Zilliz Cloud vs Upstash Vector

Zilliz Cloud8.6Visit Upstash Vector7.9Visit

Higher score Zilliz Cloud #8 in Vector Databases 8.6/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Zilliz Cloud

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Upstash Vector #15 in Vector Databases 7.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Upstash Vector

• Zilliz Cloud fits best

  Managed Milvus-compatible cloud deployments

• Upstash Vector fits best

  Low-cost serverless vector workloads

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Side by side

Feature	Zilliz Cloud 8.6/10 Visit ↗	Upstash Vector 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.6	7.9
Ranking	#8 in Vector Databases	#15 in Vector Databases
Best for	Managed Milvus-compatible cloud deployments	Low-cost serverless vector workloads
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	$60/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs	Email, Community, Docs
Compliance	SSO/SAML, 2FA, GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001	GDPR
Integrations	10 integrations	6 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Zilliz Cloud 3/3 · Upstash Vector 3/3
Hybrid search	✓	✓
Metadata filtering	✓	✓
Sparse vectors	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Maximum dimensions	32768 dimensions (best)	3072 dimensions
Index types	FLAT, IVF_FLAT, IVF_SQ8, IVF_PQ, HNSW, DISKANN, AUTOINDEX, SCANN, HNSW_SQ, HNSW_PQ, HNSW_PRQ, IVF_RABITQ, SPARSE_INVERTED_INDEX, SPARSE_WAND	DiskANN, FreshDiskANN
SDK languages	Python, Java, Go, Node.js, C++	Python, TypeScript, Go, PHP
Our review
Pros	Supports dense, sparse, binary, hybrid, and full-text search Includes filtering, reranking, backups, restore, and migration tools Offers SaaS and BYOC deployment with major cloud storage integrations	Free plan includes 10,000 daily queries and updates Supports dense, sparse, and hybrid vector indexes REST API, namespaces, filtering, and DiskANN search
Cons	Paid tiers use usage-based pricing rather than fixed subscription rates Cloud deployment may not suit teams seeking a self-hosted product Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of simple vector search projects	Free plan allows only 1 GB of total data Verified integration coverage is limited to the Vercel AI SDK Higher-capacity plan pricing is not shown in the published plan details
Our verdict	Zilliz Cloud is a fully managed Milvus service for building and operating vector search applications. It is aimed at teams developing semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation, recommendations, and multimodal retrieval workloads… Read the review →	Upstash Vector is a fully managed, serverless vector database for developers building semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation, and other AI applications. It supports REST access and official SDKs for Python, TypeScript, Go, and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Zilliz Cloud — where it wins

  • Supports dense, sparse, binary, hybrid, and full-text search
  • Includes filtering, reranking, backups, restore, and migration tools
  • Offers SaaS and BYOC deployment with major cloud storage integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid tiers use usage-based pricing rather than fixed subscription rates
  • Cloud deployment may not suit teams seeking a self-hosted product
  • Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of simple vector search projects

• Upstash Vector — where it wins

  • Free plan includes 10,000 daily queries and updates
  • Supports dense, sparse, and hybrid vector indexes
  • REST API, namespaces, filtering, and DiskANN search

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan allows only 1 GB of total data
  • Verified integration coverage is limited to the Vercel AI SDK
  • Higher-capacity plan pricing is not shown in the published plan details

• Zilliz Cloud8.6/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A capable managed vector database for teams building AI search applications.

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• Upstash Vector7.9/10 · Free plan

  A low-cost serverless vector database with hybrid search and flexible usage pricing.

  Visit Upstash VectorFull verdict →