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Comparison

Meilisearch vs Typesense

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.

Meilisearch full profile →Typesense full profile →
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★Meilisearch65
Typesense47
Score
Vioscale score
Meilisearch65 / 100medium · 73%updating
Typesense47 / 100high · 76%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Meilisearch✓
Typesense✓
Model
Meilisearchcommercial
Typesensecommercial
Price level
Meilisearchmid
Typesensemid
Transparent
Meilisearch✓
Typesense✓
Integrations
Count
Meilisearch23
Typesense10
Security
Disclosure policy
Meilisearch✓
Typesense–
Gdpr
Meilisearch✓
Typesense–
Scorecard
Meilisearch–
Typesense5.6
Soc2
Meilisearch✓
Typesense✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Meilisearch99.999
Typesense–
Status page
Meilisearch✓
Typesense✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Meilisearch0
Typesense0
Github stars
Meilisearch59,100
Typesense26,480
Activity
Commits last 30d
Meilisearch89
Typesense14
Release
Cadence days
Meilisearch4
Typesense89
History
Meilisearch20 items
Typesense20 items
License
Spdx
Meilisearch–
TypesenseGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
MeilisearchRust
TypesenseC++
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
MeilisearchManaged
TypesenseSelf-hosted
Architecture
Index engine
Meilisearch-
Typesense-
Query
Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)
Meilisearch-
TypesenseJSON
Faceting & filtering
MeilisearchYes
TypesenseYes
Geo search
Meilisearch✓
Typesense✓
Relevance
Typo tolerance / fuzzy
Meilisearch-
TypesenseBuilt-in
Relevance tuning
Meilisearch-
TypesenseRanking rules
Vector
Vector / hybrid search
MeilisearchDense + lexical fusion
TypesenseDense + lexical fusion
Scale
Distributed / horizontal scale
MeilisearchSharded
TypesenseClustered
Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants)
Meilisearch✓
Typesense✓
Ingest
Real-time indexing
Meilisearch-
TypesenseNear-real-time
Workload
Log / analytics workload
Meilisearch✓
Typesense-
Licensing
Licence class
MeilisearchPermissive OSS
TypesensePermissive OSS

What each one is

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

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

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.

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 ↗

Typesense

from $22/moHybridFree tier

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

  • Self-HostedFree
  • Typesense Cloud$22/mo
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Meilisearch✓
Typesense✓
CLI
Meilisearch✓
Typesense✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Meilisearch✓
Typesense✓
Self-hosted
Meilisearch✓
Typesense✓
On-premise
Meilisearch✗
Typesense✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Firebase

Meilisearch

Leader
23 total - 22 not shared
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • PHP
  • Ruby
  • Go
  • Rust
  • Java
  • .NET
  • Swift
  • Dart
  • Laravel
  • Rails
  • Symfony
  • Strapi
  • React
  • Vue
  • Angular
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • meilisync
  • MCP
Independently observed

Typesense

7 total - 6 not shared
  • Instantsearch.js
  • Laravel Scout
  • WordPress
  • Gatsby
  • Docusaurus
  • Tooljet
Independently observed

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