Zilliz
Zilliz Cloud is the managed vector database service built by the Milvus maintainers. It exposes a Control Plane API for cluster management and a Data Plane API for vector operations. Offers Serverless, Dedicated, and BYOC plans.
Zilliz publishes 5 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Cloud Providers API, Clusters API, Collections API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Vector Search, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Milvus, and Managed.
The Zilliz catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Zilliz’s developer surface includes engineering blog, developer portal, pricing, and 12 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent Skills (SKILL.md packages) | builds-on | 47.1 | - | 1 |
| Infrastructure-as-Code Provider Registries (Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi) | builds-on | 47.1 | - | 1 |
| Artifact Hub Cloud-Native Packages | builds-on | 47.1 | - | 1 |
| Hugging Face Hub Organisations | builds-on | 47.1 | - | 1 |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 1
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 5
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Zilliz Cloud Control Plane API
The Control Plane API manages clusters (create / modify / suspend), users, roles, backups, alerts, metrics, and billing. Authentication is Bearer with a Zilliz API key.
Zilliz Cloud Data Plane API
Data Plane endpoints handle collection, vector, partition, index, and role operations on a specific cluster. Authentication accepts either a Zilliz API key or a cluster `db_admi...
Zilliz Cloud Providers API
Control plane: cloud and region discovery.
Zilliz Clusters API
Control plane: cluster lifecycle management.
Zilliz Collections API
Data plane: vector collection operations.
Open Collections 3
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Zilliz Cloud Cloud Providers API
OPEN COLLECTIONZilliz Cloud Clusters API
OPEN COLLECTIONZilliz Cloud Collections API
OPEN COLLECTIONZilliz API pricing
Not yet checked against Zilliz's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-08 from zilliz.com/; confirm before you rely on a figure.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| To Be Reconciled enterprise | — |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- Default: see provider documentation varies
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Zilliz's documentation. Rate-limit details →
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Zilliz Plans Pricing
PLANSRate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Zilliz Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSCompliance 1
Attestations the provider states (SOC 2, ISO 27001 and others), quoted from its own trust page. APIs.io verifies none of them.
FinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Zilliz Finops
FINOPSSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.
Zilliz API Rules
SPECTRALSecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 1
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 3
The organization behind the API
Other 3
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Zilliz API — frequently asked questions
Does Zilliz have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from Zilliz, including Zilliz Cloud Control Plane API, Zilliz Cloud Data Plane API and Zilliz Cloud Providers API, and 2 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Zilliz API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 3 OpenAPI specifications for Zilliz, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Zilliz API?
Zilliz uses bearer-token authentication.
How much does the Zilliz API cost?
APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for Zilliz, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the Zilliz API ready for AI agents?
Zilliz has a Kin Score of 31.7 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 17.3 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.
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