# \[RELEASE\] ScyllaDB 2026.1 is now available in ScyllaDB Cloud

**URL:** <https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-scylladb-2026-1-is-now-available-in-scylladb-cloud/5333>\
**Category:** Release Notes\
**Tags:** release, cloud, vector-search, scylladb-2026-1\
**Created:** [March 30, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/release-scylladb-2026-1-is-now-available-in-scylladb-cloud/5333 "2026-03-30T15:44:50Z")\
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Hello,

The ScyllaDB team is pleased to announce the support of ScyllaDB 2026.1 in ScyllaDB Cloud.

Highlights of the 2026.1 release:

- **ScyllaDB Vector Search** now supports filtering and quantization capabilities.
- Tablets now support **counters** , fully bridging the feature gap between Tablets and vNodes.
- All clusters use [advanced network compression](https://cloud.docs.scylladb.com/master/service-behavior/advanced-internode-compression.html).

### Vector Search: Filtering and Quantization Support

ScyllaDB now includes **enhanced filtering** and **quantization** support, enabling more **efficient query execution** and **optimized storage** of large vector datasets with reduced RAM footprint.

The new filtering capabilities allow users to refine result sets with greater precision by querying vector data alongside other metadata attributes, while quantization reduces the memory footprint and improves processing speed for vector‑based operations. Together, these enhancements deliver **faster responses** , **lower resource consumption** , and a **smoother experience for data‑intensive applications**.

Vector Search is currently available only in [ScyllaDB Cloud](https://cloud.scylladb.com/). Filtering and quantization will become available in ScyllaDB Cloud in upcoming service updates.

For more information on Vector Search and its latest enhancements, see the ScyllaDB Cloud documentation:

- [Vector Search in ScyllaDB](https://cloud.docs.scylladb.com/stable/vector-search/index.html)
- [Filtering Vector Search Results](https://cloud.docs.scylladb.com/stable/vector-search/vector-search-filtering.html)
- [Quantization and Rescoring](https://cloud.docs.scylladb.com/stable/vector-search/vector-search-quantization.html)

### Tablets: Counters Support

[Tablets](https://docs.scylladb.com/manual/branch-2026.1/architecture/tablets.html) now support counters, completing our functional alignment with the vNodes.  
With this addition, tablets provide the same capabilities as vNodes, while delivering **improved performance** , **lower total cost of ownership** (TCO), and **faster cluster resizing** for both vertical and horizontal scaling.

Counters are available in [X Cloud](https://www.scylladb.com/product/scylladb-xcloud/) clusters in [ScyllaDB Cloud](https://cloud.scylladb.com/).