"} | observed | supports · stale | 0.60 | 2026-07-20 |
github.repository.archived | false | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.created_at | 2016-03-30T15:03:17Z | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.default_branch | main | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.description | Weaviate is an open-source vector database that stores both objects and vectors, allowing for the combination of vector search with structured filtering with the fault tolerance and scalability of a c | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.disabled | false | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.forks | 1420 | observed | supports | 0.60 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.full_name | weaviate/weaviate | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.license | noassertion | observed | supports | 0.90 | 2026-09-10 |
github.repository.open_issues | 797 | observed | supports | 0.60 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.primary_language | Go | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.pushed_at | 2026-10-14T06:16:33Z | observed | supports | 0.90 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.stars | 16879 | observed | supports | 0.60 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.topics | ["approximate-nearest-neighbor-search", "generative-search", "grpc", "hnsw", "hybrid-search", "image-search", "information-retrieval", "mlops", "nearest-neighbor-search", "neural-search", "recommender | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.updated_at | 2026-10-14T03:21:14Z | observed | supports | 0.90 | 2026-10-14 |
github.repository.url | https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
github.repository.visibility | public | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-09 |
hypothesis | {"criterion": {"attribute": "github.repository.stars", "threshold": 50000, "comparator": "gte"}, "prediction": "GitHub stars will exceed 50000 within 90 days.", "expected_by": "2026-10-07T14:58:44.580 | derived | qualifies · stale | 0.30 | 2026-07-09 |
index.ai_tie | AI_ADJACENT | observed | supports · stale | 0.60 | 2026-07-25 |
jobs.board_url | https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/weaviate | observed | supports · stale | 0.85 | 2026-07-15 |
jobs.postings.engineering | 0 | observed | supports · stale | 0.85 | 2026-08-10 |
jobs.postings.total | 3 | observed | supports | 0.85 | 2026-09-19 |
metric.developer.fork_ratio | 0.0841 | derived | qualifies | 0.60 | 2026-10-14 |
metric.developer.inorganic_risk | none | derived | qualifies · stale | 0.70 | 2026-08-08 |
metric.developer.push_recency_days | 0.7764 | derived | qualifies | 0.90 | 2026-10-15 |
metric.developer.repo_age_days | 3850.4106 | derived | qualifies | 0.90 | 2026-10-15 |
metric.developer.stars_growth_per_day | 1.5053 | derived | qualifies | 0.60 | 2026-10-14 |
metric.venture.package_downloads_weekly | 1878288 | derived | qualifies | 0.70 | 2026-10-14 |
npm.package.dependent_repos | 15 | observed | supports · stale | 0.80 | 2026-08-29 |
npm.package.latest_version | 3.15.0 | observed | supports | 0.90 | 2026-10-08 |
npm.package.license | BSD-3-Clause | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
npm.package.name | weaviate-client | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
npm.package.weekly_downloads | 379335 | observed | supports | 0.70 | 2026-10-14 |
pypi.package.latest_version | 4.23.1 | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-09-07 |
pypi.package.license | BSD 3-clause | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
pypi.package.name | weaviate-client | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-07-14 |
pypi.package.release_count | 296 | observed | supports · stale | 0.90 | 2026-09-07 |
pypi.package.weekly_downloads | 1498953 | observed | supports | 0.70 | 2026-10-14 |
rating.investor.overall | 5 | opinion | qualifies | 1.00 | 2026-10-01 |
score.developer_momentum | 62.1 | derived | qualifies | 0.57 | 2026-10-14 |
score.technical_maturity | 59.7 | derived | qualifies | 0.45 | 2026-09-28 |
score.venture_signal | 70.5 | derived | qualifies | 0.47 | 2026-10-14 |
sector | ai_infra | derived | qualifies · stale | 0.85 | 2026-08-08 |
signal.attributed_claims | 4 | observed | supports | 0.90 | 2026-09-26 |
source.document.reference | {"kind": "document", "title": "weaviate: The AI database developers love | Weaviate", "source_id": "01KXZKDEAZ4299JHWGGEXJ3CAE", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:9cb1f2dd5b5805f307bb4c78558e0f54add747a | observed | supports · stale | 0.95 | 2026-07-20 |
website.homepage.has_pricing_link | true | observed | supports · stale | 0.80 | 2026-07-09 |
website_url | https://weaviate.io | observed | supports · stale | 0.95 | 2026-07-09 |