# OpenSearch vs Typesense

**Leader by Vioscale score:** OpenSearch

| Attribute | OpenSearch | Typesense |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 60.6 (50% (medium)) | 46.9 (76% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 85 | 14 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 223 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 13,581 | 26,480 |
| deployment.options | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"deployment":"self_hosted","geo_search":false,"distributed":"sharded","licence_class":"source_available","log_analytics":true,"multi_tenancy":true,"vector_search":"hybrid_fusion","relevance_tuning":"bm25_only","realtime_indexing":"near_real_time"}` | `{"faceting":"yes","query_dsl":"JSON","deployment":"self_hosted","geo_search":true,"distributed":"clustered","licence_class":"permissive_oss","multi_tenancy":true,"vector_search":"hybrid_fusion","typo_tolerance":"built_in","relevance_tuning":"ranking_rules","realtime_indexing":"near_real_time"}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Data Prepper"}]` | `[{"name":"Instantsearch.js"},{"name":"Laravel Scout"},{"name":"WordPress"},{"name":"Gatsby"},{"name":"Firebase"},{"name":"Docusaurus"},{"name":"Tooljet"}]` |
| language.primary | Java | C++ |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source and free to use","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://opensearch.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:38:44.075Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Self-Hosted","description":"Open-source, self-hosted deployment","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Typesense Cloud","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":22,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Managed cloud hosting with infrastructure management","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free open-source self-hosted version. Cloud hosting from $22/month","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://typesense.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T16:55:25.142Z","startingPrice":{"amount":22,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | mid |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 29 | 89 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/3.8.0","date":"2026-08-05T17:20:33Z","type":"stable","version":"3.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/2.19.6","date":"2026-07-06T18:22:45Z","type":"stable","version":"2.19.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/3.7.0","date":"2026-06-09T23:41:20Z","type":"stable","version":"3.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/3.6.0","date":"2026-04-07T22:06:23Z","type":"stable","version":"3.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/2.19.5","date":"2026-05-13T17:52:18Z","type":"stable","version":"2.19.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/3.5.0","date":"2026-02-12T15:40:44Z","type":"stable","version":"3.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/3.4.0","date":"2025-12-17T07:57:13Z","type":"stable","version":"3.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/2.19.4","date":"2025-11-06T21:45:44Z","type":"stable","version":"2.19.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/3.3.2","date":"2025-10-30T20:34:44Z","type":"stable","version":"3.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/3.3.1","date":"2025-10-22T18:32:00Z","type":"stable","version":"3.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/3.3.0","date":"2025-10-14T21:22:10Z","type":"stable","version":"3.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/3.2.0","date":"2025-08-19T23:45:42Z","type":"stable","version":"3.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/2.19.3","date":"2025-08-21T21:09:15Z","type":"stable","version":"2.19.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/3.1.0","date":"2025-06-24T22:18:26Z","type":"stable","version":"3.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/3.0.0","date":"2025-05-06T21:58:50Z","type":"stable","version":"3.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/3.0.0-beta1","date":"2025-04-23T00:16:18Z","type":"stable","version":"3.0.0-beta1"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/2.19.2","date":"2025-08-21T21:11:35Z","type":"stable","version":"2.19.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/3.0.0-alpha1","date":"2025-03-18T22:31:54Z","type":"stable","version":"3.0.0-alpha1"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/2.19.1","date":"2025-02-27T23:31:01Z","type":"stable","version":"2.19.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/releases/tag/1.3.20","date":"2024-12-11T23:23:59Z","type":"stable","version":"1.3.20"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v30.2","date":"2026-04-19T16:00:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v30.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v29.1","date":"2026-04-19T15:59:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v29.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v30.1","date":"2026-01-29T04:01:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v30.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v30.0","date":"2026-01-27T18:02:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v30.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v29.0","date":"2025-06-30T03:52:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v29.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v28.0","date":"2025-02-18T15:49:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v28.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v27.1","date":"2024-09-27T23:10:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v27.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v27.0","date":"2024-08-27T21:47:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v27.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v26.0","date":"2024-04-01T22:11:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v26.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v0.25.2","date":"2024-01-03T01:39:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.25.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v0.25.1","date":"2023-09-11T15:44:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.25.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v0.25.0","date":"2023-08-15T21:30:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.25.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v0.24.1","date":"2023-04-05T05:15:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.24.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v0.24.0","date":"2023-01-30T15:57:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.24.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v0.23.1","date":"2022-07-07T14:15:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.23.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v0.23.0","date":"2022-06-04T14:33:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.23.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v0.22.2","date":"2022-02-04T02:56:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.22.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v0.22.1","date":"2021-12-11T06:15:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.22.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v0.22.0","date":"2021-12-08T04:13:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.22.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/typesense/typesense/releases/tag/v0.21.0","date":"2021-07-14T06:24:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.21.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 5.6 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.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,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ftypesense%2Ftypesense&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Search Engines)

| Capability | OpenSearch | Typesense |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Index engine | - | - |
| **Query** |  |  |
| Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL) | - | JSON |
| Faceting & filtering | - | Yes |
| Geo search | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Relevance** |  |  |
| Typo tolerance / fuzzy | - | Built-in |
| Relevance tuning | BM25 only | 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 |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:03:35.908Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*