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Self-hosted Milvus has authentication off by default; turn it on and pass user:password as the token. The Zilliz MCP server reads ZILLIZ_CLOUD_TOKEN.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Zilliz Cloud Free cluster with 5 GB storage (about 1M 768-dim vectors), 2.5M vCUs a month and 5 collections, no card. Serverless bills $4 per million vCUs for reads and writes (a read costs at least 6 vCUs; 1M 768-dim inserts cost about $3) plus storage, which the docs price at $0.025 per GB a month in their worked example. Dedicated bills per CU-hour ($0.248 in the docs' example region) plus storage. $100 of trial credit on sign-up with a work email, valid 30 days. Self-hosted Milvus is free software plus your own infrastructure (https://zilliz.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$0. / unit", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in Zilliz docs, pricing or MCP README (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 16, "popularity": { "githubStars": 46289, "npmWeekly": 178754, "pypiWeekly": 882796, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://milvus.io/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://milvus.io/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "db.vector", "db.hybrid", "db.fulltext", "db.filters", "db.serverless" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "free-tier", "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "mcp", "llms-txt", "python", "typescript", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-20", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.5, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 293, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 62, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 35, "reliability": 85, "schema": 69, "security": 53, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -8, "negativeNotes": [ "CVE-2025-64513 (GHSA-mhjq-8c7m-3f7p), CVSS 9.3, published 10 November 2025, an authentication bypass in the Milvus Proxy giving full admin access. Patched in 2.4.24, 2.5.21 and 2.6.5. Fixed and disclosed, so a small deduction (-2) (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mhjq-8c7m-3f7p).", "CVE-2026-26190 (GHSA-7ppg-37fh-vcr6), CVSS 9.8, published 11 February 2026, unauthenticated access to REST APIs on metrics port 9091. Patched in 2.5.27 and 2.6.10. Fixed and disclosed (-2) (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7ppg-37fh-vcr6).", "Before 18 August 2026 the Zilliz MCP data tools accepted a caller-supplied endpoint, so a prompt-injected URL could receive the server-held ZILLIZ_CLOUD_TOKEN. The fix is on GitHub, but the README still installs with `uvx zilliz-mcp-server` and the only PyPI release is 1.0.0 from 30 June 2025, with no advisory (-4) (https://github.com/zilliztech/zilliz-mcp-server/commit/23beec692734e61c688e57fc8a8bf8f4cf610ab5, https://pypi.org/project/zilliz-mcp-server/#history)." ], "verdict": "Apache-2.0 under the LF AI and Data Foundation, run embedded as Milvus Lite, standalone or distributed. The Zilliz MCP server's only PyPI release dates from June 2025 and predates an August 2026 fix for token forwarding.", "strengths": [ "Apache-2.0 under the LF AI and Data Foundation, run embedded as Milvus Lite, standalone or distributed", "Dense, sparse and BM25 full-text search with hybrid reranking in one collection", "One status incident in 90 days, 1 hour 7 minutes of control-plane errors with data access unaffected", "Rate limits and search caps published per plan, and a 99.95% SLA on Dedicated Enterprise", "Weekly releases across the 2.6 and 3.0 lines, the latest on 28 September 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "The Zilliz MCP server's only PyPI release dates from June 2025 and predates an August 2026 fix for token forwarding", "Two critical Milvus advisories in the past year, CVE-2025-64513 and CVE-2026-26190, both patched", "16 MCP tools with no annotations or read-only mode, including delete_entities and suspend_cluster", "No OpenAPI file for the Zilliz Cloud REST API", "Collections need a schema and an index before search, and every MCP data call needs cluster and region IDs" ], "agentNotes": [ "Install the Zilliz MCP server from GitHub, not PyPI, until a release newer than 1.0.0 ships", "Use the cluster endpoint for data (`/v2/vectordb/entities/search`) and api.cloud.zilliz.com only for cluster management", "Set `consistencyLevel` to Strong when a test needs a write visible to the next query. The default is Bounded", "Expect at most 1,024 results and 10 query vectors per search on Free and Serverless", "Return only the fields you need. 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Typesense Cloud Management API uses a capability-limited key. The hosted MCP server uses OAuth with a consent screen (Search only, Search and curate, Manage clusters, Build, Everything presets) or a Cluster Management API key as Bearer for cluster tools only.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Typesense Cloud bills a fixed hourly fee per dedicated cluster by RAM, vCPU, node count and high availability, charged whether or not it gets traffic, plus bandwidth at about 9 to 12 cents a GB by region. No per-record or per-search charges. A free-tier cluster (0.5 GB RAM, 2 vCPU burst, one node) needs no payment method. Billed weekly by card, or prepaid credits. Self-hosted Typesense is free software plus your own infrastructure (https://cloud.typesense.org/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$0.09 / GB", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in docs, pricing or MCP docs (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 9, "popularity": { "githubStars": 26615, "npmWeekly": 1096989, "pypiWeekly": 276494, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://typesense.org/docs/", "llmsTxt": "https://typesense.org/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/typesense/typesense-api-spec/master/openapi.yml", "registryName": "org.typesense/typesense-cloud", "capabilities": [ "db.vector", "db.hybrid", "db.fulltext", "db.filters" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "free-tier", "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "mcp", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-25", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70.9, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 93, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 93, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 30, "reliability": 83, "schema": 86, "security": 58, "transparency": 80 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "GHSA-97x4-gm45-jpcw (moderate, search cache not isolated between scoped search keys) and GHSA-fpx5-8c99-247j (high, unauthenticated denial of service on /multi_search), both published 18 May 2026. The cache-keying fix landed on 20 March 2026 before v30.2. Fixed and disclosed, so a small deduction (https://github.com/typesense/typesense/security)." ], "verdict": "Keyword, vector and hybrid search with filters, facets, sorting and geo in one request. Server v30.2 from April 2026 is still the newest stable release.", "strengths": [ "Keyword, vector and hybrid search with filters, facets, sorting and geo in one request", "Hosted MCP server with OAuth consent presets, server-held data keys and destructive-tool annotations", "No status notices from July to October 2026 across 21 regions", "OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec with 79 operations, updated September 2026", "Free-tier cloud cluster without a payment method, and no per-request charges" ], "weaknesses": [ "Server v30.2 from April 2026 is still the newest stable release", "The authentication docs show the API key as a URL query parameter", "No SLA found, and SOC 2 reports need a paid support plan", "The MCP data tools need a browser sign-in, so a headless agent gets cluster tools only", "Cloud billing is per cluster-hour on dedicated hardware, so an idle cluster still costs money" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `whoami` first on the MCP server to see which permissions the connection holds", "Put the embedding field in `query_by` alongside text fields for hybrid search", "Send the key in `X-TYPESENSE-API-KEY`, not in the URL, so it stays out of logs", "Use a scoped search key for retrieval-only agents; 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Both do db vector. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 31 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/milvus-zilliz-vs-typesense", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/milvus-zilliz-vs-typesense.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/milvus-zilliz-vs-typesense.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/milvus-zilliz-vs-typesense.min.md" }, "markdown": "Typesense API + MCP has a score of 70.9 (BB) against Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP's 57.5 (C). Both do db vector. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 31 points.\n\n- Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP: grade C, 57.5/100, rank #293 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/milvus-zilliz.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/milvus-zilliz.json\n- Typesense API + MCP: grade BB, 70.9/100, rank #93 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/typesense.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/typesense.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP for payments \u0026 pricing (+5), maintenance \u0026 community (+13).\n\nPick Typesense API + MCP for schema \u0026 documentation (+17), agent ergonomics (+31), security \u0026 auth (+5), transparency \u0026 trust (+10).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP | Typesense API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 85 | 83 | Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 86 | Typesense API + MCP +17 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 93 | Typesense API + MCP +31 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 53 | 58 | Typesense API + MCP +5 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 30 | Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 72 | Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP +13 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 80 | Typesense API + MCP +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -8 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **57.5 · C** | **70.9 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP | Typesense API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Zilliz | Typesense |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cloud.zilliz.com/v2` | `https://cloud.typesense.org/api/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |\n| Tools exposed | 16 | 9 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `org.typesense/typesense-cloud` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-25 |\n| Popularity | 46k stars, 179k npm/wk, 883k PyPI/wk | 27k stars, 1.1M npm/wk, 276k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP.** Apache-2.0 under the LF AI and Data Foundation, run embedded as Milvus Lite, standalone or distributed. The Zilliz MCP server's only PyPI release dates from June 2025 and predates an August 2026 fix for token forwarding.\n\n**Typesense API + MCP.** Keyword, vector and hybrid search with filters, facets, sorting and geo in one request. Server v30.2 from April 2026 is still the newest stable release.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP\n\n1. Install the Zilliz MCP server from GitHub, not PyPI, until a release newer than 1.0.0 ships\n2. Use the cluster endpoint for data (`/v2/vectordb/entities/search`) and api.cloud.zilliz.com only for cluster management\n3. Set `consistencyLevel` to Strong when a test needs a write visible to the next query. The default is Bounded\n4. Expect at most 1,024 results and 10 query vectors per search on Free and Serverless\n5. Return only the fields you need. Returning the vector field multiplies read cost\n\n### Typesense API + MCP\n\n1. Call `whoami` first on the MCP server to see which permissions the connection holds\n2. Put the embedding field in `query_by` alongside text fields for hybrid search\n3. Send the key in `X-TYPESENSE-API-KEY`, not in the URL, so it stays out of logs\n4. Use a scoped search key for retrieval-only agents; never pass the admin key\n5. 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