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Zilliz Cloud (managed Milvus)
Zilliz Cloud is listed under managed services (deployment type: managed serverless). First listed price, in its own unit: $0, plan price (Free). Serverless read and write vCU rates appear only in a pricing calculator. Max dimensions: 32,768. Stated: hybrid and sparse search. Read from the vendor's own pages on October 18, 2026.
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Status
- Availability label
- Not stated
No GA or preview label for the service is stated on the pricing, limits or regions pages checked.
How Zilliz Cloud charges
Every price Zilliz Cloud states, in its own unit, with the quote and where it comes from. Nothing is converted.
| Price | Unit, as stated | Quote and source | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plan price or monthly minimum | |||
| $0 | plan price (Free) | “Free Starting point for learning and personal projects. $0” | - |
| From $0 | per month (Standard, Serverless) | “From $0 /month (Serverless)” | - |
| From $197 | per month (Enterprise, Dedicated) | “From $197 /month (Dedicated)” | - |
| Per 1M vectors per month | |||
| From $63 | per million vectors per month (Dedicated Performance-optimized) | “Search Latency 10 ms From $63 per million vectors / month” | - |
| From $16 | per million vectors per month (Dedicated Capacity-optimized) | “Search Latency 50-100 ms From $16 per million vectors / month” | - |
| From $5 | per million vectors per month (Dedicated Tiered-storage) | “Search Latency 100-1000ms From $5 per million vectors / month” | - |
| Product | Rate | Why | Billing model, quoted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zilliz Cloud | Not statedServerless read and write vCU rates | Serverless read/write vCU unit rates are not in the pricing page text; the page gives them only through its pricing calculator. | See the plan minimums above. |
Plan labels in brackets come from the pricing table's column headings, which the quoted cell text does not always repeat.
Free tier and limits
- Free tier
Free: 5 GB storage, 2.5M vCUs per month, up to 5 collections
“$0 Start for Free - 5 GB storage - 2.5M vCUs per month included - Up to 5 collections”
zilliz.com - Limits
Free: 5 collections; Serverless: 100 collections; Dedicated: 1,024 collections or 4,096 partitions per CU
“A Free cluster allows a maximum of 5 collections, while - A Serverless cluster supports up to 100 collections.”
docs.zilliz.com
Search and indexing
- Max dimensions
32,768
“The maximum number of dimensions of a vector field is 32,768.”
docs.zilliz.com - Distance metrics
- Not stated
Not stated on the Zilliz pricing, limits or regions pages checked; see the Milvus entry for the open-source engine.
- Index types
- Not stated
Not stated on the Zilliz pricing, limits or regions pages checked.
- Hybrid and sparse search
Hybrid search and full text search listed in the plan feature table
“Hybrid search Full text search”
zilliz.com - Metadata filtering
Filtered search listed in the plan feature table
“Vector search Filtered search Range search”
zilliz.com - Multi-tenancy
Databases, collections and partitions (limits scale with CUs)
“You can create a maximum of 1,024 collections or 4,096 partitions per CU, with up to 1,024 partitions allowed per collection.”
docs.zilliz.com
Built-in embedding and reranking
- Built-in embedding
- Not stated
Not stated on the Zilliz pricing, limits or regions pages checked.
- Built-in reranking
- Not stated
Not stated on the Zilliz pricing, limits or regions pages checked.
Deployment, license and SDKs
- Regions and clouds
AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure (Free and Serverless on a subset of regions)
“Zilliz Cloud supports multiple cloud providers and regions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.”
docs.zilliz.com - BYOC and self-host
BYOC available
“BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) Designed for organizations that prioritize custom infrastructure, enhanced data protection, and compliance.”
zilliz.com - License
- Not stated
Zilliz Cloud is a managed service; no license is stated on the pricing or docs pages checked. The underlying Milvus engine is Apache-2.0 (see the Milvus entry).
- SDKs
- Not stated
Not listed on the Zilliz pages checked; see the Milvus entry for SDKs.
Vendor-stated claims
Performance, scale and SLA figures as Zilliz Cloud states them. Not measured.
Performance-optimized CU: about 2 million vectors, 500-1500 QPS, 10 ms search latency (768-dim vectors)vendor-statedinferred
Our reading: The quoted row does not name the CU type; Performance-optimized and the 768-dimension basis come from the surrounding pricing table and its footnote.
“Per CU Capacity 2 million vectors Search QPS 500-1500 Search Latency 10 ms”
Capacity figures are based on 768-dimensional vectorsvendor-stated
“This data is based on evaluations of 768-dimensional vectors.”
99.95% uptime SLA on Enterprisevendor-stated
“Enterprise-grade reliability and controls. Best for: production applications. From $197 /month (Dedicated) Start 30-day Free Trial - 99.95% uptime SLA”
Research notes
The pricing page also shows "From $126/GB/month (Dedicated)" under Standard; the unit is printed that way and is not recorded as a price here. Serverless read/write vCU unit rates are not in the pricing page text; the page gives them only through its pricing calculator. New tiers listed: On-demand Compute and Business Critical.
FAQ
How much does Zilliz Cloud cost?
In Zilliz Cloud's own units: $0 (plan price (Free)); From $0 (per month (Standard, Serverless)); From $197 (per month (Enterprise, Dedicated)); From $63 (per million vectors per month (Dedicated Performance-optimized)); From $16 (per million vectors per month (Dedicated Capacity-optimized)); From $5 (per million vectors per month (Dedicated Tiered-storage)). Serverless read and write vCU rates: not stated. Serverless read/write vCU unit rates are not in the pricing page text; the page gives them only through its pricing calculator. As of October 18, 2026; prices are not converted.
What is the maximum vector dimension in Zilliz Cloud?
32,768, per the vendor: "The maximum number of dimensions of a vector field is 32,768."
Does Zilliz Cloud support hybrid search?
Hybrid search and full text search listed in the plan feature table, per the vendor: "Hybrid search Full text search"
Does Zilliz Cloud have built-in embedding or reranking?
Embedding: not stated. Not stated on the Zilliz pricing, limits or regions pages checked. Reranking: not stated. Not stated on the Zilliz pricing, limits or regions pages checked.
Sources
- Source: docs.zilliz.com
- Source: zilliz.com/pricing
- Source: docs.zilliz.com/docs/limits
- Source: docs.zilliz.com/docs/cloud-providers-and-regions
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