diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tpchvec.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tpchvec.go
index f9c169c01189..854d8c39697f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tpchvec.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tpchvec.go
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ func registerTPCHVec(r *testRegistry) {
 		19: "can cause OOM",
 	}
 
+	vectorizeOptionByVersionPrefix := map[string]string{
+		"v19.2": "experimental_on",
+		"v20.1": "full",
+	}
+
 	runTPCHVec := func(ctx context.Context, t *test, c *cluster) {
 		TPCHTables := []string{
 			"nation", "region", "part", "supplier",
@@ -507,7 +512,15 @@ RESTORE tpch.* FROM 'gs://cockroach-fixtures/workload/tpch/scalefactor=1/backup'
 				}
 				vectorizeSetting := "off"
 				if vectorize {
-					vectorizeSetting = "experimental_on"
+					for versionPrefix, vectorizeOption := range vectorizeOptionByVersionPrefix {
+						if strings.HasPrefix(version, versionPrefix) {
+							vectorizeSetting = vectorizeOption
+							break
+						}
+					}
+					if vectorizeSetting == "off" {
+						t.Fatal("unexpectedly didn't find the corresponding vectorize option for ON case")
+					}
 				}
 				cmd := fmt.Sprintf("./workload run tpch --concurrency=1 --db=tpch "+
 					"--max-ops=%d --queries=%d --vectorize=%s {pgurl:1-%d}",
diff --git a/pkg/sql/colexec/execplan.go b/pkg/sql/colexec/execplan.go
index a6bec324e3a9..e3e72f5a2f4f 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/colexec/execplan.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/colexec/execplan.go
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ func isSupported(
 		if core.Distinct.ErrorOnDup != "" {
 			return false, errors.Newf("distinct with error on duplicates not supported")
 		}
-		if mode != sessiondata.VectorizeExperimentalOn && mode != sessiondata.VectorizeExperimentalAlways {
+		if mode != sessiondata.VectorizeFull && mode != sessiondata.VectorizeExperimentalAlways {
 			if len(core.Distinct.OrderedColumns) < len(core.Distinct.DistinctColumns) {
-				return false, errors.Newf("unordered distinct can only run in 'experimental_on' vectorize mode")
+				return false, errors.Newf("unordered distinct can only run in 'full' vectorize mode")
 			}
 		}
 		return true, nil
@@ -273,10 +273,10 @@ func isSupported(
 			if _, supported := SupportedWindowFns[*wf.Func.WindowFunc]; !supported {
 				return false, errors.Newf("window function %s is not supported", wf.String())
 			}
-			if mode != sessiondata.VectorizeExperimentalOn && mode != sessiondata.VectorizeExperimentalAlways {
+			if mode != sessiondata.VectorizeFull && mode != sessiondata.VectorizeExperimentalAlways {
 				switch *wf.Func.WindowFunc {
 				case execinfrapb.WindowerSpec_PERCENT_RANK, execinfrapb.WindowerSpec_CUME_DIST:
-					return false, errors.Newf("window function %s can only run in 'experimental_on' vectorize mode", wf.String())
+					return false, errors.Newf("window function %s can only run in 'full' vectorize mode", wf.String())
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/sql/exec_util.go b/pkg/sql/exec_util.go
index 111815cfa577..b6bf93cd551f 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/exec_util.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/exec_util.go
@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ var VectorizeClusterMode = settings.RegisterEnumSetting(
 	"default vectorize mode",
 	"auto",
 	map[int64]string{
-		int64(sessiondata.VectorizeOff):            "off",
-		int64(sessiondata.Vectorize192Auto):        "192auto",
-		int64(sessiondata.VectorizeAuto):           "auto",
-		int64(sessiondata.VectorizeExperimentalOn): "experimental_on",
+		int64(sessiondata.VectorizeOff):     "off",
+		int64(sessiondata.Vectorize192Auto): "192auto",
+		int64(sessiondata.VectorizeAuto):    "auto",
+		int64(sessiondata.VectorizeFull):    "full",
 	},
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/sql/explain_vec.go b/pkg/sql/explain_vec.go
index 6a9614fcd464..c2c63ad905b3 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/explain_vec.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/explain_vec.go
@@ -75,11 +75,9 @@ func (n *explainVecNode) startExec(params runParams) error {
 	flowCtx := makeFlowCtx(planCtx, plan, params)
 	flowCtx.Cfg.ClusterID = &distSQLPlanner.rpcCtx.ClusterID
 
