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Qdrant vs Weaviate
Trust Score comparison · March 2026
Signal Comparison
180k / wknpm downloads250k / wk
200 commitsCommits (90d)150 commits
21k ★GitHub stars12k ★
2k q'sStack Overflow3k q's
Growing fastCommunityActive
QdrantWeaviate
Key Differences
| Factor | Qdrant | Weaviate |
|---|---|---|
| License | Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Language | TypeScript / Python / Rust | TypeScript / Python |
| Hosted | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| Free tier | — | — |
| Open Source | — | — |
| TypeScript | ✓ | ✓ |
Pick Qdrant if…
- Performance-critical vector search at scale
- You want the fastest self-hostable vector DB
- Memory-efficient workloads with millions of vectors
Pick Weaviate if…
- You want open-source vector DB you can self-host
- Hybrid search combining semantic + keyword
- Multi-tenant SaaS applications
Side-by-side Quick Start
Qdrant
import { QdrantClient } from '@qdrant/js-client-rest';
const client = new QdrantClient({ url: process.env.QDRANT_URL, apiKey: process.env.QDRANT_API_KEY });
const results = await client.search('my_collection', {
vector: [0.1, 0.2, 0.3, ...],
limit: 5,
});
console.log(results);Weaviate
import weaviate from 'weaviate-client';
const client = await weaviate.connectToWeaviateCloud(
process.env.WEAVIATE_URL,
{ authCredentials: new weaviate.ApiKey(process.env.WEAVIATE_API_KEY) }
);
const collection = client.collections.get('Article');
const result = await collection.query.nearText(['AI news'], { limit: 5 });
console.log(result.objects);Community Verdict
Based on upvoted notes🏆
Weaviate wins this comparison
Trust Score 90 vs 88 · 2-point difference
Weaviate leads on Trust Score with stronger signal data across downloads and community health. That said, the other tool is worth considering if your use case matches its specific strengths above.