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Comparison

Apache Solr vs Quickwit

No clear leader: Quickwit (54.4) and Apache Solr (53.6) 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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Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Apache Solr54
Quickwit54
Score
Vioscale score
Apache Solr54 / 100low · 40%updating
Quickwit54 / 100medium · 52%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Apache Solr✓
Quickwit✓
Model
Apache Solrcommercial
Quickwitcommercial
Price level
Apache Solrfree
Quickwitfree
Transparent
Apache Solr✓
Quickwit–
Integrations
Count
Apache Solr10
Quickwit9
Security
Disclosure policy
Apache Solr✓
Quickwit–
Scorecard
Apache Solr–
Quickwit7.4
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache Solr0
Quickwit2
Github stars
Apache Solr1,667
Quickwit11,547
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache Solr100
Quickwit51
Release
Cadence days
Apache Solr–
Quickwit28
History
Apache Solr–
Quickwit20 items
License
Spdx
Apache SolrApache-2.0
QuickwitApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Apache SolrJava
QuickwitRust

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
Apache SolrSelf-hosted
QuickwitSelf-hosted
Architecture
Index engine
Apache SolrLucene
QuickwitTantivy
Query
Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)
Apache SolrHTTP REST API with JSON/XML/CSV
QuickwitElasticsearch-compatible REST API, SQL (Trino-compatible), query AST
Faceting & filtering
Apache SolrYes
QuickwitYes
Geo search
Apache Solr✓
Quickwit-
Relevance
Typo tolerance / fuzzy
Apache Solr-
Quickwit-
Relevance tuning
Apache Solr-
Quickwit-
Vector
Vector / hybrid search
Apache SolrDense + lexical fusion
Quickwit-
Scale
Distributed / horizontal scale
Apache SolrClustered
QuickwitSharded
Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants)
Apache Solr✓
Quickwit✓
Ingest
Real-time indexing
Apache SolrNear-real-time
QuickwitNear-real-time
Workload
Log / analytics workload
Apache Solr-
Quickwit✓
Licensing
Licence class
Apache SolrPermissive OSS
QuickwitPermissive 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

Quickwit

Open-source search engine and log analytics platform with real-time indexing, distributed deployment, and Elasticsearch API compatibility.

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 ↗

Quickwit

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

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

Quickwit

9 total
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Kafka
  • SQS
  • Elasticsearch
  • Jaeger
  • Trino
  • OTLP
Independently observed

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