Databases & Vector · side by side
Zilliz Cloud (Milvus) vs PlanetScale
Compare Zilliz Cloud (Milvus), PlanetScale by database engines, storage, compute, backups, branching and vector-search features.
Databases & Vector pricing calculator
These providers bill in different units. Each estimate uses its own workload; there is no same-volume price winner.
Zilliz Cloud (Milvus)
PlanetScale
Zilliz Cloud (Milvus)
$197 / mo
Enterprise · 10 million vectors
PlanetScale
$5.00 / mo
Base Plan · 20 GB storage
Listed USD plan fees and tracked usage only. Unlisted compute, transfer, extras, taxes and contract terms are excluded. Custom or unsupported plan usage is not estimated.
Databases & Vector overview & pricing
| Databases & Vector | Zilliz Cloud (Milvus) | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Zilliz | PlanetScale |
| Billing unit | million vectors | GB storage |
| Plan at selected usage | Enterprise | Base Plan |
| Monthly estimate | $197/mo | $5.00/mo |
| Workload | 10 million vectors | 20 GB storage |
| Free access | Free cluster | None |
| Published plans | Free, Standard, Enterprise, Business Critical, On-demand Compute, BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) | Base Plan, Enterprise |
| Prices checked | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 |
- Zilliz Cloud (Milvus)
- Zilliz
- PlanetScale
- PlanetScale
- Zilliz Cloud (Milvus)
- million vectors
- PlanetScale
- GB storage
- Zilliz Cloud (Milvus)
- Enterprise
- PlanetScale
- Base Plan
- Zilliz Cloud (Milvus)
- $197/mo
- PlanetScale
- $5.00/mo
- Zilliz Cloud (Milvus)
- 10 million vectors
- PlanetScale
- 20 GB storage
- Zilliz Cloud (Milvus)
- Free cluster
- PlanetScale
- None
- Zilliz Cloud (Milvus)
- Free, Standard, Enterprise, Business Critical, On-demand Compute, BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud)
- PlanetScale
- Base Plan, Enterprise
- Zilliz Cloud (Milvus)
- 2026-10-08
- PlanetScale
- 2026-10-08
Databases & Vector monthly cost
Different workloads, separate estimates
Start with the engine and workload: relational databases, vector indexes and Redis services are not interchangeable. Storage estimates do not include unlisted compute, query, replication or network charges. Check backup retention, regions and scaling behavior.
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Zilliz Cloud (Milvus) features & plan notes
- Open-source Milvus
- Billion-scale vectors
- GPU index
- 99.95% uptime SLA
- Audit logs, SSO (SAML 2.0 based), granular RBAC
- Multi-replica and elastic scaling
- Private endpoint and VPC peering
- On-demand
- Enterprise support included
PlanetScale features & plan notes
- Vitess MySQL & Postgres
- Deploy requests
- Vitess (MySQL-compatible databases with horizontal sharding; pricing based on cluster size, VTGate configuration, and storage)
- Neki (Postgres databases with horizontal sharding; pricing based on shard size/count, router configuration, replicas, storage, backup storage, and network usage)
- PlanetScale Postgres Single node (starting at $5/month)
- PlanetScale Postgres High Availability (1 primary + 2 replicas across 3 availability zones)
- PlanetScale Postgres Metal (starting at $50/month with local NVMe storage)
- Pay month to month based on resource usage (compute, topology, storage, network egress, backup storage)
How to compare database providers
Start with the engine and workload: relational databases, vector indexes and Redis services are not interchangeable. Storage estimates do not include unlisted compute, query, replication or network charges. Check backup retention, regions and scaling behavior.
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