Elasticsearch vs Typesense
Elasticsearch
elastic.co
Typesense
typesense.orgSide by side
| Figure | Elasticsearch | Typesense |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $99/mo | $22/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 8 |
| Spec score · Search Databases | 8.3 (#10) | 8.0 (#14) |
| