Pinecone vs Qdrant: who uses which
Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.
On usedby, 57 companies use Pinecone and 60 use Qdrant. 3 companies use both, including Microsoft, Hubspot, and My AskAI. Pinecone leads among the Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby that use either tool, Qdrant among the Marketing Tech companies.Latest check Oct 5, 2026: 114 of 117 public lines checked. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. Companies named on both have a confirmed or observed line on each side.
Who uses Pinecone, Qdrant, or both
Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.
54
use only Pinecone
3
companies use both
57
use only Qdrant
54 companies use only Pinecone, 57 use only Qdrant and 3 use both, out of the 114 companies on usedby that use at least one of them.
Where it lands
Newest customers
We have not started tracking changes for Pinecone yet.
Where it lands
Newest customers
No new customer since tracking started on October 5, 2026.
Who uses both
Companies with a confirmed or observed line on both tools.
| Company | First public proof, Pinecone | First public proof, Qdrant |
|---|---|---|
 Microsoft | On or before Oct 2024 | — |
 Hubspot | On or before Oct 2024 | On or before Apr 2025 |
 My AskAI | On or before Oct 2024 | On or before May 2026 |
By industry
Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Pinecone, Qdrant or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.
Pinecone onlyBothQdrant only
More common with Pinecone
- Artificial Intelligence6 of the 10 Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby that use either tool use Pinecone.
- DevTools & Infrastructure4 of the 6 DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby that use either tool use Pinecone.
More common with Qdrant
- Marketing Tech4 of the 6 Marketing Tech companies on usedby that use either tool use Qdrant, 1 of them alongside Pinecone.
Source: confirmed and observed usedby lines. Job-post signals, the weakest proof level, are left out of these shares.
Side by side
Facts from our data and from each vendor's public pages. Each line says where it comes from.
PineconeQdrantWhat customers report
Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.
Pinecone
CustomGPT.ai grew to over 10,000 paying customers, each running custom GPT projects built on their own data
CustomGPT.ai
Vendor case study, pinecone.io, captured Oct 3, 2026
Since the transition, Gong's team has experienced a remarkable 10x reduction in costs.
Gong
Vendor case study, pinecone.io, captured Oct 3, 2026
Qdrant
No reviewed story for Qdrant yet.
Questions about Pinecone and Qdrant
Which is used more, Pinecone or Qdrant?
Qdrant has more customers on usedby: 60 against 57 for Pinecone. Pinecone leads among the Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby that use either tool, Qdrant among the Marketing Tech companies.
Do companies use both Pinecone and Qdrant?
Yes. 3 companies use both on usedby, including Microsoft, Hubspot, and My AskAI.
Who uses Pinecone?
57 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Pinecone.
Who uses Qdrant?
60 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Qdrant.
How does usedby count customers?
A company counts when a public page shows it: a vendor's customer page, a case study, a press release or a job post, most saved with a dated capture. Every line is a customer, at one of three proof levels: confirmed, observed or signal (a job post, the weakest). A company is named as using both tools when its lines on both are confirmed or observed.