"That gap isn’t just theoretical—it shows up in real bills."

"That’s not linear growth—it’s a quantum leap"

"The performance and recall were fantastic—but the costs were brutal"

"it’s not a one-size-fits-all solution—it’s the right tool for the right job."

"S3 Vectors is excellent for cold, cheap, low-QPS scenarios—but it’s not the engine you want to power a recommendation system"

"S3 Vectors doesn’t spell the end of vector databases—it confirms something many of us have been seeing for a while"

"that’s proof positive that vector storage is a real necessity—not just “indexes wrapped in a database."

"the vector database market isn’t being disrupted—it’s maturing into a tiered ecosystem where different solutions serve different performance and cost needs"

"The golden age of vector databases isn’t over—it’s just beginning."

"The bigger point is that Milvus is evolving into a system that’s not only efficient and scalable, but AI-native at its core—purpose-built for how modern applications actually work."