Zilliz Cloud vs Milvus
Unleash a cloud-native experience with a complete feature set only available with Zilliz.
Zilliz provides a cloud-native experience with a complete feature set that includes the above capabilities and more. With Zilliz, you can easily manage and scale your Milvus clusters, store and search vectors for similarity, and cost-effectively retain data at any scale without growing compute.
Built on Milvus and optimized for ease of use
Vector Similarity Search
Efficiently store and search vectors for similarity. Fine-tuned parameters and software/hardware adaption for better performance.
Yes
Yes
Hybrid Search
Query multiple vector fields for multimodal, sparse-dense, and dense-text search for more accurate results.
Yes
Yes
Rich Schema Support
Easily work with a variety of data types, ie. float vector, integer, floating point, boolean, varchar, etc., for flexible schema modeling.
Yes
Yes
Auto ANNS Index
No more suffering on matching your workload to the right index type, and the endless optimizations. With AUTOINDEX, you can just focus on the business, and Zilliz Cloud will handle the rest.
Manual index type selection
AUTOINDEX
Compatible SDKs
Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, and Node.js SDKs Fully supported
Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, and Node.js SDKs Fully supported
Built-in Embedding Pipelines
Convert unstructured data into searchable vector embeddings, seamlessly navigating from data preparation to chunking, model selection, and transformation.
No
Yes
Search Engine
Open-sourced Knowhere
Cardinal with an over 10x performance boost
Vector Similarity Search
Efficiently store and search vectors for similarity. Fine-tuned parameters and software/hardware adaption for better performance.
Yes
Hybrid Search
Query multiple vector fields for multimodal, sparse-dense, and dense-text search for more accurate results.
Yes
Rich Schema Support
Easily work with a variety of data types, ie. float vector, integer, floating point, boolean, varchar, etc., for flexible schema modeling.
Yes
Auto ANNS Index
No more suffering on matching your workload to the right index type, and the endless optimizations. With AUTOINDEX, you can just focus on the business, and Zilliz Cloud will handle the rest.
Manual index type selection
Compatible SDKs
Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, and Node.js SDKs Fully supported
Built-in Embedding Pipelines
Convert unstructured data into searchable vector embeddings, seamlessly navigating from data preparation to chunking, model selection, and transformation.
No
Search Engine
Open-sourced Knowhere
Vector Similarity Search
Efficiently store and search vectors for similarity. Fine-tuned parameters and software/hardware adaption for better performance.
Yes
Hybrid Search
Query multiple vector fields for multimodal, sparse-dense, and dense-text search for more accurate results.
Yes
Rich Schema Support
Easily work with a variety of data types, ie. float vector, integer, floating point, boolean, varchar, etc., for flexible schema modeling.
Yes
Auto ANNS Index
No more suffering on matching your workload to the right index type, and the endless optimizations. With AUTOINDEX, you can just focus on the business, and Zilliz Cloud will handle the rest.
AUTOINDEX
Compatible SDKs
Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, and Node.js SDKs Fully supported
Built-in Embedding Pipelines
Convert unstructured data into searchable vector embeddings, seamlessly navigating from data preparation to chunking, model selection, and transformation.
Yes
Search Engine
Cardinal with an over 10x performance boost
Cloud-native, scalability
Fully Managed
Milvus clusters that are fully managed and automated with zero operations required.
No
Yes
High Availability
99.95% uptime SLA with built-in failover to ensure your Milvus clusters are always available.
No
Yes
Elastic Scaling
Easily scale up to a billion-scale or down without the need to over-provision infrastructure.
No
Yes
Different Machine types for best price performance
Provides two compute unit (CU) types: performance-optimized CU and capacity-optimized CU to fit different use cases.
No
Yes
Infinite Storage
Cost-effectively store data at any scale without the need to increase compute resources.
No
Yes
Cloud UI
User-friendly GUI to easily manage and monitor your Milvus clusters at any scale in the cloud.
No
Yes
Resource monitors
Get automatic notifications to avoid service overloading.
No
Yes
Fully Managed
Milvus clusters that are fully managed and automated with zero operations required.
No
High Availability
99.95% uptime SLA with built-in failover to ensure your Milvus clusters are always available.
No
Elastic Scaling
Easily scale up to a billion-scale or down without the need to over-provision infrastructure.
No
Different Machine types for best price performance
Provides two compute unit (CU) types: performance-optimized CU and capacity-optimized CU to fit different use cases.
No
Infinite Storage
Cost-effectively store data at any scale without the need to increase compute resources.
No
Cloud UI
User-friendly GUI to easily manage and monitor your Milvus clusters at any scale in the cloud.
No
Resource monitors
Get automatic notifications to avoid service overloading.
No
Fully Managed
Milvus clusters that are fully managed and automated with zero operations required.
Yes
High Availability
99.95% uptime SLA with built-in failover to ensure your Milvus clusters are always available.
Yes
Elastic Scaling
Easily scale up to a billion-scale or down without the need to over-provision infrastructure.
Yes
Different Machine types for best price performance
Provides two compute unit (CU) types: performance-optimized CU and capacity-optimized CU to fit different use cases.
Yes
Infinite Storage
Cost-effectively store data at any scale without the need to increase compute resources.
Yes
Cloud UI
User-friendly GUI to easily manage and monitor your Milvus clusters at any scale in the cloud.
Yes
Resource monitors
Get automatic notifications to avoid service overloading.
Yes
Expert Support and Security
24x7x365 Expert Support
Access to the world's foremost Milvus experts to offer you 24x7x365 support.
No
Yes
Compliance & Privacy
SoC 2 Type II, ISO27001, GDPR-ready & HIPAA Compliant, providing robust data protection and privacy assurance.
No
Yes
Data Recovery
Backup and restore, time travel and recycler bin to help restore data in the event of accidental loss.
Yes
Yes
Data Encryption in Transit
Ensure the security of your data while it's being transferred.
Yes
Yes
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Permission management to protect private and sensitive information and control user access.
Basic RBAC
More granular RBAC for robust data protection
Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
Opt-in BYOC for higher data security and compliance.
No
Yes
24x7x365 Expert Support
Access to the world's foremost Milvus experts to offer you 24x7x365 support.
No
Compliance & Privacy
SoC 2 Type II, ISO27001, GDPR-ready & HIPAA Compliant, providing robust data protection and privacy assurance.
No
Data Recovery
Backup and restore, time travel and recycler bin to help restore data in the event of accidental loss.
Yes
Data Encryption in Transit
Ensure the security of your data while it's being transferred.
Yes
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Permission management to protect private and sensitive information and control user access.
Basic RBAC
Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
Opt-in BYOC for higher data security and compliance.
No
24x7x365 Expert Support
Access to the world's foremost Milvus experts to offer you 24x7x365 support.
Yes
Compliance & Privacy
SoC 2 Type II, ISO27001, GDPR-ready & HIPAA Compliant, providing robust data protection and privacy assurance.
Yes
Data Recovery
Backup and restore, time travel and recycler bin to help restore data in the event of accidental loss.
Yes
Data Encryption in Transit
Ensure the security of your data while it's being transferred.
Yes
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Permission management to protect private and sensitive information and control user access.
More granular RBAC for robust data protection
Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
Opt-in BYOC for higher data security and compliance.
Yes