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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 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Cloud Providers API, Clusters API, and Collections API. Tagged areas include Vector Database, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Milvus, and Managed.

Zilliz’s developer surface includes developer portal, pricing, and 10 more developer resources.

33.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 18/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
1 APIs
Vector DatabaseArtificial IntelligenceCloudMilvusManaged

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
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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 4

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Zilliz Cloud Clusters API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Zilliz Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Zilliz Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Zilliz Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Zilliz Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR

SECURITY

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 2

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: zilliz
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zilliz/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Zilliz
kind: company
description: 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.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/zilliz.png
tags:
- Vector Database
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cloud
- Milvus
- Managed
tags_raw:
- Vector Database
- AI
- Cloud
- Milvus
- Managed
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: zilliz:zilliz-control-plane
  name: Zilliz Cloud Control Plane API
  humanURL: https://docs.zilliz.com/reference/restful
  baseURL: https://api.cloud.zilliz.com/v2
  tags:
  - REST
  - Cluster Management
  - Billing
  - Backups
  description: The Control Plane API manages clusters (create / modify / suspend), users, roles, backups, alerts, metrics,
    and billing. Authentication is Bearer with a Zilliz API key.
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zilliz.com/reference/restful
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.zilliz.com/reference/restful
- aid: zilliz:zilliz-data-plane
  name: Zilliz Cloud Data Plane API
  humanURL: https://docs.zilliz.com/reference/restful
  baseURL: https://{cluster_endpoint}/v2/vectordb
  tags:
  - REST
  - Collection
  - Vectors
  - Search
  tags_raw:
  - REST
  - Collections
  - Vectors
  - Search
  description: 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_admin:password` pair.
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.zilliz.com/reference/restful
- aid: zilliz:zilliz-cloud-providers-api
  name: Zilliz Cloud Providers API
  description: 'Control plane: cloud and region discovery.'
  humanURL: https://docs.zilliz.com/reference/restful
  baseURL: https://api.cloud.zilliz.com/v2
  tags:
  - Cloud Providers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zilliz-cloud-providers-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zilliz:zilliz-clusters-api
  name: Zilliz Clusters API
  description: 'Control plane: cluster lifecycle management.'
  humanURL: https://docs.zilliz.com/reference/restful
  baseURL: https://api.cloud.zilliz.com/v2
  tags:
  - Cluster
  tags_raw:
  - Clusters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zilliz-clusters-api-openapi.yml
- aid: zilliz:zilliz-collections-api
  name: Zilliz Collections API
  description: 'Data plane: vector collection operations.'
  humanURL: https://docs.zilliz.com/reference/restful
  baseURL: https://api.cloud.zilliz.com/v2
  tags:
  - Collection
  tags_raw:
  - Collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/zilliz-collections-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/zilliz-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/zilliz-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/zilliztech
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zilliz
- type: Website
  url: https://zilliz.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://docs.zilliz.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://zilliz.com/pricing
- type: ParentRelationship
  title: Maintainer of Milvus
  url: https://milvus.io/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/zilliz-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/zilliz-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/zilliz-finops.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://zilliz.com/partners
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.zilliz.com/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: AWS
- name: Arize AI
- name: Voxel51
- name: Confluent
- name: Microsoft
- name: Google Cloud
- name: Airbyte
- name: NVIDIA
- name: OpenAI
- name: Hugging Face
- name: Cohere
- name: LangChain
- name: LlamaIndex
- name: PyTorch
- name: Data Science Dojo
- name: Voyage AI
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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