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Weaviate

Graded against 804 verified platforms, from its own policy text. Automated assessment against a published rubric — not legal advice.

Overall riskHIGHReviewed 2026-08-21
Creator: medium · GRC: medium · Counsel: medium
creator band
Strong
enterprise · Exemplary
Exhibit A · Terms of Service · verbatim

Customer warrants that it has all necessary rights and consents to provide any information, data (including personal data), and other materials that it provides hereunder and to permit Weaviate to use the same as contemplated under this Agreement.

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163 verified findings11 policy surfaces2/2 core docs verified
Risk triage

Watch: indemnity liability

Start here. These are the highest-risk verified clauses AIRIN found in the platform's own policy text.

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high
44
medium
119
low
2/2
docs
Trains on your data?
Not yet assessed
no verified finding covers this surface yet
Who owns outputs?
Not yet assessed
no verified finding covers this surface yet
Commercial use?
Commercial use allowed
from 3 cited findings
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Scores derived from 55 enriched findings — same verbatim citations as below. AI-generated, not legal advice.

What this means for you
  • Weaviate's training terms are conditional — check the tier, opt-out, and enterprise exceptions before relying on protection.
  • Your outputs and prompts are explicitly yours — Weaviate's terms include affirmatively protective IP language.
  • Data handling is conditional — 8 privacy or retention clauses warrant review before using Weaviate at scale.

Derived from AI-enriched analysis of the verified findings below — informational only, not legal advice.

How to read this page: Overall risk rates what Weaviate's own policy terms mean for your prompts, outputs, and data. The benchmark bands below grade those same verified terms relative to peers — a platform in a risky-by-default category can rate HIGH risk and still grade STRONG against its peer set. Both trace to the cited findings.

Creator lens
Your prompts, your outputs, your IP
STRONG

Based on 307 verified, verbatim-cited findings below — read the citations.

Enterprise lens
Data use, retention, subprocessors, audit
EXEMPLARY

Based on 321 verified, verbatim-cited findings below — read the citations.

Automated assessment against a published rubric — not legal advice.

Fully verifiedDeveloper / Coding

Fully verified — complete core corpus captured and read in full.

Document status
  • Terms of Service
    Verified - read in full - 60 citationsstaticLast captured 2026-08-21
  • Privacy Policy
    Verified - read in full - 103 citationsstaticLast captured 2026-08-21
Tier conditions

Only citation-backed plan differences are shown here; absent cells mean AIRIN has not verified a tier-specific claim.

plan language
Privacy & data use

This clause grants Weaviate a perpetual right to aggregate, collect, and analyze data relating to the Weaviate Offering and to use such data to develop and improve its offerings and disclose anonymized, aggregated insights, establishing a broad training and analytics data use right that persists after termination.

" Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Weaviate shall have the right to aggregate, collect, and analyze data and other information relating to the provision, use, and performance of the Weaviate Offering and shall be free (during and af..."
📍 § 3 (Proprietary Rights ​)Jump to exact text →
plan language
Privacy & data use

Describes the categories of personal data automatically processed via cookies and voluntarily provided by website visitors (contact information), and the purposes (service supply, product improvement, customer support, marketing), establishing Weaviate's data processing obligations for website visitors.

" We process some types of personal data automatically, for instance by using cookies. For more information on how we use cookies, please refer to the information on cookies below. To supply our service, to improve our products and services,..."
📍 Privacy Policy › “Type of data Purposes”Jump to exact text →
plan language
Privacy & data use

Specifies the categories of personal data collected from Serverless service users (name, email, company, IP address, device attributes) and the purposes for which they are processed (service supply, relationship management, suggestions/recommendations, support), establishing Weaviate's processing obligations and the legal bases relied upon.

" Information about you as a user. This includes your name, email address, company name, position, user rights, country of residence and the use case you are using Weaviate for.  To supply our service, to manage our relationship with you (wh..."
📍 Privacy Policy › “Type of data Purposes”Jump to exact text →
plan language
Moderation & enforcement

Restricts federal government customers' use, duplication, reproduction, release, modification, disclosure, and transfer of the Weaviate Offering and related documentation solely to the terms of the Agreement, prohibiting all other use and conferring no rights beyond those expressly stated.

