Zilliz Cloud (Managed Milvus) vs Azure AI Search pricing
Across 2 benchmark workloads, Zilliz Cloud (Managed Milvus) prices lower in 2 of 2 — by up to ~85% at parity scenarios. It bills serverless capacity, so small workloads stay cheap. Both are compared on identical USD-normalized footprints; verify current rates via each row's provenance date in the full tool.
Monthly Cost Across Realistic Benchmarks
RAG Prototype · 100k×1536 fp32
Zilliz Cloud (Managed Milvus): $0.00/mo Azure AI Search: $73.73/mo
Cheaper: Zilliz Cloud (Managed Milvus)Mid Scale · 1M×768 INT8
Zilliz Cloud (Managed Milvus): $20.00/mo Azure AI Search: $73.73/mo
Cheaper: Zilliz Cloud (Managed Milvus)Large · 5M×768 INT8 10M queries
Zilliz Cloud (Managed Milvus): $35.81/mo Azure AI Search: $245.28/mo
Cheaper: Zilliz Cloud (Managed Milvus)