Milvus
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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