Zilliz cuts vector storage prices up to 38% while boosting capacity
What happened
Between the May 11, 2026 and May 18, 2026 captures of Zilliz's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Capacity-optimized cluster capacity increased from 6M to 8M vectors per CU; Tiered-storage cluster capacity increased from 25M to 40M vectors per CU; Capacity-optimized cluster price decreased from $21 to $16 per million vectors/month; Tiered-storage cluster price decreased from $8 to $5 per million vectors/month. Pulse files it as a pricing change (limit increase, price decrease) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 7, 2026) lists Dedicated Standard at $126 and Dedicated Enterprise at $197.
It lands 6 days after Zilliz's previous change, "Zilliz raises dedicated plan prices 27%, adds on-demand compute tier" (May 13, 2026). Zilliz has been tracked since 2026-05-01.
In the same window Pinecone and Qdrant also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · Limit+33%6M8M
- — · Price−24%$21$16 per million
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Limit | 6M | 8M | +33% |
| — | Price | $21 | $16 per million | −24% |
Values as written on Zilliz's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Zilliz's pricing page (zilliz.com) from May 11, 2026 and May 18, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where price reads $21 and then $16 per million.
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Zilliz, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 7, 2026improvedZilliz: Added free community Slack support to Free & Standard plans
- May 19, 2026improvedZilliz cuts vector storage prices up to 38% while boosting capacity · this change
- May 13, 2026improvedZilliz raises dedicated plan prices 27%, adds on-demand compute tier
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- PineconeMay 12Pinecone launches $20 Builder plan with 1M token promo offer
- QdrantApr 24Qdrant Splits Premium SLA into Single and Multi-AZ Uptime Tiers
- PineconeApr 14Pinecone Shifts to Region-Variable Pricing for Database Operations
- QdrantApr 13Qdrant Adds GPU Indexing and CLI Automation Across All Tiers
- PineconeApr 6Pinecone lifts assistant document caps
Questions about this change
Did Zilliz raise prices in May 2026?
No — prices went down. Between May 11, 2026 and May 18, 2026 Zilliz's pricing page showed 1 price cut: $21 → $16 per million (−24%).
What changed on Zilliz's pricing page between May 11, 2026 and May 18, 2026?
Limit: 6M → 8M (+33%); price: $21 → $16 per million (−24%). Pulse compared the captures it took on May 11, 2026 and May 18, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Zilliz change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Zilliz in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Zilliz raises dedicated plan prices 27%, adds on-demand compute tier" on May 13, 2026; Zilliz has been tracked since 2026-05-01.