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We performed a comparison between Faiss and Milvus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Open Source Databases solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Faiss vs. Milvus Report (Updated: May 2024).
772,649 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The product has better performance and stability compared to one of its competitors.""I used Faiss as a basic database."

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"Milvus has good accuracy and performance.""The best feature of Milvus was finding the closest chunk from a huge amount of data.""The solution is well containerized, and since containerization is quick and easy for me, I can scale it up quickly.""I like the accuracy and usability."

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Cons
"It would be beneficial if I could set a parameter and see different query mechanisms being run.""It could be more accessible for handling larger data sets."

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"Milvus has higher resource consumption, which introduces complexity in implementation.""Milvus could make it simpler. Simplifying the requirements and making it more accessible. It could be more user-friendly.""I've heard that when we store too much data in Milvus, it becomes slow and does not work properly.""Milvus' documentation is not very user-friendly and doesn't help me get started quickly."

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  • "Faiss is an open-source solution."
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  • "Milvus is an open-source solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I used Faiss as a basic database.
    Top Answer:I didn't know what algorithm was being learned to fetch my query. It would be beneficial if I could set a parameter and see different query mechanisms being run. I can then compare the results to see… more »
    Top Answer:I like the accuracy and usability.
    Top Answer:Milvus could make it simpler. Simplifying the requirements and making it more accessible. It could be more user-friendly. However, their recent addition of a support server and their ongoing work… more »
    Top Answer:Initially, I used it with software support and related products. Personally, I installed it locally on Docker containers for testing. I used it for data storage and search queries, mainly for sharing… more »
    Ranking
    12th
    Views
    681
    Comparisons
    639
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    218
    Rating
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    11th
    Views
    498
    Comparisons
    439
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    317
    Rating
    7.0
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    Overview

    Faiss is a powerful library for efficient similarity search and nearest neighbor retrieval in large-scale datasets. It is widely used in image and text processing, recommendation systems, and natural language processing. 

    Users appreciate its speed, scalability, and ability to handle high-dimensional data effectively. Faiss also offers easy integration and extensive support for different programming languages. 

    Its valuable features include efficient search capabilities, support for large-scale datasets, various similarity measures, easy integration, and comprehensive documentation and community support.

    Milvus is a powerful tool for efficiently storing and retrieving large-scale vectors or embeddings. It is widely used in applications such as similarity search, recommendation systems, image and video retrieval, and natural language processing. 

    With its fast and accurate search capabilities, scalability, and support for multiple programming languages, Milvus is suitable for a wide range of industries and use cases. 

    Users appreciate its efficient search capabilities, ability to handle large-scale data, support for various data types, and user-friendly interface. 

    Milvus enables easy retrieval of information from vast datasets, regardless of the data format, and is praised for its high performance and scalability. The intuitive and easy-to-use interface is also highlighted as a valuable aspect of the platform.

    Sample Customers
    1. Facebook 2. Airbnb 3. Pinterest 4. Twitter 5. Microsoft 6. Uber 7. LinkedIn 8. Netflix 9. Spotify 10. Adobe 11. eBay 12. Dropbox 13. Yelp 14. Salesforce 15. IBM 16. Intel 17. Nvidia 18. Qualcomm 19. Samsung 20. Sony 21. Tencent 22. Alibaba 23. Baidu 24. JD.com 25. Rakuten 26. Zillow 27. Booking.com 28. Expedia 29. TripAdvisor 30. Rakuten 31. Rakuten Viber 32. Rakuten Ichiba
    1. Alibaba Group 2. Tencent 3. Baidu 4. JD.com 5. Meituan 6. Xiaomi 7. Didi Chuxing 8. ByteDance 9. Huawei 10. ZTE 11. Lenovo 12. Haier 13. China Mobile 14. China Telecom 15. China Unicom 16. Ping An Insurance 17. China Life Insurance 18. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China 19. Bank of China 20. Agricultural Bank of China 21. China Construction Bank 22. PetroChina 23. Sinopec 24. China National Offshore Oil Corporation 25. China Southern Airlines 26. Air China 27. China Eastern Airlines 28. China Railway Group 29. China Railway Construction Corporation 30. China Communications Construction Company 31. China Merchants Group 32. China Evergrande Group
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    University8%
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    Computer Software Company27%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Educational Organization9%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
    Faiss vs. Milvus
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Faiss vs. Milvus and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    Faiss is ranked 12th in Open Source Databases with 2 reviews while Milvus is ranked 11th in Open Source Databases with 4 reviews. Faiss is rated 8.0, while Milvus is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Faiss writes "Provides quick query search and has a big database". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Milvus writes "Provides quick and easy containerization, but documentation is not very user-friendly". Faiss is most compared with Chroma, Elastic Search, Qdrant, Pinecone and OpenSearch, whereas Milvus is most compared with Elastic Search, LanceDB, Chroma, OpenSearch and Redis. See our Faiss vs. Milvus report.

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