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.
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
- Self-hosted
- Index engine
- -
- Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)
- -
- Faceting & filtering
- -
- Geo search
- -
- Typo tolerance / fuzzy
- Built-in
- Relevance tuning
- -
- Vector / hybrid search
- Dense + lexical fusion
- Distributed / horizontal scale
- -
- Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants)
- -
- Real-time indexing
- -
- Log / analytics workload
- ✓
- Licence class
- Source-available (SSPL / Elastic)
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Linux
- 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.
- VespaAI Search at Scalelow · 23%
- VespaAI Search at Scalelow · 26%
- MeilisearchOne platform to build, scale, and unify search and AI retrievallow · 46%
- BleveModern indexing & search for Golow · 15%
- OpenSearchA powerful search and analytics engine built on Apache Lucenelow · 19%
- TypesenseLightning Fast, Open Source Searchlow · 35%
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.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Github Activity | 60 | 20.00 | 1201.7 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 83 | 12.00 | 993.3 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 80 | 8.00 | 640.0 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 100 | 6.00 | 600.0 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 77 | 7.00 | 538.3 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 10.00 | 500.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 17.00 | 491.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 33 | 8.00 | 263.7 | ✓ |
| Package Downloads | 41 | 6.00 | 248.1 | ✓ |
| Security Posture | 0 | 18.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 20.00 | 0.0 | - |
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
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 80 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 13 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | C++ | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 63% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | GPL-3.0 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 67% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 31 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 70% |
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |