Weaviate introduces pay-as-you-grow vector search pricing

AI Impact Summary

Weaviate has shifted to a usage-based pricing model for its cloud offering, charging $0.05 per million dimensions. This represents a significant change from traditional database pricing and aligns with the ‘pay-as-you-grow’ model common in cloud storage. The pricing structure, based on vector dimensions, is designed to be more predictable and scalable, particularly for applications utilizing complex vector embeddings with varying dimensionalities.