Select the Right Cluster Plan

Zilliz Cloud provides a range of cluster plans to suit diverse requirements. Whether you're new to vector databases or require robust solutions for enterprise-level tasks, making the right choice ensures optimal performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency. This guide will help you make an informed decision.

Select a cluster plan

Zilliz Cloud categorizes its offerings into five distinct plans: Free, Serverless, Dedicated-Standard, Dedicated-Enterprise, and Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC).

Feature	Starter	Serverless	Dedicated-Standard	Dedicated-Enterprise	Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
Plan Description	For learning, experimenting, and prototyping; easy migration to different plans for production.	Designed for serverless applications with variable or infrequent traffic. Minimal configuration required.	Suitable for applications in dev with customizable workload management. Advanced configuration options.	Ideal for production applications with customizable workload management. Provides more security controls, monitors and support SLAs.	For production applications with strict data security or compliance requirements. Most advanced configuration controls.
Pricing	Free	View Pricing	View Pricing	View Pricing	Contact Sales
Cloud Provider & Region	GCP Exclusive	GCP Exclusive	AWS, GCP, Azure	AWS, GCP, Azure	User's VPC
CU Size Options	Single CU	Auto-scale	Up to 32 CUs. (You can directly create cluster of 32 CUs or less on the web UI. For larger CU sizes, please contact sales. Increments: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32.	Up to 256 CUs.(You can directly create cluster of 256 CUs or less on the web UI. For larger CU sizes, please contact sales. Increments: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32,…,64, 72, 80, 88,…,256 (Notes: When CU size is greater than 8, the increment increase becomes 4 CUs. When CU size is greater than 64, the increment increase becomes 8CUs)	Customizable
CU Type Options	N/A	N/A	2 Options: Performance-optimized CU, or Capacity-optimized CU	2 Options: Performance-optimized CU, or Capacity-optimized CU	2 Options Performance-optimized CU, or Capacity-optimized CU
Max. Clusters	1 Cluster	Customizable	Customizable	Customizable	Customizable
Max. Collections	2 Collections, each maxing at 0.5 million 768-dimensional vectors.	10 Collections per cluster.	Customizable	Customizable	Customizable
Private Link	Not Available	Not Available	Not Available	Available	Available
Cloud Backup	Not Available	Not Available	Available	Available	Available
Migration	Not Available	Available	Available	Available	Available

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