Zilliz Cloud List Price

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Plan

Cloud Provider

Region

Vector Database

The vector database cost includes charges for using computing resources of a Dedicated or Serverless cluster.

Vector Database (Dedicated)

Performance-optimized

$0.185 / CU / hour

Capacity-optimized

$0.185 / CU / hour

Tiered-storage

$0.2775 / CU / hour

Security add-on

Audit log

Not available under current plan or region selection.

Vector Database (Serverless)

Read/Write vCU

$4 / Million vCUs

Storage

Storage cost includes charges for cluster data, backups, volumes, and cold data access in tiered-storage clusters.

Storage (Dedicated)

Performance-optimized

$0.025 / GB / month

Performance-optimized

$0.025 / GB / month

Tiered-storage

$0.04 / GB / month

Billed hourly. Hourly price = Monthly price / 30 / 24. Effective from Jan. 2026, the storage unit price of Performance-optimized and Capacity-optimized clusters will become $ 0.040 / GB / month.

Storage (Serverless)

$0.3 / GB / month

Backup

$0.025 / GB / month

Billed daily. Daily price = Monthly price / 30. Effective from Jan. 2026, the backup unit price will become $ 0.040 / GB / month.

Volume

$0.04 / GB / month

Billed hourly. Hourly price = Monthly price / 30 / 24.

Cold Data Access

$0.0005 / GB

Only applicable to Tiered-storage clusters.

Data Transfer
(First 100 GB free)

Data transfer costs include charges for operations like search, query, migration, cross-region backup, audit log forwarding, etc. that involves cross-region or intra-region data transfer and Internet egress.

Public Internet Egress	From
	North America	$0.09 / GB
	Europe	$0.09 / GB
	Asia	$0.14 / GB
	Oceania	$0.14 / GB
Cross-Region	From
	North America	$0.02 / GB
	Europe	$0.02 / GB
	Asia	$0.09 / GB
	Oceania	$0.14 / GB
Intra-Region		$0 / GB

FAQ

Will I be charged if I suspend my cluster?
When your cluster is suspended, vector database costs stop, but storage charges continue until you delete the cluster.
Will I be billed during cluster creation or suspension?
No vector database costs are charged while in Creating, Suspending, Resuming, or Suspended status. However, storage costs still apply.
How are audit logs billed?
For details, see Audit Logs Cost.
Will I still be charged for storage if I suspend my cluster?
Yes. Storage costs apply as long as your cluster data, files in volume, and backups are retained, even when the cluster is suspended.
Is there a minimum charge for storage?
Yes. There is a minimum charge for storage.
- Cluster and volume storage: Minimum 1 hour charge.
- Backup storage: Minimum 1 day charge.
Will I be charged if I use cross-region backup?
Yes. When you use the cross-region backup feature, you will be charged for storage and data transfer. For details, see Cross-Region Backup.
Which types of operations will incur data transfer costs?
You will be billed for data transfer in the following scenarios:
- Operations like search/query
- Forwarding audit logs to cloud object storage
- Zero downtime migration data sync
- Offline migration
- Cross-region backup
Will I be charged for data transfer costs if I use a private endpoint?
If you use a private endpoint to conduct operations like search or query, no data transfer cost will incur.

Zilliz Cloud List Price

Vector Database

Vector Database (Dedicated)

Vector Database (Serverless)

Storage

Storage (Dedicated)

Storage (Serverless)

Backup

Volume

Cold Data Access

Data Transfer (First 100 GB free)

FAQ

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Data Transfer
(First 100 GB free)