Comparison

OpenSearch vs Quickwit

On the evidence we track, OpenSearch leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

OpenSearch full profile →Quickwit full profile →

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★OpenSearch61

Quickwit54

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	OpenSearchLeader	Quickwit
Vioscale score	61 / 100medium · 50%updating	54 / 100medium · 52%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1	9
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	7.4
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.opensearch.client%3Aopensearch-rest-high-level-client&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=quickwit-telemetry&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	223	2
Github starsadoption.github_stars	13,581	11,547
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	85	51
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	29	28
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Java	Rust

Score

Vioscale score

OpenSearch61 / 100medium · 50%updating

Quickwit54 / 100medium · 52%updating

Pricing

Free tier

OpenSearch✓

Quickwit✓

Model

OpenSearchcommercial

Quickwitcommercial

Price level

OpenSearchfree

Quickwitfree

Transparent

OpenSearch✓

Quickwit–

Integrations

Count

OpenSearch1

Quickwit9

Security

Disclosure policy

OpenSearch✓

Quickwit–

Scorecard

OpenSearch–

Quickwit7.4

Vulnerabilities

OpenSearchCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.opensearch.client%3Aopensearch-rest-high-level-client&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

QuickwitCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=quickwit-telemetry&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

OpenSearch223

Quickwit2

Github stars

OpenSearch13,581

Quickwit11,547

Activity

Commits last 30d

OpenSearch85

Quickwit51

Release

Cadence days

OpenSearch29

Quickwit28

History

OpenSearch20 items

Quickwit20 items

License

Spdx

OpenSearchApache-2.0

QuickwitApache-2.0

Language

Primary

OpenSearchJava

QuickwitRust

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Search Engines
Capability	OpenSearch	Quickwit
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Architecture
Index engine	-	Tantivy
Query
Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)	-	Elasticsearch-compatible REST API, SQL (Trino-compatible), query AST
Faceting & filtering	-	Yes
Geo search	✗	-
Relevance
Typo tolerance / fuzzy	-	-
Relevance tuning	BM25 only	-
Vector
Vector / hybrid search	Dense + lexical fusion	-
Scale
Distributed / horizontal scale	Sharded	Sharded
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

OpenSearchSelf-hosted

QuickwitSelf-hosted

Architecture

Index engine

OpenSearch-

QuickwitTantivy

Query

Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)

OpenSearch-

QuickwitElasticsearch-compatible REST API, SQL (Trino-compatible), query AST

Faceting & filtering

OpenSearch-

QuickwitYes

Geo search

OpenSearch✗

Quickwit-

Relevance

Typo tolerance / fuzzy

OpenSearch-

Quickwit-

Relevance tuning

OpenSearchBM25 only

Quickwit-

Vector

Vector / hybrid search

OpenSearchDense + lexical fusion

Quickwit-

Scale

Distributed / horizontal scale

OpenSearchSharded

QuickwitSharded

Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants)

OpenSearch✓

Quickwit✓

Ingest

Real-time indexing

OpenSearchNear-real-time

QuickwitNear-real-time

Workload

Log / analytics workload

OpenSearch✓

Quickwit✓

Licensing

Licence class

OpenSearchSource-available (SSPL / Elastic)

QuickwitPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

OpenSearch

Leader

An open-source search and observability suite that enables enterprises to search, analyze, and monitor unstructured data. It combines full-text search, machine learning, real-time log analysis, and security analytics capabilities in an integrated platform.

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.

OpenSearch

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

Open source and free to use

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Quickwit

Open sourceFree tier

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	OpenSearch	Quickwit
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

OpenSearch✓

Quickwit✓

CLI

OpenSearch✓

Quickwit✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

OpenSearch✗

Quickwit✓

Self-hosted

OpenSearch✓

Quickwit✓

On-premise

OpenSearch✓

Quickwit✗

Integrations

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

OpenSearch

Leader

1 total

Data Prepper

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.