-	// Temporarily set vectorize to on so that we can get the whole plan back even
-	// if we wouldn't support it due to lack of streaming.
-	origMode := flowCtx.EvalCtx.SessionData.VectorizeMode
-	flowCtx.EvalCtx.SessionData.VectorizeMode = sessiondata.VectorizeExperimentalOn
-	defer func() { flowCtx.EvalCtx.SessionData.VectorizeMode = origMode }()
+	if flowCtx.EvalCtx.SessionData.VectorizeMode == sessiondata.VectorizeOff {
+		return errors.New("vectorize set to 'off'")
+	}
 
 	sortedFlows := make([]flowWithNode, 0, len(flows))
 	for nodeID, flow := range flows {
diff --git a/pkg/sql/logictest/logic.go b/pkg/sql/logictest/logic.go
index 806ae730af58..3ac6fe8c86dd 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/logictest/logic.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/logictest/logic.go
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ var logicTestConfigs = []testClusterConfig{
 		name:              "local-vec",
 		numNodes:          1,
 		overrideAutoStats: "false",
-		overrideVectorize: "experimental_on",
+		overrideVectorize: "full",
 	},
 	{
 		name:                "fakedist",
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ var logicTestConfigs = []testClusterConfig{
 		useFakeSpanResolver: true,
 		overrideDistSQLMode: "on",
 		overrideAutoStats:   "false",
-		overrideVectorize:   "experimental_on",
+		overrideVectorize:   "full",
 	},
 	{
 		name:                "fakedist-vec-disk",
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ var logicTestConfigs = []testClusterConfig{
 		useFakeSpanResolver: true,
 		overrideDistSQLMode: "on",
 		overrideAutoStats:   "false",
-		overrideVectorize:   "experimental_on",
+		overrideVectorize:   "full",
 		sqlExecUseDisk:      true,
 		skipShort:           true,
 	},
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ var logicTestConfigs = []testClusterConfig{
 		name:                "5node-dist-vec",
 		numNodes:            5,
 		overrideDistSQLMode: "on",
-		overrideVectorize:   "experimental_on",
+		overrideVectorize:   "full",
 		overrideAutoStats:   "false",
 	},
 	{
diff --git a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/set b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/set
index 6011863ad875..8a02eee42fd6 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/set
+++ b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/set
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ statement ok
 SET vectorize = auto
 
 statement ok
-SET vectorize = experimental_on
+SET vectorize = full
 
 statement ok
 SET vectorize = experimental_always
diff --git a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/vectorize_local b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/vectorize_local
index c678862017aa..727e1159937a 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/vectorize_local
+++ b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/vectorize_local
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ INSERT INTO d VALUES (1, 1), (1, 2)
 
 # Test that vectorized stats are collected correctly.
 statement ok
-SET vectorize = experimental_on
+SET vectorize = full
 
