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Weaviate Cloud
Weaviate Cloud is listed under managed services (deployment type: managed provisioned). First listed price, in its own unit: $0, plan price per month (Free). Stated: hybrid and sparse search, built-in embedding and built-in reranking. Read from the vendor's own pages on October 18, 2026.
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Status
- Availability label
- Not stated
No GA or preview label for the Weaviate Cloud service itself is stated on the pricing or docs pages checked.
- License split
Weaviate's license now splits BSD-3-Clause and an enterprise-licensed directory
The repository LICENSE file puts most source code under BSD-3-Clause and the "wl" directory under a separate enterprise license only.
“Source code in this repository is variously licensed under the BSD-3-Clause License, or the Weaviate License.”
raw.githubusercontent.com “Within the "wl" directory and all its sub-directories, source code is Copyright Weaviate BV 2026-present, all rights reserved, and is only available under a separate enterprise license.”
raw.githubusercontent.com
How Weaviate Cloud charges
Every price Weaviate Cloud states, in its own unit, with the quote and where it comes from. Nothing is converted.
| Price | Unit, as stated | Quote and source | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plan price or monthly minimum | |||
| $0 | plan price per month (Free) | “Free Forever$0/mo No credit card required” | - |
| $45 | plan minimum per month (Flex, starts at) | “Flex Starts at$45/mo Pay-as-you-go” | - |
| from $400 | plan minimum per month (Premium) | “The minimum covers the baseline cluster cost and includes charges for Vector Dimensions and Storage: $45/month on Flex and from $400/month on Premium.” | - |
| Per 1M vector dimensions (period not stated) | |||
| from $0.00465 | per 1M vector dimensions (Flex; Premium shared from $0.003875, Premium dedicated from $0.002718) | “Vector dimensions Free from $0.00465 / 1M from $0.003875 / 1M from $0.002718 / 1M” |
|
| Other units, one row eachnot sorted: no two rows share a unit | |||
| from $0.12 | per GiB storage (Flex; Premium shared from $0.10, Premium dedicated from $0.33) | “Storage Free from $0.12 / GiB from $0.10 / GiB from $0.33 / GiB” | - |
| from $0.03036 | per GiB backup (Flex; Premium shared from $0.021, Premium dedicated from $0.014) | “Backup Free from $0.03036/ GiB from $0.021 / GiB from $0.014 / GiB” | - |
Plan labels in brackets come from the pricing table's column headings, which the quoted cell text does not always repeat.
Free tier and limits
- Free tier
Free plan: 100,000 objects, 1 GB memory, 10 GB disk
“100,000 objects · 1 GB memory · 10 GB disk.”
weaviate.io “1 collection, up to 3 tenants.”
weaviate.io - Limits
Free: 100,000 objects and 1 collection; paid plans: unlimited objects, 1000 collectionsinferred
Our reading: Free versus paid-plan figures mapped by the pricing table's column order; the quoted row does not name the plans.
“Object limit 100,000 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Collection limit 1 1000 1000 1000”
weaviate.io
Search and indexing
- Max dimensions
- Not stated
Not stated on the pricing, vector index or distance metric pages checked.
- Distance metrics
cosine, dot, l2-squared, hamming, manhattan
“cosine Cosine (angular) distance.”
docs.weaviate.io “l2-squared The squared euclidean distance between two vectors.”
docs.weaviate.io “hamming Number of differences between vectors at each dimensions.”
docs.weaviate.io “manhattan The distance between two vector dimensions measured along axes at right angles.”
docs.weaviate.io “dot A dot product-based indication of distance.”
docs.weaviate.io - Index types
HNSW, Flat, Dynamic, HFresh
“Weaviate supports these vector index types: - HNSW index”
docs.weaviate.io “Flat index: a simple, lightweight index that is designed for small datasets.”
docs.weaviate.io “Dynamic index: allows you to automatically switch from a flat index to an HNSW index as object count scales”
docs.weaviate.io “HFresh index: a cluster-based index that uses HNSW for the centroid index”
docs.weaviate.io - Hybrid and sparse search
Yes: vector plus BM25 keyword search
“Hybrid search combines vector search and keyword search (BM25) to leverage the strengths of both approaches.”
docs.weaviate.io - Metadata filtering
- Not stated
Filtering is not described on the pages checked (pricing, vector index, distances, hybrid search, multi-tenancy, client libraries).
