Categories / Milvus (Zilliz)

Zilliz Cloud is the managed service for the open-source Milvus vector database. Free cluster, pay-per-operation Serverless, and Dedicated clusters billed by compute.

Free plan
Yes
Starting price
$126/mo
Pricing model
Freemium
Verification
Verified
Last verified

Prices may change. These are correct as of 10 Nov 2026. Please confirm on the vendor's own page before you pay.

Verified. Prices are the 'from' amounts on the Zilliz Cloud pricing page. Work-email sign-ups also get trial credits. Storage, backups, data transfer and audit logs are billed separately.

Free plan

Free plan: 2,500,000 vCUs per month. Free cluster: 5 GB storage, 2.5M vCUs a month, up to 5 collections, one per organization. No card needed.

Plans and prices (USD)

Swipe the table sideways to see what each plan includes.

PlanBilled monthlyYearly, per monthWhat it includes
Free
per free cluster
$0 not recorded
  • 5 GB storage
  • 2.5M vCUs a month
  • Up to 5 collections
  • Community support
Standard
per Dedicated from $126 a month; Serverless from $0
$126 not recorded
  • Serverless is pay per operation
  • Backup, restore and basic monitoring
  • Encryption in transit and at rest
Enterprise
per Dedicated from $197 a month
$197 not recorded
  • 99.95% uptime SLA
  • Audit logs, SSO and RBAC
  • Private endpoint and VPC peering

"Not recorded" means we did not find that price, not that it is free. Prices exclude tax and can differ by country.

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Taken from what the vendor says the tool does. We have not tested it.

What to watch

  • Real cost depends on cluster size and vector count
  • Open-source Milvus is free to self-host
  • Storage, backup and transfer are extra

Sources

Open Milvus (Zilliz)'s own site · Report a mistake on this page