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Comparison

Apache Solr vs Meilisearch

On the evidence we track, Meilisearch leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Apache Solr54
★Meilisearch65
Score
Vioscale score
Apache Solr54 / 100low · 40%
Meilisearch65 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Apache Solr✓
Meilisearch✓
Model
Apache Solrcommercial
Meilisearchcommercial
Price level
Apache Solrfree
Meilisearchmid
Transparent
Apache Solr✓
Meilisearch✓
Integrations
Count
Apache Solr10
Meilisearch23
Security
Disclosure policy
Apache Solr✓
Meilisearch✓
Gdpr
Apache Solr–
Meilisearch✓
Soc2
Apache Solr–
Meilisearch✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Apache Solr–
Meilisearch99.999
Status page
Apache Solr–
Meilisearch✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache Solr0
Meilisearch0
Github stars
Apache Solr1,667
Meilisearch59,100
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache Solr100
Meilisearch89
Release
Cadence days
Apache Solr–
Meilisearch4
History
Apache Solr–
Meilisearch20 items
License
Spdx
Apache SolrApache-2.0
Meilisearch–
Language
Primary
Apache SolrJava
MeilisearchRust
Market
Availability
Apache Solr–
MeilisearchAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
Apache SolrSelf-hosted
MeilisearchManaged
Architecture
Index engine
Apache SolrLucene
Meilisearch-
Query
Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)
Apache SolrHTTP REST API with JSON/XML/CSV
Meilisearch-
Faceting & filtering
Apache SolrYes
MeilisearchYes
Geo search
Apache Solr✓
Meilisearch✓
Relevance
Typo tolerance / fuzzy
Apache Solr-
Meilisearch-
Relevance tuning
Apache Solr-
Meilisearch-
Vector
Vector / hybrid search
Apache SolrDense + lexical fusion
MeilisearchDense + lexical fusion
Scale
Distributed / horizontal scale
Apache SolrClustered
MeilisearchSharded
Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants)
Apache Solr✓
Meilisearch✓
Ingest
Real-time indexing
Apache SolrNear-real-time
Meilisearch-
Workload
Log / analytics workload
Apache Solr-
Meilisearch✓
Licensing
Licence class
Apache SolrPermissive OSS
MeilisearchPermissive 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

Meilisearch

Leader

An open-source search engine built for speed and relevance, providing full-text search, semantic understanding through AI embeddings, and hybrid retrieval that integrates easily into websites and applications with sub-50-millisecond response times.

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 ↗

Meilisearch

Leader
from $30/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

From $30/month for cloud. Free 14-day trial or self-hosted open-source option.

  • Build$30/month for 50,000 searches and 100,000 documents
  • Pro$300/month for 250,000 searches and 1,000,000 documents
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Volume discounts
    • Premier SLA support
    • Resource-based pricing option
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Apache Solr✗
Meilisearch✓
Linux
Apache Solr✓
Meilisearch✗
CLI
Apache Solr✓
Meilisearch✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Apache Solr✗
Meilisearch✓
Self-hosted
Apache Solr✓
Meilisearch✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes

Apache Solr

10 total - 8 not shared
  • Apache Lucene
  • Apache Zookeeper
  • Apache Tika
  • Apache ManifoldCF
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Nutch
  • Apache Zeppelin
  • Apache OpenNLP
Independently observed

Meilisearch

Leader
23 total - 21 not shared
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • PHP
  • Ruby
  • Go
  • Rust
  • Java
  • .NET
  • Swift
  • Dart
  • Laravel
  • Rails
  • Symfony
  • Strapi
  • Firebase
  • React
  • Vue
  • Angular
  • meilisync
  • MCP
Independently observed

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