Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Zilliz Cloud
Zilliz Cloud clearly comes out ahead of MotherDuck on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. MotherDuck's paid plans start at $250/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | MotherDuck | Zilliz |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsAI & Machine Learning |
| Categories | database | database |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | motherduck | zilliz-cloud |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Gb Free Storage | ||
| 2.5M Vcus Per Month Included | ||
| 10 Hrs Pulse Compute Per Month Included | ||
| 5 Gb Storage | ||
| 2 Service Accounts | ||
| 99.95% Uptime Sla | ||
| 5 Instance Types And Read-Scaling Replicas | ||
| Advanced Security: Cmek And Full-Path In-Transit Encryption | ||
| 90-Day Snapshot Retention | ||
| Audit Logs, Sso (Saml 2.0 Based), Granular Rbac | ||
| 99.9% Availability Sla | ||
| Backup, Restore, And Basic Monitoring | ||
| Aws Privatelink Connectivity | ||
| Built-In Encryption For Data In Transit And At Rest | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Enterprise Support Included | ||
| Everything In Business | ||
| Fully Managed Vector Databases With Core Apis | ||
| Fixed-Cost Capacity Pricing | ||
| Global Cluster With High-Level Availability And Disaster Recovery | ||
| Hipaa Baa | ||
| Hipaa-Eligible With Enhanced Data Privacy Features | ||
| Pulse Instances Only | ||
| Multi-Replica And Elastic Scaling | ||
| Query History | ||
| Priority Support And Rapid Incident Response | ||
| Support From Motherduck Experts | ||
| Private Endpoint And Vpc Peering | ||
| Unlimited Internal Active Users | ||
| Up To 5 Collections |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Zilliz Cloud comes out ahead overall, though MotherDuck can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both MotherDuck and Zilliz Cloud offer a free tier.
Zilliz Cloud scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
