LanceDB vs Milvus
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| Field | L LanceDBEmbedded serverless vector database — SQLite-style, multimodal, no server to run. | M MilvusCloud-native vector database built for large-scale ANN search. |
|---|---|---|
| Fit. | ||
| Platforms· | Linux, macOS, Windows | Linux, Docker |
| Docker· | No | Yes |
| Commercial | yes | yes |
| Catalog. | ||
| Category | Vector databases | Vector databases |
| License | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Language· | Rust | Go |
| Jobs· | vector database, embedding store, similarity search | vector database, similarity search, large-scale ANN |
| Activity. | ||
| Stars· | 11k | 38k |
| Last commit· | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 7, 2026 |
| Last release· | — | Aug 30, 2026 |
| Links | ProjectGitHubGuide | ProjectGitHubGuide |