Elastic Cloud vs Weaviate Cloud pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (2 days ago)Source: Elastic Cloud: www.elastic.co/pricing/serverless-search, Weaviate Cloud: weaviate.io/pricingVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

Monthly cost of Elastic Cloud and Weaviate Cloud at three volumes and at your own
Volume	Elastic Cloud	Weaviate Cloud
small10 gb stored (per month)	$0 / moIngest VCUexcludes unpriced usage	$0 / moFree
growing500 gb stored (per month)	$0 / moIngest VCUexcludes unpriced usage	$105 / moFlex
scale10K gb stored (per month)	$0 / moIngest VCUexcludes unpriced usage	$1,245 / moFlex
your volumeset above	$0 / moIngest VCUexcludes unpriced usage	$105 / moFlex

Each cell is the cheapest feasible plan, or the chosen model, at that volume, from the shared Overage cost function. "Cheapest model" only considers models with both an input and an output price listed. Volumes are example scenarios you can edit.

Tiers, aligned by position

Tiers of Elastic Cloud and Weaviate Cloud aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
Position	Elastic Cloud	Weaviate Cloud
Free	no tier	$0 / moFree
Entry	unlistedIngest VCU	$45 / moFlex
Mid	unlistedSearch VCU	no tier
Top	unlistedEgress	Contact salesPremium

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
Measure	Elastic Cloud	Weaviate Cloud
Tightest limit	unlisted	unlisted

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

No change detected for either service in the last 90 days.