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Milvus

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Open-source vector database by Zilliz, optimized for high-dimensional similarity search and scalability.

Think of it like

The distributed option; built for big data and horizontal scaling.

Example

Run Milvus on Kubernetes with Petabytes of embeddings; query across shards.

How it actually works

Milvus supports multiple indexing methods (HNSW, IVF, etc.) and can scale horizontally. Used by enterprises with massive embedding datasets.

For product teams

Enterprise-grade; Zilliz offers managed service.

For engineers

Horizontal scaling and multiple index types; more complex ops than Chroma but handles scale.

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