Meilisearch
Fast, easy-to-integrate search engine for websites and applications
- Also known as
- meilisearch
Available worldwide
What is Meilisearch?
A search platform combining full-text and semantic search in a unified interface, delivering results in milliseconds. Available as a managed cloud service or self-hosted open-source option, with intelligent defaults that require minimal configuration.
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 (no credit card). Usage-based or resource-based billing available.
Cloud
Single flexible plan with choice of usage-based or resource-based billing
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)
- -
- 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- SOC2 Type II · Type IIactive · Prescient Security and 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 platform for search, retrieval, and discovery experiencesmedium · 74%
- Elasticsearchmedium · 50%
- VespaA distributed search and inference engine for AI applications at scalehigh · 77%
- CoveoA search engine designed to integrate with Sitecore, providing relevance-tuned results, recommendations, and AI-powered personalizationmedium · 61%
- OpenSearchOpen source search and analytics platform for data ingestion and explorationlow · 47%
- QuickwitAn open-source, cloud-native search engine built for observability data including logs and tracesmedium · 56%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release cadence | 98 | 0.08 | 7.9 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 56 | 0.14 | 7.6 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 100 | 0.07 | 6.8 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 50 | 0.12 | 6.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.10 | 5.7 | ✓ |
| Stars | 90 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 75 | 0.05 | 4.1 | ✓ |
| Price level | 50 | 0.04 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 40 | 0.05 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| 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 | 59 | mediumsource · 2026-09-11 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 58% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Faceting: yes · Deployment: managed · Geo search: Yes · Distributed: sharded · Licence class: permissive_oss · Log analytics: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 23 | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Rust | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 90% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 50% |
Pricing
Release
Reliability
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-14 · 75% |
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=factly%2Fmeilisearch&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 90% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-14 · 75% |
| Certifications | SOC2 Type II | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
| Trust center | https://www.meilisearch.com/blog/soc2-typeii-compliance | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
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