Elasticsearch vs EmergentDB
Elasticsearch
elastic.co
EmergentDB
emergentdb.comSide by side
| Figure | Elasticsearch | EmergentDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $99/mo | $2/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 5 |
| Spec score · Vector Databases | 8.5 (#4) | 8.4 (#5) |
| Security and compliance | Elastic's Trust Center lists ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, SOC 2, SOC 3, TISAX, and HIPAA among its compliance standards. | The site lists ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and HIPAA-ready status. |
| Support | Elastic Cloud Hosted and Serverless offer four support tiers depending on subscription tier. | The Community plan includes community support. |
Plans
Elasticsearch
- BasicPriced on request
- Standard$99 a month
- Gold$114 a month
- Platinum$131 a month
- Enterprise$184 a month
- Elastic Cloud HostedPrice not published
- Elastic Cloud ServerlessPrice not published
- Self-managed ElasticsearchPriced on request
EmergentDB
- CommunityFree
- Launch$24 a year
- Launch$29 a month
- Scale$66 a year
- Scale$79 a month
In their own words
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
EmergentDB
EmergentDB is an open-source, self-hosted vector database under the AGPL-3.0 license, also available as managed cloud. It automatically selects a search strategy for a dataset, without requiring manual tuning. Vector insertion and search are available through REST API endpoints; vectors can also be inserted with the TypeScript SDK, using embeddings from any source. Listed index types are Flat, HNSW, IVF, PQ, and Emergent, and SDK languages include TypeScript and Python. The free Community plan includes unlimited vectors, queries, and writes, plus community support and the Bolt-lite engine. Managed Launch is listed at $24 per year, billed annually, with a 500K-vector limit; Scale is $66 per year, billed annually, with a 2.5M-vector limit and dedicated instance. The site lists ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA-ready status, and US, EU, and Asia-Pacific data residency. It also reports a crash-safe write-ahead log and performance figures for specified workloads.