Comparison

Elasticsearch vs Typesense

On the evidence we track, Elasticsearch leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Elasticsearch full profile →Typesense full profile →

Machine formatsJSON Markdown GraphQLor send Accept: application/json

★Elasticsearch60

Typesense47

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ElasticsearchLeader	Typesense
Vioscale score	60 / 100medium · 50%	47 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	mid
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	25	10
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.9	5.6
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 45 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.elasticsearch%3Aelasticsearch&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: HIGH	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ftypesense%2Ftypesense&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	18,551	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	77,862	26,480
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	14
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	89
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	GPL-3.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	C++
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

Elasticsearch60 / 100medium · 50%

Typesense47 / 100high · 76%

Pricing

Free tier

Elasticsearch✓

Typesense✓

Model

Elasticsearchcommercial

Typesensecommercial

Price level

Elasticsearchlow

Typesensemid

Transparent

Elasticsearch✗

Typesense✓

Integrations

Count

Elasticsearch25

Typesense10

Security

Scorecard

Elasticsearch6.9

Typesense5.6

Soc2

Elasticsearch–

Typesense✓

Vulnerabilities

ElasticsearchCount: 45 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.elasticsearch%3Aelasticsearch&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: HIGH

TypesenseCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ftypesense%2Ftypesense&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Elasticsearch✓

Typesense✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Elasticsearch18,551

Typesense0

Github stars

Elasticsearch77,862

Typesense26,480

Activity

Commits last 30d

Elasticsearch100

Typesense14

Release

Cadence days

Elasticsearch–

Typesense89

History

Elasticsearch20 items

Typesense20 items

License

Spdx

Elasticsearch–

TypesenseGPL-3.0

Language

Primary

ElasticsearchJava

TypesenseC++

Market

Availability

ElasticsearchAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

TypesenseAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Search Engines
Capability	Elasticsearch	Typesense
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Architecture
Index engine	Lucene	-
Query
Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)	ES\|QL	JSON
Faceting & filtering	Yes	Yes
Geo search	✓	✓
Relevance
Typo tolerance / fuzzy	Built-in	Built-in
Relevance tuning	Learning-to-rank	Ranking rules
Vector
Vector / hybrid search	Dense + lexical fusion	Dense + lexical fusion
Scale
Distributed / horizontal scale	Sharded	Clustered
Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants)	✓	✓
Ingest
Real-time indexing	Near-real-time	Near-real-time
Workload
Log / analytics workload	✓	-
Licensing
Licence class	Source-available (SSPL / Elastic)	Permissive OSS

Deployment

ElasticsearchSelf-hosted

TypesenseSelf-hosted

Architecture

Index engine

ElasticsearchLucene

Typesense-

Query

Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)

ElasticsearchES|QL

TypesenseJSON

Faceting & filtering

ElasticsearchYes

TypesenseYes

Geo search

Elasticsearch✓

Typesense✓

Relevance

Typo tolerance / fuzzy

ElasticsearchBuilt-in

TypesenseBuilt-in

Relevance tuning

ElasticsearchLearning-to-rank

TypesenseRanking rules

Vector

Vector / hybrid search

ElasticsearchDense + lexical fusion

TypesenseDense + lexical fusion

Scale

Distributed / horizontal scale

ElasticsearchSharded

TypesenseClustered

Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants)

Elasticsearch✓

Typesense✓

Ingest

Real-time indexing

ElasticsearchNear-real-time

TypesenseNear-real-time

Workload

Log / analytics workload

Elasticsearch✓

Typesense-

Licensing

Licence class

ElasticsearchSource-available (SSPL / Elastic)

TypesensePermissive OSS

What each one is

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

Elasticsearch

Leader

A search and analytics platform that ingests, stores, and searches structured, unstructured, and vector data in real time. Supports full-text search, vector search, observability analytics, and security event analysis through a unified REST API and query language.

Independently observed

Typesense

A modern, open-source search engine designed as an easier-to-use alternative to Elasticsearch and more transparent alternative to Algolia. Combines vector search, fuzzy matching, faceted navigation, and geo-distributed caching.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Elasticsearch

Leader

free|open_source|quoteFree tier14-day trial

Free open-source tier; Platinum and Enterprise tiers available on request

Free and OpenFree
- Distributed vector and search engine
- Full-text, semantic, and vector search
- Kibana interface for querying and visualization
- Native authentication and TLS encryption
- Basic monitoring via Stack Monitoring
- +3 more
PlatinumContact sales
- Everything in Free plus:
- Single sign-on (SSO), LDAP/Active Directory
- Field and document-level security
- Audit logging
- Machine learning anomaly detection
- +4 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Platinum plus:
- Searchable snapshots on low-cost object storage (up to 80% cost reduction)
- Attack Discovery (GenAI security)
- Universal Profiling for application performance
- Cross-cluster search with advanced API-key security
- +6 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Typesense

from $22/moHybridFree tier

Free open-source self-hosted version. Cloud hosting from $22/month

Self-HostedFree
Typesense Cloud$22/mo

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Elasticsearch	Typesense
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Elasticsearch✓

Typesense✓

CLI

Elasticsearch✓

Typesense✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Elasticsearch✓

Typesense✓

Self-hosted

Elasticsearch✓

Typesense✓

On-premise

Elasticsearch✓

Typesense✓

Air-gapped

Elasticsearch✓

Typesense✗

Integrations

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

Elasticsearch

Leader

25 total

Slack
Jira
ServiceNow
PagerDuty
Microsoft Teams
IBM Resilient
xMatters
GitHub
Jina AI
NVIDIA AI
Prometheus
Grafana
AWS Bedrock
Sarvam AI
Google ADK
LlamaParse
Mistral
Elastic Agent
Beats
Logstash
Filebeat
Metricbeat
Heartbeat
Webhooks
+1 more

Independently observed

Typesense

7 total

Instantsearch.js
Laravel Scout
WordPress
Gatsby
Firebase
Docusaurus
Tooljet

Independently observed

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