" Weaviate provides the Weaviate Offering, including related software and technology, for ultimate federal government end use solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If Customer is an agency, department, or other entity of any..."
📍 § 9 (General ​)Jump to exact text →
tier-specific
Tier differences

Imposes a minimum hourly infrastructure overhead charge on Customers using the Weaviate Dedicated Cloud single-tenant architecture regardless of actual usage, establishing a financial obligation specific to that service tier.

" Infrastructure Overhead Charge. Operating the Weaviate Dedicated Cloud offering requires the setup and maintenance of dedicated compute resources, referred to as “Infrastructure Overhead.” This overhead is essential for managing and operat..."
📍 Terms of Service › “Weaviate Cloud Consumption”Jump to exact text →
tier-specific
Tier differences

This clause incorporates by reference the terms of Exhibit A.1 governing the Weaviate Cloud offering, establishing tier-specific rights and obligations for that service.

" When Weaviate Offering entails Weaviate Cloud. Details are described in Exhibit A.1"
tier-specific
Tier differences

Sub-heading introducing the Weaviate AIUs (AI Units) tier, identifying a distinct pricing and service structure for a specific offering category.

" Weaviate AIUs. "
tier-specific
Tier differences

Defines the two subscription models (On Demand invoiced in arrears and Fixed Term prepaid), establishing the framework for pricing and payment obligations applicable to different commercial tiers.

" AIU Pricing. The Weaviate Offering may be subscribed to on an On Demand basis, where usage is invoiced in arrears every month, or on a Fixed Term basis, where a set dollar amount of usage is purchased up front. Pricing depends on whether y..."
📍 Terms of Service › “Weaviate AI Units”Jump to exact text →

Evidence appendix

Showing priority citations first. The full appendix is available for audit trails; not every citation is a severe risk.

High - 0
Medium - 44
Tier-specific - 7
Total citations - 163
Severity
Surface
Document
Tier
Privacy & data use
CautionHigh
" Please note that we may require you to provide additional information to verify your identity before responding to your request. Furthermore, there may be situations where we are lawfully entitled to deny or restrict your rights described in this Section. In any case, we will carefully assess whether such an exemption applies and inform you accordingly. We may, for example, deny your request for access when necessary to protect the rights and freedoms of other individuals or refuse to delete your personal data in case the processing of such data is necessary for compliance with legal obligations. The right to data portability, for example, does not apply in case the personal data was not provided by you or if we process the data not on the basis of your consent or for the performance of a contract."
Privacy Policy › “**10. Your rights and how to exercise them ** ​”Jump to exact text →
Source: Privacy Policy- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

Establishes exceptions and limitations to the exercise of data subject rights, permitting Weaviate to deny or restrict rights where lawfully entitled and requiring identity verification before responding to requests.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Privacy & data use
CautionHigh
" Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Weaviate shall have the right to aggregate, collect, and analyze data and other information relating to the provision, use, and performance of the Weaviate Offering and shall be free (during and after the term hereof) to (i) use such data and other information to develop and improve the Weaviate Offering and other Weaviate offerings, and (ii) disclose insights of such data in aggregated and anonymized format that does not identify Customer or any individual."
§ 3 (Proprietary Rights ​)Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

