Comparison

txtai 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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txtai63

★Zilliz Cloud80

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	txtai	Zilliz CloudLeader
Vioscale score	63 / 100medium · 56%	80 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	10	4
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	4.9	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=txtai&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.95
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	14	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	12,909	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	70	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	26	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US, GB, CN, SG, DE · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

txtai63 / 100medium · 56%

Zilliz Cloud80 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

txtai✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Model

txtaiopen_source

Zilliz Cloudfreemium

Price level

txtaifree

Zilliz Cloudfree

Transparent

txtai✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Integrations

Count

txtai10

Zilliz Cloud4

Security

Gdpr

txtai–

Zilliz Cloud✓

Hipaa

txtai–

Zilliz Cloud✓

Iso27001

txtai–

Zilliz Cloud✓

Scorecard

txtai4.9

Zilliz Cloud–

Soc2

txtai–

Zilliz Cloud✓

Vulnerabilities

txtaiCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=txtai&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Zilliz Cloud–

Reliability

Sla pct

txtai–

Zilliz Cloud99.95

Status page

txtai✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

txtai14

Zilliz Cloud–

Github stars

txtai12,909

Zilliz Cloud–

Activity

Commits last 30d

txtai70

Zilliz Cloud–

Release

Cadence days

txtai26

Zilliz Cloud–

History

txtai20 items

Zilliz Cloud–

License

Spdx

txtaiApache-2.0

Zilliz Cloud–

Language

Primary

txtaiPython

Zilliz Cloud–

Market

Availability

txtai–

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	txtai	Zilliz Cloud
Deployment
Deployment	Embedded	Managed
Serverless / consumption pricing	-	✓
Index
ANN index (HNSW / IVF / DiskANN / ScaNN / flat)	HNSW, IVF, IVFSparse, milvus-lite, turbovec, zvec	-
Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)	cosine	-
Query
Metadata filtering	Pre-filter	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	Tunable	-
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Proprietary
Classification
Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent	Dedicated DBMS	Dedicated DBMS

Deployment

txtaiEmbedded

Zilliz CloudManaged

Serverless / consumption pricing

txtai-

Zilliz Cloud✓

Index

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

txtaiHNSW, IVF, IVFSparse, milvus-lite, turbovec, zvec

Zilliz Cloud-

Distance metrics (cosine / dot / Euclidean)

txtaicosine

Zilliz Cloud-

Query

Metadata filtering

txtaiPre-filter

Zilliz CloudPost-filter

Hybrid search (dense + sparse fusion)

txtai✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Built-in BM25 / lexical

txtai✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Storage

Quantization

txtaiScalar

Zilliz Cloud-

On-disk vs in-memory

txtaiDisk-backed

Zilliz CloudTiered

Scale

Multi-tenancy (namespaces / collections / tenants)

txtai✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Horizontal scale

txtaiSharded / distributed

Zilliz CloudSharded / distributed

Consistency

txtaiTunable

Zilliz Cloud-

Licensing

Licence class

txtaiPermissive OSS

Zilliz CloudProprietary

Classification

Purpose-built vs feature-of-parent

txtaiDedicated DBMS

Zilliz CloudDedicated DBMS

What each one is

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

txtai

txtai is an open-source Python framework for building semantic search applications, LLM-powered agents, retrieval augmented generation systems, and language model workflows with support for multiple vector backends and integration with various LLMs.

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.

txtai

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

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	txtai	Zilliz Cloud
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

txtai✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

CLI

txtai✓

Zilliz Cloud✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

txtai✓

Zilliz Cloud✓

Self-hosted

txtai✓

Zilliz Cloud✗

Integrations

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

txtai

11 total

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LiteRT

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.