Manticore Search

easy-to-use fast search database

Also known as
manticore-search

What is Manticore Search?

Open-source search engine and Elasticsearch alternative optimized for big data, vector search, and log analytics with low response times and high throughput.

Independently observed

Manticore Search pricing

We don't have Manticore Search's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

What Manticore Search does

The capabilities that matter for search engines, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Deployment
Deployment
Self-hosted
Architecture
Index engine
-
Query
Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)
-
Faceting & filtering
-
Geo search
-
Relevance
Typo tolerance / fuzzy
Built-in
Relevance tuning
-
Vector
Vector / hybrid search
Dense + lexical fusion
Scale
Distributed / horizontal scale
-
Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants)
-
Ingest
Real-time indexing
-
Workload
Log / analytics workload
Licensing
Licence class
Source-available (SSPL / Elastic)
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • Web
  • Linux
Deployment
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (7)

Independently observed
  • Apache Superset
  • Grafana
  • Fluentbit
  • Logstash
  • Filebeat
  • Kibana
  • Vector.dev

Manticore Search alternatives

Other search engines we track, ranked by the same independent score.

Independent · unbought · dated

The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Manticore Search, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 58 / 100
low · 37%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Github Activity6020.001201.7
Release Cadence8312.00993.3
Pricing Transparency808.00640.0
Price Level1006.00600.0
Github Stars777.00538.3
Reliability5010.00500.0
Capabilities2917.00491.4
Integrations338.00263.7
Package Downloads416.00248.1
Security Posture018.000.0-
Stackoverflow Activity020.000.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d80mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars11,919highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90%
Package downloads weekly1,525mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"deployment":"self_hosted","licence_class":"source_available","log_analytics":true,"vector_search":"hybrid_fusion","typo_tolerance":"built_in"}mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count13mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryC++mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 63%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxGPL-3.0mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 67%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
Modelcommerciallowsource · 2026-08-03 · 40%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days31mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 70%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%