This clause grants Weaviate a perpetual right to aggregate, collect, and analyze data relating to the Weaviate Offering and to use such data to develop and improve its offerings and disclose anonymized, aggregated insights, establishing a broad training and analytics data use right that persists after termination.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Privacy & data use
CautionHigh
" We process some types of personal data automatically, for instance by using cookies. For more information on how we use cookies, please refer to the information on cookies below. To supply our service, to improve our products and services, to improve our customer support, and for marketing purposes. We also process some types of personal data that you voluntarily provide to us (please also refer to Section 3(b) in this perspective). This personal data is business-oriented and is limited to contact information that is necessary to maintain our relationship with you, such as your name, company name, job title, and email address. To contact you based on your request, to contact you with relevant offers or services, and for marketing purposes. Cookies are small text files placed on a computer hard drive to record a visitor’s information such as user ID and browsing behavior. Our websites use cookies for analytical and functionality purposes that allow us to improve our websites based on visitor experience. Furthermore, we use cookies or similar technologies (such as web beacons and JavaScript) to analyze trends, administer the website, monitor how visitors navigate around the websites, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.  Below, you can read more about the cookies we use and why we use them."
Privacy Policy › “Type of data Purposes”Jump to exact text →
Source: Privacy Policy- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

Describes the categories of personal data automatically processed via cookies and voluntarily provided by website visitors (contact information), and the purposes (service supply, product improvement, customer support, marketing), establishing Weaviate's data processing obligations for website visitors.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Privacy & data use
CautionHigh
" Advertising cookies: These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests."
Privacy Policy › “Type of data Purposes”Jump to exact text →
Source: Privacy Policy- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

Defines 'advertising cookies' as cookies used to deliver relevant advertising, prevent ad repetition, and select interest-based ads, establishing a category with specific processing purposes relevant to consent requirements.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Privacy & data use
CautionHigh
"1 day Analytics _hjSession_# Hotjar Collects statistics on the visitor's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. 1 day Analytics _hjSessionUser_# Hotjar Collects statistics on the visitor's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. 1 year Analytics td googletagmanager.com Registers statistical data on users' behavior on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. Session Analytics _ga Google Analytics Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 2 years Advertising _ga_# Google Analytics Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. 2 years Advertising _gcl_au Google Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. 3 months Advertising elfsight_viewed_recently core.service.elfsight.com Determines which products the user has viewed, allowing the website to promote related products. 1 day Advertising IDE doubleclick.net Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. "
Privacy Policy › “Name Provider Purpose Duration Category”Jump to exact text →
Source: Privacy Policy- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

This segment defines analytics cookies (_hjSession_#, _hjSessionUser_#, td, _ga) including their providers, purposes, durations, and categories, specifying how visitor behavioral statistics are collected for analytics purposes.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Privacy & data use
CautionHigh
" Information about you as a user. This includes your name, email address, company name, position, user rights, country of residence and the use case you are using Weaviate for.  To supply our service, to manage our relationship with you (which may include notifying you about changes to our terms or policies), and to make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you. Information about the device that you use to access Weaviate. This includes IP-addresses, device attributes and connection information. To supply our service, to supply our support, to improve our products and services, to ensure the security of our services, and to deal with possible complaints and disputes. Information about your use of Weaviate. This includes the dates and times you access Weaviate, how you navigate inside the Weaviate environment, crash logs, and page load times. To supply our service, to supply our support, to improve our products and services, to improve our customer support. Information about your organization. This includes the trade register number of your organization and bank information. To set up your contract, to contact the financial and procurement team, and to send invoices and collect payments. For the processing of this personal data, we rely on the performance of our contract with you. Although Weaviate may access personal data you store in the Weaviate database that is provided through our Serverless service, we are not responsible for the processing of such data. "
Privacy Policy › “Type of data Purposes”Jump to exact text →
Source: Privacy Policy- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

Specifies the categories of personal data collected from Serverless service users (name, email, company, IP address, device attributes) and the purposes for which they are processed (service supply, relationship management, suggestions/recommendations, support), establishing Weaviate's processing obligations and the legal bases relied upon.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Moderation & enforcement
CautionHigh
" Weaviate may suspend access to the Weaviate Offering immediately upon notice if Customer fails to pay any amounts hereunder at least ten (10) days past the applicable due date. If Weaviate has not received payment within fourteen (14) days after the applicable due date, Weaviate may elect to charge interest on past due amounts at the rate of one percent (1%) per month, but in no event greater than the highest rate of interest allowed by law, calculated from the date such amount was due until the date that payment is received by Weaviate."
§ 2 (Fees ​)Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

