Comparison

MyScale vs Zilliz Cloud

On the evidence we track, Zilliz Cloud leads this comparison with a composite score of 80/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

MyScale full profile →Zilliz Cloud full profile →

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MyScale57

★Zilliz Cloud80

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	MyScale	Zilliz CloudLeader
Vioscale score	57 / 100low · 45%	80 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	-	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	11	4
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	✓
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.95
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ SG	Available worldwide · Popular in US, GB, CN, SG, DE · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

MyScale57 / 100low · 45%

Zilliz Cloud80 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

MyScale–

Zilliz Cloud✓

Model

MyScale–

Zilliz Cloudfreemium

Price level

MyScale–

Zilliz Cloudfree

Transparent

MyScale–

Zilliz Cloud✓

Integrations

Count

MyScale11

Zilliz Cloud4

Security

Gdpr

MyScale✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Hipaa

MyScale–

Zilliz Cloud✓

Iso27001

MyScale✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Soc2

MyScale✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Reliability

Sla pct

MyScale–

Zilliz Cloud99.95

Status page

MyScale✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Market

Availability

MyScaleAvailable worldwide · HQ SG

Zilliz CloudAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, GB, CN, SG, DE · HQ US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for vector databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Vector Databases
Capability	MyScale	Zilliz Cloud
Deployment
Deployment	Managed	Managed
Serverless / consumption pricing	-	✓
Index
ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat)	MSTG	-
Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)	cosine	-
Query
Metadata filtering	Pre-filter	Post-filter
Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion)	✓	✓
Built-in BM25 / lexical	✓	✓
Storage
Quantization	-	-
On-disk vs in-memory	-	Tiered
Scale
Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants)	✓	✓
Horizontal scale	Sharded / distributed	Sharded / distributed
Consistency
Consistency	-	-
Licensing
Licence class	-	Proprietary
Classification
Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent	Dedicated DBMS	Dedicated DBMS

Deployment

MyScaleManaged

Zilliz CloudManaged

Serverless / consumption pricing

MyScale-

Zilliz Cloud✓

Index

ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat)

MyScaleMSTG

Zilliz Cloud-

Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)

MyScalecosine

Zilliz Cloud-

Query

Metadata filtering

MyScalePre-filter

Zilliz CloudPost-filter

Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion)

MyScale✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Built-in BM25 / lexical

MyScale✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Storage

Quantization

MyScale-

Zilliz Cloud-

On-disk vs in-memory

MyScale-

Zilliz CloudTiered

Scale

Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants)

MyScale✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Horizontal scale

MyScaleSharded / distributed

Zilliz CloudSharded / distributed

Consistency

MyScale-

Zilliz Cloud-

Licensing

Licence class

MyScale-

Zilliz CloudProprietary

Classification

Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent

MyScaleDedicated DBMS

Zilliz CloudDedicated DBMS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

MyScale

A fully SQL-compatible vector database for building production-grade GenAI applications with native SQL integration, supporting vector search, text search, and complex SQL-vector queries.

Independently observed

Zilliz Cloud

Leader

Fully managed Vector Lakebase services designed for high reliability, performance, and cost efficiency at scale. Purpose-built for real-time serving, iterative discovery, and batch analytics at billion-scale.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

MyScale

Pricing not documented yet.

Zilliz Cloud

Leader

from $0/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Free tier available. Paid plans start from $197/month (Enterprise Dedicated) or usage-based pricing ($126/GB for Standard Dedicated).

FreeFree
- Vector search
- Up to 5 collections
StandardFrom $0/month (Serverless) or from $126/GB/month (Dedicated)
- Fully managed vector databases with core APIs
- Backup and restore
- Basic monitoring
- Data encryption in transit and at rest
EnterpriseFrom $197/month (Dedicated)
- 99.95% uptime SLA
- Audit logs
- SSO (SAML 2.0)
- Granular RBAC
- Multi-replica and elastic scaling
- +1 more
Business CriticalContact sales
- Global cluster with high-level availability
- Disaster recovery
- CMEK and full-path in-transit encryption
- HIPAA-eligible
- Rapid incident response
BYOCContact sales
- Deploy on your infrastructure of choice
- High-level control and security
- Same features and experience as SaaS Dedicated clusters

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	MyScale	Zilliz Cloud
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

MyScale✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

MyScale✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

MyScale

11 total - 10 not shared

OpenAI
Llama Index
Dify
BentoML
DSPy
Gemini
Cohere
Voyage AI
Jina
Hugging Face

Independently observed

Zilliz Cloud

Leader

4 total - 3 not shared

Google Cloud
Azure
LangChain

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.