Weaviate BYOC
Weaviate BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) is the deployment model where you run the database infrastructure inside your own cloud environment (VPC), while Weaviate manages the control plane, monitoring, support, and operations. This gives you the benefits of Weaviate’s management and vector database features combined with your own cloud governance, network controls, and compliance policies.
Key Features
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Infrastructure sits in your cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) under your VPC governance
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Weaviate manages control plane, monitoring, support, and service operations for the data plane
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Suitable for organisations with strict cloud governance, compliance, or data locality needs
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Custom pricing via sales, based on your cloud resources (CPU, RAM) and usage
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Access to enterprise SLAs and operations support in your managed environment
Use Cases
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Enterprises needing full control over the cloud environment, region, compliance, and network for vector workloads
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Organisations with sensitive data (e.g., regulated industries) that require data to live in their VPC or private cloud
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Use cases where you want Weaviate expertise in operations, but want the infrastructure under your cloud governance
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Teams planning large-scale vector deployments in existing cloud accounts with unified billing
Pricing & Plans
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Pricing is custom, and you must contact the Weaviate sales team for a quote.
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Pricing depends on CPU, RAM, usage, high availability, region, and other factors.
Integrations & Compatibility
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Because the infrastructure is in your cloud, you can integrate deeply with your existing cloud services, security policies, networking, identity, and access management
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Supports the same Weaviate core capabilities (vector storage, object relations, hybrid search) but now embedded in your cloud fabric
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You still benefit from Weaviate’s monitoring, support, and operations expertise
Pros & Cons
| Pros | Cons |
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| You retain full cloud governance, region, network, and compliance under your cloud account | Requires cloud setup and some coordination between your ops and Weaviate’s support |
| Best for regulated workloads or organisations with existing large cloud investments | More complex than pure SaaS serverless; may require more onboarding |
| Managed operations by Weaviate reduce your ops burden compared with fully self-hosting | Custom pricing and possibly higher costs due to dedicated resources and cloud infrastructure |
| Allows you to leverage your cloud ecosystem (security, IAM, networking) while using Weaviate | Setup timeline and contractual negotiation may be longer |
Final Verdict
Weaviate BYOC is the ideal choice for organisations that want the advantages of Weaviate’s vector database capabilities and managed operations, but need the infrastructure to reside in their own cloud environment for governance, security, compliance, or cost consolidation. If you already have large cloud investments and precise requirements around networking or data residency, this is a strong fit. For simpler or smaller workloads, you may choose Serverless or Enterprise Cloud first.