This clause grants Weaviate the right to suspend access and charge interest at 1% per month on overdue amounts if Customer fails to pay within specified grace periods, establishing contractual remedies for late payment.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Indemnity & liability
CautionHigh
" All amounts payable hereunder are exclusive of any sales, use, and other taxes or duties, however designated (collectively “ Taxes ”). Customer will be solely responsible for payment of all Taxes, except for those taxes based on the income of Weaviate. Customer will not withhold any Taxes from any amounts due to Weaviate."
§ 2 (Fees ​)Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

This clause imposes an obligation on Customer to pay all applicable taxes on amounts due under the Agreement (excluding Weaviate's income taxes) and prohibits Customer from withholding any taxes from payments to Weaviate, allocating full tax responsibility to Customer.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Indemnity & liability
CautionHigh
" Customer will pay Weaviate the fees set forth in the applicable Order Form. Customer shall pay those amounts due and not disputed in good faith within thirty (30) days of the date of receipt of the applicable invoice unless a specific date for payment is set forth in such Order Form, in which case payment will be due on the date specified. Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement or in any applicable Order Form, (a) fees are quoted and payable in United States dollars, and (b) payment obligations are non-cancelable and non-proratable for partial months, and fees paid are non-refundable."
§ 2 (Fees ​)Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

This clause imposes an obligation on Customer to pay fees as set forth in the Order Form within thirty days of invoice receipt, establishes that fees are payable in USD, that payment obligations are non-cancelable and non-proratable, and that fees paid are non-refundable, creating binding commercial payment terms.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Confidentiality
CautionHigh
" Customer may from time to time provide Weaviate with Feedback with respect to the Weaviate Offering. Weaviate will have full discretion to determine whether or not to proceed with the development of any requested enhancements, new features, or functionality. Weaviate will have the full, unencumbered right, without any obligation to compensate or reimburse Customer, to use, incorporate, and otherwise fully exercise and exploit any such Feedback in connection with its products and services."
§ 3 (Proprietary Rights ​)Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

This clause grants Weaviate a full, unencumbered, royalty-free right to use, incorporate, and exploit any Feedback provided by Customer in connection with Weaviate's products and services, without any obligation to compensate Customer, effectively assigning broad IP rights in Feedback to Weaviate.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Indemnity & liability
High
" UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY CHARACTER, INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES OR BUSINESS, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, LOST CONTENT OR DATA, EVEN IF A REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED, KNEW, OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. EXCEPT FOR A PARTY’S BREACH OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS UNDER SECTION 4, A PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 6, A PARTY’S INFRINGEMENT OR MISAPPROPRIATION OF THE OTHER PARTY’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND CUSTOMER’S PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 2, NEITHER PARTY’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID BY CUSTOMER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM."
§ 7 (Limitation of Liability ​)Jump to exact text →
Source: Terms of Service- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

This clause limits both parties' liability by excluding indirect, special, incidental, consequential, and punitive damages under any legal theory, and caps direct damages, with carve-outs for confidentiality breaches, indemnification obligations, and other specified items, thereby restricting the maximum recoverable amounts under the agreement.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Privacy & data use
NeutralHigh
" Your email address and any information you provide (please also refer to Section 3 in this perspective). To supply our service, to communicate with you, and for marketing purposes. For the processing of this personal data, we rely on your consent."
Privacy Policy › “Type of data Purposes”Jump to exact text →
Source: Privacy Policy- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

Specifies that email address and voluntarily provided information are processed for service supply, communication, and marketing purposes, relying on consent as the legal basis, establishing a processing obligation and the corresponding consent requirement.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Privacy & data use
High
" Cookies categorized as “Embedded” may qualify as any of the above types and are used by third parties (e.g. YouTube). These cookies allow us to display embedded content (such as YouTube videos) on our websites. The data collected with embedded cookies is not visible to us, but we do ask for your prior consent before allowing these third parties to use them."
Privacy Policy › “Type of data Purposes”Jump to exact text →
Source: Privacy Policy- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

