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Weaviate vs Qdrant

Trust Score comparison · March 2026

Weaviate
90
Trust
Excellent
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VS
Trust Score Δ
2
🏆 Weaviate wins
Qdrant
88
Trust
Good
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Signal Comparison

250k / wknpm downloads180k / wk
150 commitsCommits (90d)200 commits
12k ★GitHub stars21k ★
3k q'sStack Overflow2k q's
ActiveCommunityGrowing fast
WeaviateQdrant

Key Differences

FactorWeaviateQdrant
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseApache-2.0
LanguageTypeScript / PythonTypeScript / Python / Rust
HostedSelf-hostedSelf-hosted
Free tier
Open Source
TypeScript

Pick Weaviate if…

  • You want open-source vector DB you can self-host
  • Hybrid search combining semantic + keyword
  • Multi-tenant SaaS applications

Pick Qdrant if…

  • Performance-critical vector search at scale
  • You want the fastest self-hostable vector DB
  • Memory-efficient workloads with millions of vectors

Side-by-side Quick Start

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);
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);

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.