Weaviate launches Enterprise Edition for self-managed deployments

Weaviate launched Enterprise Edition, a licensed tier of its self-managed vector database with extra features for security, scaling and stability.

The first two are shard self-recovery, which rebuilds lost shards automatically when a node fails, and deduplicated backups, which Weaviate says are smaller and more cost-efficient. Weaviate says more will arrive with each release. A subscription also comes with a support SLA.

It's the same code as the open source Community Edition. You add a license key, enable the features you want and restart, with no reinstall or migration.

A free 30-day trial key is available on request. When the trial ends, Weaviate keeps running as Community Edition and your data stays where it is. Pricing after that is by quote. Every Weaviate Cloud plan already includes Enterprise Edition, so the license only matters if you run Weaviate yourself.