Describes 'Embedded' cookies used by third parties (e.g., YouTube) for displaying embedded content, discloses that data collected is not visible to Weaviate, and imposes an obligation to obtain prior user consent before allowing these third-party cookies, establishing a consent and third-party sharing procedure.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Privacy & data use
NeutralHigh
" We process your contact details. This includes but may not be limited to your email address. To send you our newsletter and for marketing purposes. We may also process previous mailings you received, and details on when and how you unsubscribed to receiving our newsletter, whether you have opened our newsletter and/or clicked on any links included in our newsletter. To improve our communications and for marketing purposes.Our newsletters make use of certain techniques to track visitor statistics. We use these statistics to improve our newsletters and offer you relevant content. You may object to the use of your personal data for direct marketing purposes anytime (please see Section 10 in this respect). For example, you can unsubscribe from receiving our newsletter at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the newsletter you received or by contacting hello@weaviate.io . Please find the relevant contact details in Section 11 . When you unsubscribe, you will still receive our service emails. "
Privacy Policy › “Type of data Purposes”Jump to exact text →
Source: Privacy Policy- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

This segment describes the obligation to process email addresses and engagement data (open rates, click-through, unsubscribe history) from newsletter subscribers for communication and marketing purposes using tracking techniques, while also referencing the right to object to such processing.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Privacy & data use
NeutralHigh
" Upon your first visit, we seek consent for analytics, advertising, and social media cookies. You can withdraw consent or adjust settings anytime in the "Cookie Settings" menu. You may also configure your browser settings to block or delete cookies. However, doing so may affect website functionality. For more details on managing cookies, visit:"
§ 12.3 (How can you control cookies? ​)Jump to exact text →
Source: Privacy Policy- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

Describes the consent procedure for analytics, advertising, and social media cookies on first visit, grants users the right to withdraw consent or adjust settings at any time, and warns that blocking cookies may affect site functionality.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Privacy & data use
High
" Social Media Cookies : Allow integration with third-party platforms like YouTube."
§ 12.2 (Types of cookies we use ​)Jump to exact text →
Source: Privacy Policy- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

Defines social media cookies as those enabling integration with third-party platforms such as YouTube, indicating data sharing with external providers via cookies.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Privacy & data use
High
" We process your contact details. This may include but is not limited to your name, your email address, and your organization. To contact you, to identify you, and to supply our support.  We process the information you provide to us in those communications. This information may include but is not limited to Service Usage Information. To contact you, to supply our support, and to improve our products and services. For the processing of this personal data, we rely on our legitimate interest in responding to your contact with us."
Privacy Policy › “Type of data Purposes”Jump to exact text →
Source: Privacy Policy- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

This segment describes the obligation to process contact details and communication content from email contacts for purposes of responding, identifying, and improving products, relying on legitimate interest as the legal basis for such processing.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Privacy & data use
High
" We process your contact details. This may include but is not limited to your (user)name and email address. To contact you, to identify you, and to improve our support.  We process the information you provide to us in those communications. To contact you, to supply our support, to improve our communications, and to improve our products and services. For the processing of this personal data, we rely on our legitimate interest in responding to your contact with us."
Privacy Policy › “Type of data Purposes”Jump to exact text →
Source: Privacy Policy- Snapshot 2026-06-08- View source
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Automated analysis

This segment describes the obligation to process social media contact details and communications content for contact, support, communication improvement, and product improvement purposes, relying on legitimate interest as the legal basis.

AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.

Common questions about Weaviate's policies

Can you use Weaviate's output commercially?
Commercial use allowed — based on 3 verified findings from Weaviate's published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.

Clause detail — protections, your obligations, and coverage

Every clause below is a verbatim quote from Weaviate's own published policy, read in full and linked to its exact location. Protections and user obligations are reported separately from risk because they are different kinds of clause — an obligation on you is not a risk to your data. Informational only, not legal advice.

