Open-source vector database built for billion-scale similarity search.
Category: Memory & Data · Type: Vector database · Website: https://milvus.io
Overview
Milvus is a purpose-built, open-source vector database (commercialized as Zilliz Cloud) designed to index and search billions of embeddings with high performance, for large-scale RAG and recommendation workloads.
Key Features
- Billion-scale vector indexing/search
- Multiple index types and metrics
- Distributed, cloud-native architecture
- Open source + Zilliz managed cloud
Role in the Agentic AI Stack
A heavy-duty vector store for large RAG deployments; a more scale-focused peer of Qdrant.
Part of Agentic AI Landscape → Memory & Data