Free
$0/mo
- ✓5 GB storage
- ✓2.5M vCUs per month included
- ✓Up to 5 collections
Zilliz Cloud Cost & Pricing Scale Simulator (2026)
Billing Engine Architecture:hybrid
📋 Billing Architecture Pillars
Framework & Entry
Free Tier Available
Uses a hybrid model structure.Offers developer access with no initial monthly payment requirements.
Low Price Bound
Free Entry
The initial commercial tier commit level starts at $no cost. Annual contracts may reduce equivalent monthly allocations.
Volume Restrictions
Uncapped / Custom
API volume constraints are evaluated as Dynamic. Egress bandwidth, compute hours, and storage allocations can trigger non-linear scaling costs.
Public Tiers Breakdown
Standard
Custom
$126/mo paid annually
- ✓Fully managed vector databases with core APIs
- ✓Backup, restore, and basic monitoring
- ✓Built-in encryption for data in transit and at rest
Enterprise
$197/mo
- ✓99.95% uptime SLA
- ✓Audit logs, SSO (SAML 2.0 based), granular RBAC
- ✓Multi-replica and elastic scaling
- ✓Private endpoint and VPC peering
- ✓On-demand
- ✓Enterprise support included
Business Critical
Custom
- ✓Global cluster with high-level availability and disaster recovery
- ✓Advanced security: CMEK and full-path in-transit encryption
- ✓HIPAA-eligible with enhanced data privacy features
- ✓Priority support and rapid incident response
On-demand Compute
Custom
- ✓Zero-copy access to external data
- ✓On-demand query jobs and system-managed index builds
- ✓Pay only for active job runtime, with no always-on compute
BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud)
Custom
- ✓Deploy on your infrastructure of choice
- ✓High-level control and security
- ✓Same features and experience as SaaS Dedicated clusters