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MilvushybridFree (self-hosted, Apache 2.0)
MongoDB Vector SearchcloudFree M0 cluster (512MB)
Hybrid Search
Metadata Filtering
Multi Tenancy
Managed Embeddings
Mcp Server
Serverless
Pricing
Free (self-hosted, Apache 2.0)Free Zilliz Cloud Serverless tier$126/GB/mo Standard Zilliz Cloud Dedicated$197/mo EnterpriseBusiness Critical
Free M0 cluster (512MB)$57+/mo M10 dedicatedSearch Nodes billed separatelyCustom Enterprise
Open Source
Self-Hosted
SDK Languages
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pythonjavascripttypescriptgojavacsharprubyphprust
Frameworks
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langchainllamaindexvercel-aihaystack
Compliance
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soc2hipaagdprpci-dssiso27001
Best For
Billion-scale vector workloads with the widest selection of ANN index types — HNSW, IVF, DiskANN, SCANN, GPU indexes
Teams already on MongoDB who want vector search next to operational data — one driver, one query language, one backup story
Limitations
Self-hosted deployment is operationally complex (depends on etcd, MinIO, Pulsar/Kafka); no first-party MCP server yet; managed offering is through Zilliz, not Milvus directly
Vector indexes are tied to Atlas (not self-hosted Community Server); search nodes add cost; index build times can be long for large collections
Supported Not supported Unverified