Milvus vs Qdrant
M Milvus | Q Qdrant | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | ⭐ 4.4 / 5 | ⭐ 4.5 / 5 |
| Category | Data & analytics | Data & analytics |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium |
| From | Free Milvus open source self-hosted; Zilliz Cloud Free (5 GB included); Standard starting at $0/month serverless or $126/GB/month dedicated; Enterprise starting at $197/month | Free open source self-hosted; free Qdrant Cloud (0.5 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 4 GB disk); Standard billed by usage via calculator; Premium with minimum commitment on request |
| Ease of use | Advanced | Intermediate |
| French interface | — | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Website | Visit → | Visit → |
Our verdict: Milvus
Best for projects anticipating billions of vectors that need a proven distributed architecture, either self-hosted or via Zilliz Cloud. Not for you for a first prototype or a small team without systems administration skills: the complexity of self-hosting Milvus is significantly higher than Chroma or Qdrant.
Our verdict: Qdrant
Best for teams wanting a high-performance vector database with a real free plan for prototyping and European hosting available from the paid plan onward. Not for you if you need to know a fixed monthly price before committing: Qdrant Cloud publishes no pricing beyond the free plan, only a usage calculator.
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