Meilisearch
A fast, flexible search engine for websites and applications with AI-powered hybrid search capabilities
- Also known as
- meilisearch
Available worldwide
What is Meilisearch?
A cloud-hosted and self-hosted search engine that combines full-text and semantic search. It's designed for rapid integration with zero configuration required and includes features like faceting, geosearch, and vector storage.
Meilisearch pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $20/month with 14-day free trial. Free self-hosted option. Custom enterprise pricing available.
Cloud
Managed cloud hosting with automatic scaling and support
- 14-day free trial
- Email support
- Fully managed infrastructure
- Usage-based or resource-based billing
- Automatic scaling
- Automatic upgrades
Self-Hosted
FreeOpen-source MIT license for on-premise deployment with full infrastructure control
- Full infrastructure control
- No usage limits
- MIT license
Enterprise
Contact salesCustom deployments with dedicated support and SLAs for mission-critical workloads
- Custom infrastructure
- Dedicated resources
- Up to 99.999% SLA
- Dedicated Slack support channel
- SSO SAML
- SOC 2 Type II compliance
- Advanced analytics
- Merchandising
- Personalization
- Search-powered chat
- Volume discounts
- Advisory services
What Meilisearch 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
- Managed
- Index engine
- -
- Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)
- JSON (HTTP API)
- Faceting & filtering
- Yes
- Geo search
- ✓
- Typo tolerance / fuzzy
- Built-in
- Relevance tuning
- Ranking rules
- Vector / hybrid search
- Dense + lexical fusion
- Distributed / horizontal scale
- Sharded
- Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants)
- ✓
- Real-time indexing
- -
- Log / analytics workload
- ✓
- Licence class
- Permissive OSS
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- Self-hosted
Integrations (36)
Independently observed- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Python
- PHP
- Ruby
- Go
- Rust
- Java
- .NET
- Swift
- Dart
- Laravel
- Rails
- Symfony
- Strapi
- Firebase
- React
- Vue
- Angular
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- meilisync
- MCP
- JavaScript SDK
- Python SDK
- PHP SDK
- Ruby SDK
- Go SDK
- Rust SDK
- Java SDK
- .NET SDK
- Swift SDK
- Dart SDK
- Laravel Scout
- Ruby on Rails
- InstantSearch
Security & compliance
Independently observed- SOC 2 Type II · Type IIactive · Prescient Security / Vanta
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Meilisearch FAQ
Common questions about Meilisearch, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Meilisearch?
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. It is indexed under Search Engines.
Is Meilisearch free?
Meilisearch offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $30 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Meilisearch support?
Meilisearch supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Can Meilisearch be self-hosted?
Yes. Meilisearch can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
What does Meilisearch integrate with?
We have confirmed 21 integrations for Meilisearch, including JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, PHP, Ruby, Go, Rust and .NET, plus 13 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
What security certifications does Meilisearch have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Meilisearch. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Meilisearch not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://www.meilisearch.com
Meilisearch alternatives
Other search engines we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- AlgoliaAI-powered search and retrieval platform for generative and agentic applicationsmedium · 70%
- ElasticsearchScalable search infrastructure built on distributed architecturemedium · 58%
- VespaA unified platform for building AI-powered search applications with vector search, machine learning inference, and real-time data updateshigh · 75%
- OpenSearchOpen-source search and observability platform for building intelligent data applicationslow · 47%
- QuickwitCloud storage search engine with sub-second latencymedium · 55%
- CoveoCloud-based search platform powered by AI that personalizes content discoverymedium · 59%
Compare Meilisearch
Side by side against other search engines, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI 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 Meilisearch, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 63 | 0.14 | 8.5 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 98 | 0.08 | 7.9 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 100 | 0.07 | 6.8 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 50 | 0.12 | 6.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.10 | 5.7 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.05 | 5.4 | ✓ |
| Stars | 90 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Price level | 50 | 0.04 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 40 | 0.05 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 21 | 0.05 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.14 | 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 | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 58% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Faceting: yes · Query dsl: JSON (HTTP API) · Deployment: managed · Geo search: Yes · Distributed: sharded · Licence class: permissive_oss | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 23 | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Rust | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 50% |
Pricing
Release
Reliability
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 75% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=meilisearch&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90% |
| Certifications | SOC 2 Type II | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
| Trust center | https://www.meilisearch.com/blog/soc2-typeii-compliance | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 75% |
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