Comparison

Apache Solr vs Bleve

No clear leader: Apache Solr (53.6) and Bleve (51.5) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Apache Solr54
Bleve52
Score
Vioscale score
Apache Solr54 / 100low · 40%
Bleve52 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
Apache Solr
Bleve
Model
Apache Solrcommercial
Price level
Apache Solrfree
Blevefree
Transparent
Apache Solr
Bleve
Integrations
Count
Apache Solr10
Bleve
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache Solr0
Bleve685
Github stars
Apache Solr1,667
Bleve11,187
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache Solr100
Bleve12
Release
Cadence days
Apache Solr
Bleve66
History
Apache Solr
License
Spdx
Apache SolrApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Apache SolrJava
BleveGo
Market
Availability
Apache Solr

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for search engines. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Deployment
Apache SolrSelf-hosted
BleveSelf-hosted
Architecture
Index engine
Apache SolrLucene
BleveCustom
Query
Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)
Apache SolrHTTP REST API with JSON/XML/CSV
BleveQuery string syntax with term, phrase, match, prefix, fuzzy, range, and compound
Faceting & filtering
Apache SolrYes
BleveYes
Geo search
Apache Solr
Bleve
Relevance
Typo tolerance / fuzzy
Apache Solr-
BleveBuilt-in
Relevance tuning
Apache Solr-
BleveBM25 only
Vector
Vector / hybrid search
Apache SolrDense + lexical fusion
BleveDense + lexical fusion
Scale
Distributed / horizontal scale
Apache SolrClustered
BleveSingle-node
Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants)
Apache Solr
Bleve
Ingest
Real-time indexing
Apache SolrNear-real-time
BleveNear-real-time
Workload
Log / analytics workload
Apache Solr-
Bleve
Licensing
Licence class
Apache SolrPermissive OSS
BlevePermissive OSS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Apache Solr

Apache Solr is a server-based search platform built on Apache Lucene, enabling full-text, vector, and geospatial search through HTTP REST APIs. It supports distributed indexing, fault-tolerant replication, and near real-time query processing with multi-tenant support.

Independently observed

Bleve

A library that enables Go developers to embed powerful text, numeric, geospatial, and vector search capabilities directly into their applications through a simple API.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Apache Solr

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Bleve

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Linux
Apache Solr
Bleve
CLI
Apache Solr
Bleve
Deployment
Self-hosted
Apache Solr
Bleve

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Apache Solr

10 total
  • Apache Lucene
  • Apache Zookeeper
  • Apache Tika
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Apache ManifoldCF
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Nutch
  • Apache Zeppelin
  • Apache OpenNLP
Independently observed

Bleve

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.