Zilliz

Zilliz offers a fully-managed vector database service designed for high performance, scalability, and speed. The company’s core product is an open-source vector database optimized for billion-scale vector similarity searches. This service can be deployed on major cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, and Azure, and is operational within minutes. Zilliz stands out by integrating seamlessly with leading AI models and frameworks, enabling the transformation of unstructured data into valuable, searchable vector embeddings. This process includes data preparation, chunking, model selection, and transformation. The service is available across eight global regions and promises a 99.9% monthly uptime. Zilliz also meets critical security standards including SOC2 Type II and ISO27001, and it supports Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to ensure robust data protection. Furthermore, Zilliz’s Cardinal search engine enables vector retrieval speeds that are ten times faster than those of Milvus, and its infrastructure can scale up to 500 CUs to serve over 100 billion items.