Pinecone vs Weaviate: Which One for Production
Pinecone vs Weaviate: Which One for Production
Pinecone has 420 GitHub stars, while Weaviate boasts 15,839. But hey, stars don’t mean much if the product doesn’t deliver. Today, I’m comparing Pinecone and Weaviate, two popular vector databases, to help you make an informed choice about which one to roll out in your production environment.
| Vector DB | GitHub Stars | GitHub Forks | Open Issues | License |
|---|
| LangChain | CrewAI | AutoGen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Stars | 130,068 | 46,455 | 55,836 |
| Forks | 21,444 | 6,268 | 8,414 |
| Open Issues | 505 | 494 | 684 |
| License | MIT | MIT | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Latest Stable | Mar 17, 2026 | Mar 18, 2026 (v1.11.0) | Sep 30, 2025 (v0.7.5) |
| Commits (last 4 weeks) | 187 total | 3 RCs in 3 days | Near zero |
| Born | Oct 2022 | Oct
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