Milvus

Milvus Vector Database

Milvus is a high-performance, open-source vector database specifically designed for GenAI applications and large-scale similarity search operations. It offers three deployment options:

Key Features

• Flexible Deployment: From lightweight Milvus Lite for prototyping to distributed deployment for production
• Scalability: Handles billions of vectors with minimal performance loss
• Easy Integration: Compatible with popular AI development tools
• Multiple Search Types: Supports RAG, image search, multimodal search, and hybrid search capabilities

Use Cases

• Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Image similarity search
• Large-scale vector similarity search
• Machine learning and deep learning applications
• Recommendation systems

Technical Implementation

• Python client library with simple API
• Supports both standalone and distributed architectures
• Available as self-hosted or fully managed cloud service (Zilliz Cloud)
• Optimized for high-dimensional vector operations