Zilliz Cloud
Managed vector database service from the makers of Milvus, run on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
How the 5.8 was reached
- Quality of output5/10
Benchmark wins come from the vendor's own VDBBench blog post; no independent evidence found. zilliz.com
- Ease of use6/10
Fully managed with a free tier and 30-day trial; setup details and docs were not shown beyond an integrations page. zilliz.com
- Pricing value7/10
Free tier with 5 GB storage, serverless from $0 and a 30-day trial; published Dedicated and Enterprise plans. zilliz.com
- API and integration quality6/10
Integrations hub covers AI models, data sources, observability and orchestration; no API or SDK reference was seen on the pages checked. zilliz.com
- Solves the problem it claims to solve5/10
Managed multi-cloud and BYOC deployment is described by the vendor; the only benchmark evidence is vendor-run. zilliz.com
5.8/10 is the mean of the 5 criteria that apply. Scored on the five-criteria rubric v1, 29 September 2026. How scoring works
Pricing
- 5 GB storage
- 2.5M vCUs per month
- Up to 5 collections
- Community support
- 30-day free trial
- 99.95% uptime SLA
- Audit logs
- SSO (SAML 2.0)
- Granular RBAC
- On-demand support
Key Features
- AutoIndex and Cardinal Search Engine
- Indexing that combines IVF and graph techniques
- Automated storage tiering
- Deployment on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, or Bring Your Own Cloud
- Integrations hub for AI models, data sources, observability and orchestration
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Free tier and serverless from $0 make a low-cost start
- Published Dedicated and Enterprise plans with a stated uptime SLA
- Multi-cloud and BYOC deployment options
- Tiered storage from $5 per million vectors/month cuts cost for large sets
Cons
- Benchmark wins come from the vendor's own VDBBench post
- No API or SDK reference was seen on the pages checked
- Setup details and docs were not shown beyond an integrations page
- Pricing units (vCUs, per GB, per million vectors) take work to compare
Zilliz Cloud suits teams that want Milvus run for them, with a free tier to start and BYOC for stricter needs. Buyers should run their own benchmarks, since the performance claims are vendor-run.
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