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Milvus vs Weaviate
2 of 5Vector Databases · verified 13 Aug 2026
MilvusZillizcurrent
WeaviateWeaviatecurrent| Specification | Milvus | Weaviate |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | Built for billions of vectors. | Hybrid search with batteries included. |
| Index | HNSW, IVF, DiskANN, GPU | HNSW |
| Hybrid search | Yes | Yes, native |
| Hosting | Self-host and managed | Self-host and managed |
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | BSD-3 |
| p50 latency | ~10ms | ~12ms |
| Category | Vector Databases | Vector Databases |
| Official | Zilliz ↗ | Weaviate ↗ |
Highlighted rows are where these differ.
Milvus
- Distributed architecture with GPU index support
- Heavier to operate than the alternatives
Best for very large corpora.
Weaviate
- Vector, BM25 and metadata filters in one query
- Modules for embedding generation built in
Best for hybrid keyword and semantic search.