 statement ok
 SET distsql = on
diff --git a/pkg/sql/rowexec/processors_test.go b/pkg/sql/rowexec/processors_test.go
index c56af9cea858..672297b44a91 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/rowexec/processors_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/rowexec/processors_test.go
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ func TestDrainingProcessorSwallowsUncertaintyError(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
 			if vectorize {
-				if _, err := conn.Exec("set vectorize='experimental_on'"); err != nil {
+				if _, err := conn.Exec("set vectorize='full'"); err != nil {
 					t.Fatal(err)
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/sql/sessiondata/session_data.go b/pkg/sql/sessiondata/session_data.go
index d8f41e058ffa..a12d3856e7e1 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/sessiondata/session_data.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/sessiondata/session_data.go
@@ -265,14 +265,14 @@ const (
 	// VectorizeOff means that columnar execution is disabled.
 	VectorizeOff VectorizeExecMode = iota
 	// Vectorize192Auto means that that any supported queries that use only
-	// streaming operators (i.e. those that do not require any buffering) will be
-	// run using the columnar execution.
-	// TODO(asubiotto): This was the auto setting for 19.2 and is kept around as
-	//  an escape hatch. Remove in 20.2.
+	// streaming operators (i.e. those that do not require any buffering) will
+	// be run using the columnar execution.
+	// TODO(asubiotto): This was the auto setting for 19.2 and is kept around
+	// as an escape hatch. Remove in 20.2.
 	Vectorize192Auto
-	// VectorizeExperimentalOn means that any supported queries will be run using
-	// the columnar execution on.
-	VectorizeExperimentalOn
+	// VectorizeFull means that any supported queries will be run using the
+	// columnar execution on.
+	VectorizeFull
 	// VectorizeExperimentalAlways means that we attempt to vectorize all
 	// queries; unsupported queries will fail. Mostly used for testing.
 	VectorizeExperimentalAlways
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ func (m VectorizeExecMode) String() string {
 		return "192auto"
 	case VectorizeAuto:
 		return "auto"
-	case VectorizeExperimentalOn:
-		return "experimental_on"
+	case VectorizeFull:
+		return "full"
 	case VectorizeExperimentalAlways:
 		return "experimental_always"
 	default:
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ func VectorizeExecModeFromString(val string) (VectorizeExecMode, bool) {
 		m = Vectorize192Auto
 	case "AUTO":
 		m = VectorizeAuto
-	case "EXPERIMENTAL_ON":
-		m = VectorizeExperimentalOn
+	case "FULL":
+		m = VectorizeFull
 	case "EXPERIMENTAL_ALWAYS":
 		m = VectorizeExperimentalAlways
 	default:
diff --git a/pkg/sql/trace_test.go b/pkg/sql/trace_test.go
index 8623b236f966..d35aec2ed8a1 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/trace_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/trace_test.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func TestTrace(t *testing.T) {
 				if _, err := sqlDB.Exec("SET distsql = off"); err != nil {
 					t.Fatal(err)
 				}
-				if _, err := sqlDB.Exec("SET vectorize = experimental_on"); err != nil {
+				if _, err := sqlDB.Exec("SET vectorize = full"); err != nil {
 					t.Fatal(err)
 				}
 				if _, err := sqlDB.Exec("SET tracing = on; SELECT * FROM test.foo; SET tracing = off"); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/sql/vars.go b/pkg/sql/vars.go
index a1dd7f0b8271..bad1dfb627de 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/vars.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/vars.go
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ var varGen = map[string]sessionVar{
 			mode, ok := sessiondata.VectorizeExecModeFromString(s)
 			if !ok {
 				return newVarValueError(`vectorize`, s,
-					"off", "auto", "experimental_on", "experimental_always")
+					"off", "auto", "full", "experimental_always")
 			}
 			m.SetVectorize(mode)
 			return nil
diff --git a/pkg/workload/querybench/query_bench.go b/pkg/workload/querybench/query_bench.go
index ea28745993ef..cf776e83c324 100644
--- a/pkg/workload/querybench/query_bench.go
+++ b/pkg/workload/querybench/query_bench.go
@@ -64,15 +64,21 @@ var queryBenchMeta = workload.Meta{
 	},
 }
 
-// vectorizeSetting19_1Translation is a mapping from the 19.2+ vectorize session
+// vectorizeSetting19_1Translation is a mapping from the 20.1+ vectorize session
 // variable value to the 19.1 syntax.
 var vectorizeSetting19_1Translation = map[string]string{
-	"experimental_on":     "on",
+	"full":                "on",
 	"experimental_always": "always",
 	// Translate auto as on, this was not an option in 19.1.
 	"auto": "on",
 }
 
+// vectorizeSetting19_2Translation is a mapping from the 20.1+ vectorize session
+// variable value to the 19.2 syntax.
+var vectorizeSetting19_2Translation = map[string]string{
+	"full": "experimental_on",
+}
+
 // Meta implements the Generator interface.
 func (*queryBench) Meta() workload.Meta { return queryBenchMeta }
 
@@ -125,14 +131,19 @@ func (g *queryBench) Ops(urls []string, reg *histogram.Registry) (workload.Query
 	if g.vectorize != "" {
 		_, err := db.Exec("SET vectorize=" + g.vectorize)
 		if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "unrecognized configuration") {
-			if _, ok := vectorizeSetting19_1Translation[g.vectorize]; !ok {
-				// Unrecognized setting value.
-				return workload.QueryLoad{}, err
+			if _, ok := vectorizeSetting19_2Translation[g.vectorize]; ok {
+				// Fall back to using the pre-20.1 vectorize options.
+				_, err = db.Exec("SET vectorize=" + vectorizeSetting19_2Translation[g.vectorize])
+			} else {
+				if _, ok := vectorizeSetting19_1Translation[g.vectorize]; !ok {
+					// Unrecognized setting value.
+					return workload.QueryLoad{}, err
+				}
+				// Fall back to using the pre-19.2 syntax.
+				// TODO(asubiotto): Remove this once we stop running this test
+				// against 19.1.
+				_, err = db.Exec("SET experimental_vectorize=" + vectorizeSetting19_1Translation[g.vectorize])
 			}
-			// Fall back to using the pre-19.2 syntax.
-			// TODO(asubiotto): Remove this once we stop running this test against
-			//  19.1.
-			_, err = db.Exec("SET experimental_vectorize=" + vectorizeSetting19_1Translation[g.vectorize])
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return workload.QueryLoad{}, err