Pyyan / Compare / Qdrant vs Milvus
Vector Databases · verified 13 Aug 2026
| Specification | Qdrant | Milvus |
|---|---|---|
| Summary | The fastest of the purpose-built stores. | Built for billions of vectors. |
| Index | HNSW | HNSW, IVF, DiskANN, GPU |
| Hybrid search | Yes | Yes |
| Hosting | Self-host and managed | Self-host and managed |
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| p50 latency | 4ms | ~10ms |
| Category | Vector Databases | Vector Databases |
| Official | Qdrant ↗ | Zilliz ↗ |
Highlighted rows are where these differ.
Best for latency-sensitive retrieval.
Best for very large corpora.