Comparison

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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Turbopuffer70
Zilliz Cloud80
Score
Vioscale score
Turbopuffer70 / 100medium · 61%
Zilliz Cloud80 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Model
Turbopuffercommercial
Zilliz Cloudfreemium
Price level
Turbopuffermid
Zilliz Cloudfree
Transparent
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Integrations
Count
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud4
Security
Disclosure policy
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Gdpr
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Hipaa
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Iso27001
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Soc2
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Reliability
Sla pct
Turbopuffer99.95
Zilliz Cloud99.95
Status page
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
TurbopufferManaged
Zilliz CloudManaged
Serverless / consumption pricing
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Index
ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat)
Turbopuffer-
Zilliz Cloud-
Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)
Turbopuffer-
Zilliz Cloud-
Query
Metadata filtering
TurbopufferPre-filter
Zilliz CloudPost-filter
Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion)
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Built-in BM25 / lexical
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Storage
Quantization
Turbopuffer-
Zilliz Cloud-
On-disk vs in-memory
TurbopufferTiered
Zilliz CloudTiered
Scale
Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants)
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Horizontal scale
TurbopufferSharded / distributed
Zilliz CloudSharded / distributed
Consistency
Consistency
TurbopufferTunable
Zilliz Cloud-
Licensing
Licence class
TurbopufferProprietary
Zilliz CloudProprietary
Classification
Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent
TurbopufferDedicated DBMS
Zilliz CloudDedicated DBMS

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.

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.

Turbopuffer

from $16/moUsage-based

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
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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
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Self-hosted
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
On-premise
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud
Hybrid
Turbopuffer
Zilliz Cloud

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
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.