Zilliz Cloud is the managed service for Milvus, the CNCF-graduated open-source vector database built for large-scale similarity search. It targets teams running vector workloads at scale who want a managed option, and supports serverless operation and hybrid search. Milvus is open-source under Apache 2.0 and free to self-host, while Zilliz Cloud handles operations with a free tier and usage-based pricing beyond it. The combination lets teams self-host the engine or consume the managed service. Zilliz holds SOC2, ISO27001, and HIPAA compliance.
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Overview
- Founded
- 2017
- Pricing tier
- Low
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- Yes
Vector database
- Free tier
- Yes: Milvus is open-source (self-host free); Zilliz Cloud has a free tier.
- Serverless
- Yes
- Open-source
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Managed service
- Yes
- Hybrid search
- Yes