Comparison

Qdrant 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.

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Qdrant59

★Zilliz Cloud80

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Qdrant	Zilliz CloudLeader
Vioscale score	59 / 100medium · 60%updating	80 / 100medium · 73%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	unknown	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	4
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=cowboysysop%2Fqdrant&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.95
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	34,203	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	18	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Rust	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US, GB, CN, SG, DE · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Qdrant59 / 100medium · 60%updating

Zilliz Cloud80 / 100medium · 73%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Model

Qdrantcommercial

Zilliz Cloudfreemium

Price level

Qdrantunknown

Zilliz Cloudfree

Transparent

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Integrations

Count

Qdrant6

Zilliz Cloud4

Security

Gdpr

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Hipaa

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Iso27001

Qdrant–

Zilliz Cloud✓

Soc2

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Vulnerabilities

QdrantCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=cowboysysop%2Fqdrant&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Zilliz Cloud–

Reliability

Sla pct

Qdrant–

Zilliz Cloud99.95

Status page

Qdrant–

Zilliz Cloud✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Qdrant0

Zilliz Cloud–

Github stars

Qdrant34,203

Zilliz Cloud–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Qdrant100

Zilliz Cloud–

Release

Cadence days

Qdrant18

Zilliz Cloud–

History

Qdrant20 items

Zilliz Cloud–

License

Spdx

QdrantApache-2.0

Zilliz Cloud–

Language

Primary

QdrantRust

Zilliz Cloud–

Market

Availability

QdrantAvailable worldwide

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

Deployment

QdrantSelf-hosted

Zilliz CloudManaged

Serverless / consumption pricing

Qdrant-

Zilliz Cloud✓

Index

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

QdrantHNSW

Zilliz Cloud-

Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)

Qdrant-

Zilliz Cloud-

Query

Metadata filtering

Qdrant-

Zilliz CloudPost-filter

Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion)

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Built-in BM25 / lexical

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Storage

Quantization

QdrantScalar

Zilliz Cloud-

On-disk vs in-memory

QdrantDisk-backed

Zilliz CloudTiered

Scale

Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants)

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Horizontal scale

QdrantSharded / distributed

Zilliz CloudSharded / distributed

Consistency

Qdrant-

Zilliz Cloud-

Licensing

Licence class

QdrantSource-available

Zilliz CloudProprietary

Classification

Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent

QdrantDedicated DBMS

Zilliz CloudDedicated DBMS

What each one is

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

Qdrant

A vector database engine that provides fast similarity search over high-dimensional vectors, available in managed cloud, self-hosted open source, and hybrid deployment models for AI applications.

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.

Qdrant

Usage-based

Usage-based pricing on CPU, memory, and disk storage; charged monthly for previous month's usage

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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	Qdrant	Zilliz Cloud
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✗
Air-gappedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Self-hosted

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✗

On-premise

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✗

Hybrid

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✗

Air-gapped

Qdrant✓

Zilliz Cloud✗

Integrations

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

Qdrant

6 total

Slack
Adobe
Hubspot
Arize
Google DeepMind
Qualcomm

Independently observed

Zilliz Cloud

Leader

4 total

AWS
Google Cloud
Azure
LangChain

Independently observed

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