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Compare Elasticsearch and Milvus 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (45.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
Free
Elasticsearch
Star Rating
(269)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansMilvus
Star Rating
(11)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (45.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Learn more about MilvusElasticsearch vs Milvus
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Milvus easier to use and do business with overall. However, reviewers felt that Elasticsearch is easier to set up. Both products were equally easy to administer.
- Reviewers felt that Milvus meets the needs of their business better than Elasticsearch.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Milvus is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Milvus over Elasticsearch.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Elasticsearch
Elastic Cloud Serverless
Pay As You Go
Per Month
A fully automated, usage-based "Search AI" platform. Ideal for variable workloads where compute scales independently from storage, requiring zero capacity planning or infrastructure management.
- No-ops management: Elastic handles all upgrades and scaling
- Decoupled compute and storage scaling
- Specialized VCUs for Ingest, Search, and Machine Learning
Milvus
Free & Open Source
Free
Milvus is open source software and free to use under the Apache 2.0 license. To learn more, visit: https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/blob/master/LICENSE
- Easy to use
- Blazing fast
- Highly available
Free Trial
Elasticsearch
Free Trial is available
Milvus
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
243
9.1
11
Ease of Use
8.4
246
8.5
11
Ease of Setup
8.5
166
7.5
10
Ease of Admin
8.6
148
8.6
7
Quality of Support
8.5
216
8.7
10
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
137
9.0
7
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
242
10.0
11
Features by Category
Compatibility
8.6
88
Not enough data
8.6
86
Not enough data
8.1
87
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Search Queries
8.4
94
Not enough data
8.6
89
Not enough data
8.4
85
Not enough data
8.7
87
Not enough data
8.2
86
Not enough data
AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software
8.5
18
Not enough data
8.6
19
Not enough data
8.5
20
Not enough data
Functionality
8.3
87
Not enough data
8.9
86
Not enough data
8.8
88
Not enough data
Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software
8.8
18
Not enough data
8.7
18
Not enough data
8.6
18
Not enough data
Functionality - Enterprise Search Software
8.6
18
Not enough data
8.8
20
Not enough data
8.8
22
Not enough data
Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software
8.9
19
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
8.7
20
Not enough data
9.0
18
Not enough data
Data Management
9.5
28
Not enough data
9.1
25
Not enough data
9.7
26
Not enough data
7.8
25
Not enough data
Availability
8.8
26
Not enough data
8.9
27
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
Performance
8.8
24
Not enough data
Security
9.0
26
Not enough data
9.2
26
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
Support
9.0
26
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
7.8
23
Not enough data
Data Indexing
8.1
14
Not enough data
9.2
15
9.0
5
Filters
9.4
13
9.0
5
9.0
14
Not enough data
Scalability and Performance - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cost and Efficiency - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration and Extensibility - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security and Compliance - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Usability and Support - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Site Search
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Search Experience Management - Site Search
8.5
16
Not enough data
8.2
17
Not enough data
7.9
16
Not enough data
7.2
16
Not enough data
8.3
16
Not enough data
6.9
16
Not enough data
Functionality - Site Search
7.8
16
Not enough data
8.0
16
Not enough data
7.8
16
Not enough data
7.1
16
Not enough data
Generative AI - Site Search
6.1
16
Not enough data
6.3
16
Not enough data
Database Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Elasticsearch and Milvus are categorized as Vector Database
Unique Categories
Elasticsearch is categorized as Enterprise Search Software, Document Databases, Site Search Software, and Generative AI Infrastructure
Milvus is categorized as AWS Marketplace
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Elasticsearch
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Milvus
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
16.2%
Computer Software
15.8%
Financial Services
7.5%
Internet
4.9%
Telecommunications
4.5%
Other
50.9%
Computer Software
27.3%
Legal Services
9.1%
Internet
9.1%
Information Technology and Services
9.1%
Financial Services
9.1%
Other
36.4%
Discussions
Elasticsearch has no discussions with answers
Milvus has no discussions with answers
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