✅ Protections found

28 verified clauses

Clauses in Weaviate's policies that work in your favour — commitments the platform made to you.

  • Indemnity & liabilityindemnity direction
    Indemnity by Weaviate. Weaviate will defend Customer against any Claim made or brought against Customer by a third party alleging that the use of the Weaviate Offering as permitted hereunder infringes or misappropriates a patent, copyright or trade secret and…

    This clause creates an obligation for Weaviate to defend and indemnify Customer against third-party intellectual property infringement claims arising from permitted use of the Weaviate Offering, and grants Weaviate the r…

    📍 § 6 (Indemnification ​)Jump to exact text →
  • Confidentiality
    The confidentiality obligations in this Section supersede any prior confidentiality agreements entered into between the parties. Each party agrees that it will use the Confidential Information of the other party solely in accordance with the provisions of this…

    This clause imposes mutual obligations on both parties to use Confidential Information solely in accordance with the Agreement and not to disclose it to third parties without prior written consent, supersedes prior confi…

    📍 § 4 (Confidentiality; Restrictions ​)Jump to exact text →
  • Indemnity & liabilityindemnity direction
    Each indemnifying Party’s obligation under Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, respectively, are conditioned upon the following provided: (i) the indemnified party first provides written notice of the Claim to the indemnifying party within thirty (30) days after becom…

    This clause establishes the procedural conditions governing both parties' indemnification obligations, including requirements for timely written notice within thirty days, tender of sole control of the claim to the indem…

    📍 § 6 (Indemnification ​)Jump to exact text →
  • Indemnity & liability
    Weaviate shall, during the term of this Agreement, maintain in force the following insurance coverage at its own cost and expense: (a) Statutory Worker’s Compensation and Employer’s Liability as required by state law with a minimum limit of $1,000,000 each acc…

    This clause imposes a contractual obligation on Weaviate to maintain specified minimum insurance coverages—including workers' compensation, employer's liability, commercial general liability, and others—at its own expens…

    📍 § 9 (General ​)Jump to exact text →
  • Governing law & disputes
    No amendment or modification to this Agreement, nor any waiver of any rights hereunder, will be effective unless assented to in writing by both parties. Any such waiver will be only to the specific provision and under the specific circumstances for which it wa…

    This clause establishes that amendments and waivers require written agreement by both parties, limits the scope of any waiver to the specific provision and circumstance, and incorporates purchase orders only to the limit…

    📍 § 9 (General ​)Jump to exact text →
  • Indemnity & liabilitydamages/liability cap
    Weaviate warrants that it will, consistent with prevailing industry standards, provide the Weaviate Offering in a professional and workmanlike manner and the Weaviate Offering will conform in all material respects with the Documentation. For breach of the fore…

    This clause establishes an express warranty by Weaviate that the Weaviate Offering will be provided professionally and conform to Documentation, and limits Customer's exclusive remedy for breach to re-performance or, if…

    📍 § 5 (Warranties and Disclaimers ​)Jump to exact text →

+ 22 more verified clauses of this kind on this platform, cited in full in the report.

📋 Rules you must follow

2 verified clauses

What Weaviate requires of YOU. These are your obligations, not risks to your data or IP, so they are cited here and excluded from this platform's risk rating.

  • Commercial useconduct restrictions
    Customer will not directly or indirectly: (a) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify, create derivative works of, or otherwise create, attempt to create or derive, or permit or assist any third party to create or derive, the proprietary source code u…

    This clause prohibits Customer from reverse engineering, decompiling, modifying, creating derivative works of, vulnerability testing, or using the Weaviate Offering to develop competing products, establishing broad techn…

    📍 § 4 (Confidentiality; Restrictions ​)Jump to exact text →
  • Moderation & enforcement
    2.2. Customer will (i) be responsible for all use of the Weaviate Offering under its account, (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to or use of the Weaviate Offering, and notify Weaviate promptly of any such unauthorized acce…

    This clause imposes obligations on Customer to be responsible for all account use, prevent unauthorized access, notify Weaviate of security breaches, and maintain necessary equipment, creating accountability and security…

