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# KX vs Milvus Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Pricing

**KX**
Free Trial

**$0.00** · Free

**Milvus**
Free Trial

**Free** · Free & Open Source

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**KX**
Not enough reviews yet

**Milvus**
Not enough reviews yet

Return on Investment

**KX**
Not enough reviews yet

**Milvus**
Not enough reviews yet

Perceived Cost

**KX**
$$$$$

**Milvus**
Not enough reviews yet

Average Discount

**KX**
Not enough reviews yet

**Milvus**
Not enough reviews yet

**Pros & Cons**
from reviews

**KX**
[
Speed (11)
](https://www.g2.com/products/kx-kx/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1711118&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Performance (9)
](https://www.g2.com/products/kx-kx/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1711642&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Learning Curve (12)
](https://www.g2.com/products/kx-kx/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1711153&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Difficult Learning (7)
](https://www.g2.com/products/kx-kx/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1710793&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

**Milvus**
Not enough data

Integrations

**KX**
Not enough data

**Milvus**
[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_61f14b6f2552e7854f0e22f55f0b92a8/apache-phoenix.png "Product Avatar Image")

Apache Phoenix

](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-phoenix/reviews)[
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](https://www.g2.com/products/milvus/integrations)

Screenshots

**KX**
 ![KX screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/1326456/Screenshot-2023-06-21-at-12.57.17.png)

**Milvus**
 ![Milvus screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/1299154/Milvus-architecture.png)

**Ratings**
from reviews

Meets Requirements

**KX**

8.9

8.935

**Milvus**

9.1

9.111

Ease of Use

**KX**

6.7

6.738

**Milvus**

8.5

8.511

Ease of Setup

**KX**

8.5

8.524

**Milvus**

7.5

7.510

Ease of Admin

**KX**

8.9

8.914

**Milvus**

8.6

8.67

Quality of Support

**KX**

8.7

8.733

**Milvus**

8.7

8.710

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**KX**

9.0

9.012

**Milvus**

9.0

9.07

Product Direction (% positive)

**KX**

8.6

8.642

**Milvus**

10.0

10.011

**Features**
ratings from reviews

Vector Database

8.7

10

9.0

7

Real-time Analytic Database

8.3

10

Not enough data

Columnar Databases

8.4

22

Not enough data

User Insights

**Reviewers' Company Size**

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
24.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
18.0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
58.0%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
24.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
18.0%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
58.0%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
45.5%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
36.4%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
18.2%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
45.5%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
36.4%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
18.2%

**Reviewers' Industry**

[![KX](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/d6a2a9ce7e647eee196c6789a3276ffd/kx-2022-12-21.svg "KX")](https://www.g2.com/products/kx-kx/reviews)
KX

Financial Services
46.0%

Banking
12.0%

Capital Markets
10.0%

Investment Banking
6.0%

Investment Management
4.0%

Other
22.0%

[![Milvus](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/6790c76e405c279b6c69644c7cde89e1/milvus.svg "Milvus")](https://www.g2.com/products/milvus/reviews)
Milvus

Computer Software
27.3%

Legal Services
9.1%

Internet
9.1%

Information Technology and Services
9.1%

Financial Services
9.1%

Other
36.4%

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Algolia
](/products/algolia/reviews)