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Meilisearch
Open-source fast search engine — Rust-based, built-in typo tolerance
Fast Rust-based search engine with minimal config. Self-host free (MIT) or Meilisearch Cloud. Sub-50ms typo-tolerant search, vector + hybrid, federated multi-index.
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Hosted (OSS) | Free | MIT license. Single Rust binary. Run anywhere. |
| Cloud — Resource-Based | $23/mo | $23/mo. Pay by CPU/RAM/storage. For high-traffic + vector workloads. |
| Cloud — Usage-Based | $30/mo | $30/mo. Pre-set search + document limits. 14-day trial. For MVPs/mid-scale. |
| Cloud — Enterprise | Custom | Custom. Self-hosting option + premier support + SLA + compliance. |
Limits
| Tier | Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | cloud trial | 14-day free trial on Cloud | Cloud trial |
| — | language support | Optimized for all languages (Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic, etc.) | Multi-language |
| — | license | MIT | OSS license |
| — | response time | Sub-50ms typical | Query latency |
| — | support hours std | 8 AM–11 PM CET weekdays (standard) | Support hours |
| — | typo tolerance | Default: 1 typo (5-8 chars), 2 typos (9+ chars) | Typo behavior |
| — | vector search | Hybrid (keyword + vector) available on v1.6+ | Vector support |
Features
- AI-Powered Search (experimental) — Semantic search, embedders.
- API Keys — Scoped keys with action + index + expiration.
- Custom Ranking Rules — Order ranking rules per index.
- Dumps & Snapshots — Full-DB export + snapshot backups.
- Faceted Search — Dynamic facets with counts.
- Federated Search — Multi-index search in one query with normalization.
- Filters — Filter by boolean / range / string conditions.
- Geo Search — Radius + bounding box geo queries.
- instant-meilisearch — Adapter to use Algolia InstantSearch UI libs with Meilisearch.
- Search — Full-text search with typo + prefix handling.
- Sortable Fields — Sort results by any attribute.
- Stop Words — Ignored common words.
- Synonyms — Configure synonym groups per index.
- Tenant Tokens — Short-lived multi-tenant auth tokens.
- Vector / Hybrid Search — Vector search with keyword hybrid mode. · docs
Developer interfaces
| Slug | Name | Kind | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| instant-meili | instant-meilisearch (Algolia UI adapter) | sdk | 0.x |
| cli | meilisearch CLI | cli | 1.x |
| sdk-go | meilisearch-go | sdk | 0.x |
| sdk-js | meilisearch-js | sdk | 0.x |
| sdk-php | meilisearch-php | sdk | 1.x |
| sdk-python | meilisearch-python | sdk | 0.x |
| rest-api | Meilisearch REST API | rest | v1 |
| sdk-ruby | meilisearch-ruby | sdk | 0.x |
| sdk-rust | meilisearch-rust | sdk | 0.x |
| sdk-swift | meilisearch-swift | sdk | 0.x |
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