What the policies actually cover

9 topics
  • Product telemetry & usage tracking15 clauses
  • Advertising & tracking2 protective24 clauses
  • Damages & liability cap2 protective6 clauses
  • Indemnity direction2 protective5 clauses
  • Terms can change at any time3 protective3 clauses
  • Deletion rights & post-termination survival2 clauses
  • Auto-renewal & cancel window1 clause
  • Feedback ownership1 clause
  • Conduct restrictions1 obligation1 clause

105 further verified clauses are cited on this page but not yet assigned a topic.

Clause intelligence

Canonical clauses and stance patterns extracted from the same gate-verified citations shown on this page.

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32
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32
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privacy sharing · 23legal burden · 6tier conditionality · 3
legal burdenMEDIUM§ 7 (Limitation of Liability)

The clause limits liability or disclaims warranties.

7. Limitation of Liability
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legal burdenMEDIUM§ 6 (Indemnification ​)

The clause requires defense, indemnity, or hold-harmless obligations.

Indemnity by Weaviate. Weaviate will defend Customer against any Claim made or brought against Customer by a third party alleging that the use of the Weaviate Offering as permitted hereunder infringes or misappropriates a patent, copyright or trade secret and will indemnify Customer for any damages finally awarded against Customer (or any settlement approved by Weaviate) in connection with any such Claim. If the u...
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legal burdenMEDIUM§ 5 (Warranties and Disclaimers ​)

The clause limits liability or disclaims warranties.

Weaviate warrants that it will, consistent with prevailing industry standards, provide the Weaviate Offering in a professional and workmanlike manner and the Weaviate Offering will conform in all material respects with the Documentation. For breach of the foregoing express warranty, Customer’s exclusive remedy shall be the re-performance of the deficient Weaviate Offering or, if Weaviate cannot re-perform such def...
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legal burdenMEDIUM§ 5 (Warranties and Disclaimers ​)

The clause limits liability or disclaims warranties.

Customer Warranty.
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legal burdenMEDIUM§ 6 (Indemnification ​)

The clause requires defense, indemnity, or hold-harmless obligations.

Customer will defend Weaviate against any Claim made or brought against Weaviate by a third party arising out of the Excluded Claims, and Customer will indemnify Weaviate for any damages finally awarded against Weaviate (or any settlement approved by Customer) in connection with any such Claim.
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Tier matrix

Plan-level conditions detected from citation-backed clauses. Empty tiers mean AIRIN has not captured decisive tier language yet.

TierSurfaceVerdictRiskCitations
All applicable tiersaudit rights dpa residencyconditionalMEDIUM1
All applicable tierscommercial useconditionalMEDIUM3
All applicable tiersconfidentialityconditionalMEDIUM1
All applicable tiersindemnity liabilityconditionalMEDIUM3
All applicable tiersmoderation enforcementconditionalMEDIUM1
All applicable tiersprivacy data useconditionalMEDIUM12
All applicable tierssubprocessors data sharingconditionalMEDIUM5
Freeindemnity liabilityconditionalMEDIUM1
Freetier differencesconditionalMEDIUM3
Pro / Paidindemnity liabilityconditionalMEDIUM2

Policy evolution

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Before/after stance changes across captured policy versions. When no material delta exists yet, AIRIN shows the latest citation-backed stance events instead.

Aug 21, 2026data sharingMEDIUM

Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on privacy data use

We may disclose your personal data or make your personal data available to third parties for the purposes mentioned above. This disclosure includes the following third parties for the following purposes:
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Aug 21, 2026data sharingMEDIUM

Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on privacy data use

For the purposes mentioned in this Section, we may share your personal information with third parties that help us to automate and analyze our mailings. For more information on the protection of your personal data in this regard, please refer to Section 8 .
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Aug 21, 2026data sharingMEDIUM

Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on privacy data use

We may, for instance, conclude so-called European Model Agreements for the transfer of personal data with our service providers. We may also supply personal data to recipients established in the US if they have a valid EU-US Data Privacy Framework certification.
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Aug 21, 2026data sharingMEDIUM

Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on privacy data use

When you register for and take an exam through our platform, we work with trusted service providers who deliver remote proctoring and security services on our behalf. Proctoring is the remote monitoring of an online exam, usually by recording a combination of your computer screen, webcam, and microphone for the duration of your exam. We remain the controller of your personal data, and video proctoring of exams is optional. Our service providers act strictly as processors and process your data only in accordance with our instructions.
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Aug 21, 2026data sharingMEDIUM

Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on commercial use

Customer will not directly or indirectly: (a) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify, create derivative works of, or otherwise create, attempt to create or derive, or permit or assist any third party to create or derive, the proprietary source code underlying the Weaviate Offering; (b) attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Weaviate Offering, breach the security or authentication measures of the Weaviate Offering without proper authorization or wilfully render any part of the Weaviate Offering unusable; (c) use or access the Weaviate Offering to develop a product or service that is competitive with any Weaviate offering or engage in competitive analysis or benchmarking; (d) transfer, distribute, resell, lease, license, or assign the Weaviate Offering or otherwise offer the Weaviate Offering on a standalone basis, use the Client Software in an application service provider or managed service provider environment, or copy the Client Software onto any public or distributed network, except for an internal and secure cloud computing environment; or (e) otherwise use the Weaviate Offering in violation of applicable law (including any export law) or outside the scope expressly permitted hereunder and in the applicable Order.
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Aug 21, 2026tier conditionMEDIUM

Latest stance: rights or controls vary by tier on tier differences

“ Free Services ” means collectively the no-fee tiers of the Weaviate Offering made available by Weaviate, including the free tier of the Weaviate hosted database, the free tier of the Weaviate Embeddings service, the free tier of the Engram Service, and any other no-fee tier of the Weaviate Offering that Weaviate may make available.
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Aug 21, 2026data sharingMEDIUM

Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on subprocessors data sharing

The confidentiality obligations in this Section supersede any prior confidentiality agreements entered into between the parties. Each party agrees that it will use the Confidential Information of the other party solely in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and it will not disclose the same directly or indirectly, to any third party without the other party’s prior written consent, except as otherwise permitted hereunder. However, either party may disclose Confidential Information (a) to its employees, officers, directors, attorneys, auditors, financial advisors, and other representatives who have a need to know and are legally bound to keep such information confidential by confidentiality obligations consistent with those of this Agreement; and (b) as required by law (in which case the receiving party will provide the disclosing party with prior written notification thereof, will provide the disclosing party with the opportunity to contest such disclosure, and will use its reasonable efforts to minimize such disclosure to the extent permitted by applicable law. Neither party will disclose the terms of this Agreement to any third party except that either party may confidentially disclose such terms to actual or potential lenders, investors, or acquirers. Each party agrees to exercise due care in protecting the Confidential Information from unauthorized use and disclosure. In the event of actual or threatened breach of the provisions of this Section, the non-breaching party will be entitled to seek immediate injunctive and other equitable relief, without waiving any other rights or remedies available to it.
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Jul 10, 2026data sharingMEDIUM

Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on privacy data use

When you register for and take an exam through our platform, we work with trusted service providers who deliver remote proctoring and security services on our behalf. Proctoring is the remote monitoring of an online exam, usually by recording a combination of your computer screen, webcam, and microphone for the duration of your exam. We remain the controller of your personal data, and video proctoring of exams is optional. Our service providers act strictly as processors and process your data only in accordance with our instructions.
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Capture recency

  • Terms of Service:Last captured 2026-08-21· verified 2026-08-21
  • Privacy Policy:Last captured 2026-08-21· verified 2026-08-21

Dates state when our pipeline captured and verified each document — not when the vendor last changed it. Documents are re-scanned on a recurring cadence; a document verified once says so until a re-scan confirms it again.

↑ 233 more findings this quarter vs last (446 vs 213). First scan: June 2026.

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