Turbopuffer 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.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for vector databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Turbopuffer
Vector and full-text search database built on object storage, offering 10x cheaper cost and extreme scalability for AI applications, semantic search, and recommendation systems.
Zilliz Cloud
LeaderFully 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.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Turbopuffer
From $16/month. Usage-based with per-TB-queried pricing ($1/PB base rate with volume discounts up to 96%).
- Launch$16/month minimum, usage-based overage
- Scale-
- IP allowlisting
- SSO
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Customer managed encryption
- Private networking
- IP allowlisting
- SSO
- Privileged access management
- +2 more
Zilliz Cloud
LeaderFree 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
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Turbopuffer
Not documented yet.
Zilliz Cloud
Leader- AWS
- Google Cloud
- Azure
- LangChain
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