- Multi-tenancy
Native multi-tenancy (one shard per tenant)
“Multi-tenancy provides data isolation. Each tenant is stored on a separate shard.”
docs.weaviate.io
Built-in embedding and reranking
- Built-in embedding
Yes
“Weaviate Embeddings is a managed embedding inference service for Weaviate Cloud users.”
docs.weaviate.io - Built-in reranking
Yes, via reranker modules
“Reranking in Weaviate With our reranker modules”
docs.weaviate.io
Deployment, license and SDKs
- Regions and clouds
Free: AWS; Flex and Premium shared: GCP, AWS; Premium dedicated: GCP, AWS, Azureinferred
Our reading: Per-plan clouds (Free, Flex and Premium shared, Premium dedicated) mapped by the pricing table's column order; the quoted row does not name the plans.
“Cloud Service Provider AWS GCP, AWS GCP, AWS GCP, AWS, Azure”
weaviate.io - BYOC and self-host
Open-source core under BSD-3-Clause (outside the "wl" directory); BYOC not stated on the pages checked
“Outside of the "wl" directory, source code in a given file is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause License, as defined in LICENSE-BSD.”
raw.githubusercontent.com - License
BSD-3-Clause, except code in the "wl" directory, which is under a separate enterprise license
“Source code in this repository is variously licensed under the BSD-3-Clause License, or the Weaviate License.”
raw.githubusercontent.com “Within the "wl" directory and all its sub-directories, source code is Copyright Weaviate BV 2026-present, all rights reserved, and is only available under a separate enterprise license.”
raw.githubusercontent.com - SDKs
Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, Java, C#
“Python Client Install and use the official Python client to interact with Weaviate.”
docs.weaviate.io “TypeScript / JavaScript Client Use the official client with Node.js.”
docs.weaviate.io “Go Client Install and use the official Go client library”
docs.weaviate.io “Java Client Install and use the new Java client library for interacting with Weaviate.”
docs.weaviate.io “C# Client Install and use the official C# library for interacting with Weaviate.”
docs.weaviate.io
Vendor-stated claims
Performance, scale and SLA figures as Weaviate Cloud states them. Not measured.
Availability SLA: best effort (Free), 99.5% (Flex), 99.9% (Premium shared), 99.95% (Premium dedicated)vendor-statedinferred
Our reading: Per-plan SLAs (Free, Flex, Premium shared, Premium dedicated) mapped by the pricing table's column order; the quoted row does not name the plans.
“Availability Best effort 99.5% 99.9% 99.95%”
Research notes
Pricing is by stored vector dimensions plus storage and backup; the page says dimension rates vary by index type, compression and region ("Vector dimension pricing varies by index type, compression method, and region."). Weaviate Embeddings is listed as "Coming soon" for Premium dedicated. The GitHub LICENSE now splits code between BSD-3-Clause and an enterprise-licensed "wl" directory.
FAQ
How much does Weaviate Cloud cost?
In Weaviate Cloud's own units: $0 (plan price per month (Free)); $45 (plan minimum per month (Flex, starts at)); from $0.00465 (per 1M vector dimensions (Flex; Premium shared from $0.003875, Premium dedicated from $0.002718)); from $0.12 (per GiB storage (Flex; Premium shared from $0.10, Premium dedicated from $0.33)); from $0.03036 (per GiB backup (Flex; Premium shared from $0.021, Premium dedicated from $0.014)); from $400 (plan minimum per month (Premium)). As of October 18, 2026; prices are not converted.
What is the maximum vector dimension in Weaviate Cloud?
Not stated. Not stated on the pricing, vector index or distance metric pages checked.
Does Weaviate Cloud support hybrid search?
Yes: vector plus BM25 keyword search, per the vendor: "Hybrid search combines vector search and keyword search (BM25) to leverage the strengths of both approaches."
Does Weaviate Cloud have built-in embedding or reranking?
Embedding: Yes. Reranking: Yes, via reranker modules.
Sources
- Source: docs.weaviate.io
- Source: weaviate.io/pricing
- Source: docs.weaviate.io/weaviate/config-refs/distances
- Source: docs.weaviate.io/weaviate/concepts/vector-index
- Source: docs.weaviate.io/weaviate/concepts/search/hybrid-search
- Source: docs.weaviate.io/weaviate/manage-collections/multi-tenancy
- Source: docs.weaviate.io/cloud/embeddings
- Source: docs.weaviate.io/weaviate/concepts/reranking
- Source: raw.githubusercontent.com/weaviate/weaviate/main/LICENSE
- Source: docs.weaviate.io/weaviate/client-libraries
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