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Best Elasticsearch Alternatives in 2026

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20 tools from spatial databases ranked against Elasticsearch on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    MySQL Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 7.8
    Elasticsearch vs MySQL
  2. 2
    RavenDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.4
    Elasticsearch vs RavenDB
  3. 3
    Teradata VantageCloud Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.4
    Elasticsearch vs Teradata VantageCloud
  4. 4
    CockroachDB Cloud Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.06/mo7.3
    Elasticsearch vs CockroachDB Cloud
  5. 5
    CrateDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.3
    Elasticsearch vs CrateDB
  6. 6
    Supabase Free plan AndroidapiiOSMacself-hosted $25/mo7.3
    Elasticsearch vs Supabase
  7. 7
    Virtuoso Universal Server Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.1
    Elasticsearch vs Virtuoso Universal Server
  8. 8
    YugabyteDB Anywhere Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 7.1
    Elasticsearch vs YugabyteDB Anywhere
  9. 9
    Amazon RDS Free plan apiWeb Free7.0
    Elasticsearch vs Amazon RDS
  10. 10
    DuckDB UI Free plan extensionLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    Elasticsearch vs DuckDB UI
  11. 11
    GeoDesk Free plan LinuxMacWin Free7.0
    Elasticsearch vs GeoDesk
  12. 12
    MonetDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Elasticsearch vs MonetDB
  13. 13
    OpenSearch Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    Elasticsearch vs OpenSearch
  14. 14
    Snowflake CoCo Free trial apiLinuxMacWebWin 7.0
    Elasticsearch vs Snowflake CoCo
  15. 15
    Google Cloud SQL Free trial apiLinuxMacWebWin $0.04/mo6.9
    Elasticsearch vs Google Cloud SQL
  16. 16
    rasdaman Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.9
    Elasticsearch vs rasdaman
  17. 17
    Redis Insight Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.9
    Elasticsearch vs Redis Insight
  18. 18
    Couchbase Lite AndroidapiiOSLinuxWeb 6.8
    Elasticsearch vs Couchbase Lite
  19. 19
    Tile38 Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.8
    Elasticsearch vs Tile38
  20. 20
    Apache Solr Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.7
    Elasticsearch vs Apache Solr

Elasticsearch alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1MySQL7.8Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2RavenDB7.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Teradata VantageCloud7.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
4CockroachDB Cloud7.3Free plan$0.06/moAPI, Linux, Web
5CrateDB7.3Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6Supabase7.3Free plan$25/moAndroid, API, iOS, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7Virtuoso Universal Server7.1No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8YugabyteDB Anywhere7.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
9Amazon RDS7.0Free planFreeAPI, Web
10DuckDB UI7.0Free planFreeBrowser, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11GeoDesk7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
12MonetDB7.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
13OpenSearch7.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14Snowflake CoCo7.0No—API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
15Google Cloud SQL6.9No$0.04/moAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
16rasdaman6.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
17Redis Insight6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
18Couchbase Lite6.8No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
19Tile386.8Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
20Apache Solr6.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
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Questions about Elasticsearch alternatives

What is the best alternative to Elasticsearch?

MySQL, number 1 in spatial databases with a score of 7.8 out of 10. The others here: RavenDB, Teradata VantageCloud, CockroachDB Cloud and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Elasticsearch?

MySQL is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 15 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.