Pinecone vs Milvus

Is Milvus a good alternative to Pinecone? Here’s what you need to know.

Milvus

Free

Open-source vector database built for scalable AI applications.

Milvus is a cloud-native vector database built for billion-scale similarity search. Supports multiple index types and distance metrics. Highly scalable with Kubernetes-native deployment via Zilliz.

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Why switch from Pinecone?

Indie pricing — no enterprise markup or per-seat fees
Direct maker support — talk to the person who built it
Transparent & open — many indie tools are open-source
No vendor lock-in — own your data, export anytime

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