Quickwit
An open-source, cloud-native search engine built for observability data including logs and traces
- Also known as
- quickwit
What is Quickwit?
A distributed search engine optimized for cloud storage that indexes and searches observability data (logs, traces) with sub-second latency, featuring a decoupled compute-storage architecture and stateless, horizontally scalable components.
Quickwit pricing
We don't have Quickwit'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 Quickwit 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
- Tantivy
- Query DSL (JSON / SQL / params / GraphQL)
- Elasticsearch-compatible REST API, SQL (Trino-compatible), query AST
- Faceting & filtering
- Yes
- Geo search
- -
- Typo tolerance / fuzzy
- -
- Relevance tuning
- -
- Vector / hybrid search
- -
- Distributed / horizontal scale
- Sharded
- Multi-tenancy (indexes / collections / tenants)
- ✓
- Real-time indexing
- Near-real-time
- Log / analytics workload
- ✓
- Licence class
- Permissive OSS
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (18)
Independently observed- AWS Lambda
- AWS S3
- Google Cloud Storage
- Kafka
- SQS
- Elasticsearch
- Jaeger
- Trino
- OTLP
- Kinesis←•
- Pulsar←•
- OpenSearch←
- OpenTelemetry•
- Vector←
- Fluent Bit←
- Grafana→
- Amazon S3
- Azure Blob Storage
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Quickwit FAQ
Common questions about Quickwit, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Quickwit?
Open-source search engine and log analytics platform with real-time indexing, distributed deployment, and Elasticsearch API compatibility. It is indexed under Search Engines.
Source: https://quickwit.io
Is Quickwit free to use?
Quickwit is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://quickwit.io
What platforms does Quickwit support?
Quickwit supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://quickwit.io
Can Quickwit be self-hosted?
Yes. Quickwit can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://quickwit.io
What does Quickwit integrate with?
We have confirmed 9 integrations for Quickwit, including AWS Lambda, AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Kafka, SQS, Elasticsearch, Jaeger and Trino, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://quickwit.io
Is Quickwit open source?
Yes. Quickwit is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Quickwit alternatives
Other search engines we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- AlgoliaAI-powered platform for search, retrieval, and discovery experiencesmedium · 74%
- Elasticsearchmedium · 50%
- MeilisearchFast, easy-to-integrate search engine for websites and applicationsmedium · 67%
- 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%
Compare Quickwit
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 Quickwit, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 53 | 0.14 | 7.1 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 84 | 0.08 | 6.8 | ✓ |
| Security score | 74 | 0.05 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.08 | 3.7 | ✓ |
| Stars | 77 | 0.05 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 35 | 0.05 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 8 | 0.05 | 0.4 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.04 | 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 | 46 | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Faceting: yes · Query dsl: Elasticsearch-compatible REST API, SQL (Trino-compatible), query AST · Deployment: self_hosted · Distributed: sharded · Index engine: tantivy · Licence class: permissive_oss | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 16 | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Rust | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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