AI Infrastructure & MLOps Freemium

Zilliz Cloud

Managed Milvus vector database for scalable search, RAG, and AI applications

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PricingFreemium
Starting price$4/1M write vCUs
Free planYes
Free trialYes
APIYes
Open sourceNo
DeploymentCloud
Last verifiedAugust 3, 2026
Overview

Tool overview

Zilliz Cloud is listed under AI Infrastructure & MLOps AI tools.

Summary

What is Zilliz Cloud?

Zilliz Cloud is a fully managed vector database service built on Milvus. It offers free, serverless, dedicated, on-demand, and BYOC deployment options with REST and SDK access, hybrid search, backups, monitoring, and cloud marketplace billing.

Best fit

Best for

Teams needing managed Milvus-compatible vector search and RAG infrastructure

Audience

Who is it for?

AI application developersSearch engineering teamsData platform teamsOrganizations running production RAG
Recommendation

Decision note

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Capabilities

Key features

Managed Milvus vector database clusters

Free, serverless, dedicated, on-demand, and BYOC options

REST API and SDK access for vector operations

Monitoring, backups, security, and marketplace billing

Workflows

Use cases

Build retrieval-augmented generation

Run semantic and hybrid search

Store embeddings for AI applications

Scale vector retrieval across cloud regions

Strengths

Pros

  • Free cluster with 5 GB storage
  • One hundred dollars in 30-day trial credits
  • Managed operations with multiple deployment models
Considerations

Limitations

The free cluster is limited to one cluster, five collections, and 2.5 million vCUs per month.

Serverless and dedicated trial resources are frozen when credits expire unless a payment method is added.

Cost

Pricing details

Pricing modelFreemium
Starting price$4/1M write vCUs
Free planYes
Free trialYes
Pricing context

Billing options

Free clusterUsage-based serverless and dedicatedMarketplace and BYOC contracts
Pricing context

Pricing note

A free cluster includes 5 GB storage, 2.5 million vCUs per month, and up to five collections. Work-email signup receives $100 in credits for 30 days for serverless and dedicated evaluation. Paid usage varies by region and resources.

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Compatibility

Supported languages

  • English
Connectivity

Integrations

Milvus SDKs

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Cloud marketplaces

VectorDBBench

Specs

Technical details

PlatformsWeb, API
Multilingual supportYes
Login requiredYes
Open sourceNo
LicenseProprietary managed service
DeploymentCloud
CompanyZilliz
Current versionMay 2026 Vector Lakebase release
Models / versionsZilliz Cloud Milvus-compatible vector database
Editions / plansFree, Basic, Professional, Organization, and Custom plans
Data confidenceHigh
Last verifiedAugust 3, 2026
Documentation → Release notes → Data source →
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Zilliz Cloud is a fully managed vector database service built on Milvus. It offers free, serverless, dedicated, on-demand, and BYOC deployment options with REST and SDK access, hybrid search, backups, monitoring, and cloud marketplace billing.
Teams needing managed Milvus-compatible vector search and RAG infrastructure
The listed pricing model for Zilliz Cloud is freemium. Pricing can change, so users should verify the latest plan details on the official website.
Yes. The current profile indicates that a free trial is available.
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