Milvus Alternatives

Milvus is described as 'Open-source vector database built to power embedding similarity search and AI applications. Milvus makes unstructured data search more accessible, and provides a consistent user experience regardless of the deployment environment' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to Milvus for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted, Web-based and Windows apps. The best Milvus alternative is Algolia. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Elasticsearch or OpenSearch. Other great apps like Milvus are Meilisearch, Manticore search, Apache Solr and Sphinx (search engine).

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Milvus alternatives are mainly Search Servers but may also be Web Hosting Services or Cloud Hosting Services.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Milvus.
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Milvus is an open-source vector database built to power embedding similarity search and AI applications. Milvus makes unstructured data search more accessible, and provides a consistent user experience regardless of the...

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Milvus alternatives page was last updated May 25, 2024
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  1. Algolia icon

    Algolia

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    Algolia helps product teams connect their users with information by providing the building blocks they need to create fast, relevant, personalized search.

    64 Algolia alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android SDK
    • Ruby
    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • Angular
    • cURL
    • Ruby on Rails
    • Node.JS
    • Objective-C
    Home Page

    Algolia Features

    1.  Indexed search
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  Search Bar
    4.  REST API

    Algolia VS Milvus

     

    • Algolia is the most popular Web-based alternative to Milvus.

    • Algolia is the most popular free alternative to Milvus.

    • Algolia is Free Personal and ProprietaryMilvus is Free and Open Source
  2. Meilisearch icon

    Meilisearch

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    Meilisearch helps you shape a delightful search experience in a snap, offering features that work out-of-the-box to speed up your workflow.

    26 Meilisearch alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Meilisearch screenshot 1

    Meilisearch Features

    1.  Search Server
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  REST API
    4.  Rust
    5.  Indexed search
    6.  Integrated Search
    7.  Filtering

    Meilisearch VS Milvus

     

    • Meilisearch is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux, SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Milvus.

    • Meilisearch is the most popular Open Source & commercial alternative to Milvus.

    • Meilisearch is Paid and Open SourceMilvus is Free and Open Source
  4. Elasticsearch icon

    Elasticsearch

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    Unmatched relevance. Real-time insights. Anything is possible — when the precision of search meets the intelligence of AI.

    66 Elasticsearch alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    Elasticsearch screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Scalable

    Features

    1.  REST API
    2.  AI-Powered

    Elasticsearch VS Milvus

     
  5. OpenSearch icon

    OpenSearch

     7 likes
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    OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source search and analytics suite derived from Apache 2.0 licensed Elasticsearch 7.10.2 & Kibana 7.10.2. It consists of a search engine daemon, and a visualization and user interface, OpenSearch Dashboards.

    33 OpenSearch alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    OpenSearch Dashboards

    OpenSearch Features

    1.  Import CSV Data
    2.  Business Dashboards
    3.  Charts
    4.  Reporting
    5.  Real-time dashboard
    6.  Metrics
    7.  Drag and Drop
    8.  Graphs
    9.  Interactive map
    10.  Interactive Visualization

    OpenSearch VS Milvus

     
  6. Manticore search icon

    Manticore search

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    Open source search server designed to be fast, scalable and with powerful and accurate full-text search capabilities derived from Sphinx search project.

    54 Manticore search alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    windows 10 installation fail

    Properties

    1.  Scalable

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search

    Manticore search VS Milvus

     
  7. Apache Solr icon

    Apache Solr

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    Solr is an open source enterprise search server based on Lucene search library, with XML/HTTP and JSON APIs. Its major features include powerful full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, dynamic clustering, database integration, and rich document handling.

    45 Apache Solr alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Azure
    The Velocity Search UI

    Apache Solr Features

    1.  Indexed search

    Apache Solr VS Milvus

     
  9. Sphinx (search engine) icon

    Sphinx (search engine)

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    Sphinx is a software search engine designed with indexing database content in mind. It currently supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and ODBC-compliant databases as data sources natively. Other data sources can be indexed via pipe in a custom XML format.

    43 Sphinx (search engine) alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Sphinx (search engine) screenshot 1

    Sphinx (search engine) VS Milvus

     
  10. Quickwit icon

    Quickwit

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    Quickwit is the next-gen search & analytics engine built for logs. It is a highly reliable & cost-efficient alternative to Elasticsearch.

    3 Quickwit alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    True Decoupled Compute & Storage. Ingestion with distributed queues, like Kafka & Kinesis.

    Quickwit Features

    1.  Kubernetes
    2.  Rust
    3.  Logging

    Quickwit VS Milvus

     
  11. Golem icon

    Golem

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    Golem is a global, open sourced, decentralized supercomputer that anyone can access. It's made up of the combined power of user's machines, from personal laptops to entire datacenters.

    82 Golem alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online

    Golem Features

    1.  Decentralized
    2.  Peer-To-Peer
    3.  VPS Hosting

    Golem VS Milvus

     
  12. Typesense icon

    Typesense

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    An open source, blazing fast, typo tolerant search engine for building delightful search experiences. Focuses on developer happiness and ease of use, with a painless out-of-the-box experience.

    19 Typesense alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Typesense Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Self-hosted search

    Typesense VS Milvus

     
  13. Metasearch icon

    Metasearch

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    Search aggregator for Slack, Google Docs, GitHub, and more.

    12 Metasearch alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    Metasearch screenshot 1

    Metasearch Features

    1.  Aggregator
    2.  Meta-Search

    Metasearch VS Milvus

     
  14. FalkorDB icon

    FalkorDB

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    A super fast Graph Database uses GraphBLAS under the hood for its sparse adjacency matrix graph representation. Our goal is to provide the best Knowledge Graph for LLM (GraphRAG).

    13 FalkorDB alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    FalkorDB screenshot 1

    FalkorDB Features

    1.  Graph database
    2.  Database as a Service

    FalkorDB VS Milvus

     
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