What does AI recommend for developer backend & vector search services?

Qdrant has emerged as the leading vector database, particularly praised for its performance and advanced filtering capabilities. This rise displaced longtime leader Pinecone, reflecting a broader market shift where AI assistants now weigh open-source flexibility and metadata performance more heavily against the ease of managed services.

Which developer backend & vector search services brands appear most in AI answers?

Across 7,013 AI responses, Qdrant is mentioned most, named in 40% of them, followed by Milvus (38%) and Weaviate (38%).

How does Parse rank these brands?

Parse measures each brand's mention rate — the share of answers naming it — across 7,013 AI responses to this market's buyer questions. Answers are collected daily and the ranking is published weekly.

How does a brand enter this ranking?

Brands enter the ranking when AI answers mention them. Parse collects answers daily and publishes the re-measured set weekly, so new brands appear as AI starts recommending them.

Best developer backend & vector search services, according to AI

Data as of Aug 25, 2026 · Based on 7,013 AI responses · See how Parse measures this

Developer Backend & Vector Search Services

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Measured across ChatGPT & Google AI

Best Developer Backend & Vector Search Services, According to ChatGPT & Google AI | Parse

#	Brand	What AI says	Mention rate
1	QdrantNow ranked #1, excelling at advanced metadata filtering and on-premise deployments.	Now ranked #1, excelling at advanced metadata filtering and on-premise deployments.	40%
2	MilvusFrequently recommended for handling massive, billion-scale vector datasets in production environments.	Frequently recommended for handling massive, billion-scale vector datasets in production environments.	38%
3	WeaviateA consistent leader for native hybrid search and multimodal (text and image) queries.	A consistent leader for native hybrid search and multimodal (text and image) queries.	38%
4	PineconeNo longer the top choice overall, but still leads for managed, low-latency RAG.	No longer the top choice overall, but still leads for managed, low-latency RAG.	32%
5	Alphabet		31%
6	Amazon		31%
7	SupabaseThe top open-source BaaS, seen as the primary PostgreSQL-based alternative to Firebase.	The top open-source BaaS, seen as the primary PostgreSQL-based alternative to Firebase.	18%
8	Microsoft		17%
9	ChromaA lightweight, developer-friendly option often cited for prototyping and in-memory use.	A lightweight, developer-friendly option often cited for prototyping and in-memory use.	17%
10	PostgreSQL		11%
11	RedisRecommended for ultra-low latency due to its in-memory architecture.	Recommended for ultra-low latency due to its in-memory architecture.	11%
12	Mongodb		10%
13	Tiger DataFrequently cited as a leading time-series database and a cheaper alternative to InfluxDB.	Frequently cited as a leading time-series database and a cheaper alternative to InfluxDB.	9%
14	Appwrite		9%
15	pgvectorThe standard solution for adding vector search natively to an existing PostgreSQL database.	The standard solution for adding vector search natively to an existing PostgreSQL database.	8%
16	Zilliz		7%
17	FAISS		7%
18	Back4App		6%
19	Elastic		6%
20	OneSignal		5%
21	OpenSearch		5%
22	Backendless		5%
23	Influxdata		4%
24	OpenAI		4%
25	QuestDB		4%
26	PlayFab		4%
27	Django		4%
28	Node.js		4%
29	Apache Software Foundation		4%
30	Laravel		4%
31	Spring		4%
32	Oracle		4%
33	Express		4%
34	Pusher		4%
35	LanceDB		4%
36	Courier		3%
37	NestJS		3%
38	FastAPI		3%
39	Cohere		3%
40	Ruby on Rails		3%
41	CrateDB		3%
42	TDengine		3%
43	Vespa (Big Data Platform)		3%
44	Palletsprojects		2%
45	Knock		2%
46	VictoriaMetrics		2%
47	Airship		2%
48	ClickHouse		2%
49	brainCloud		2%
50	Convex		2%
51	PocketBase		2%
52	Go		2%
53	Prometheus		2%
54	Apple		2%
55	Unity		2%
56	Marqo		2%
57	Heroic Labs		2%
58	Nhost		1%
59	RavenDB		1%
60	Voyage AI		1%
61	Cockroach Labs		1%
62	Datastax		1%
63	SingleStore		1%
64	Greptime		1%
65	Fastify		1%
66	Novu		1%
67	Databricks		1%
68	Xano		1%
69	Kx		1%
70	Snowflake		1%
71	Nile		1%
72	ChromaA lightweight, developer-friendly option often cited for prototyping and in-memory use.	A lightweight, developer-friendly option often cited for prototyping and in-memory use.	1%
73	Gin		1%
74	Expo		<1%
75	Grafana		<1%
76	arXiv		<1%
77	Aerospike		<1%
78	Datavid		<1%
79	Vercel		<1%
80	LangChain		<1%
81	Phoenix Framework		<1%
82	LootLocker		<1%
83	Cohere		<1%
84	Python		<1%
85	MagicBell		<1%
86	Couchbase		<1%
87	Next.js		<1%
88	Hugging Face		<1%
89	MariaDB		<1%
90	Beamable		<1%
91	PHP		<1%
92	Yugabyte		<1%
93	hnswlib		<1%
94	Godot BaaS		<1%
95	LlamaIndex		<1%
96	Fiber		<1%
97	MySQL		<1%
98	PubNub		<1%
99	ChronoMind		<1%
100	Docker		<1%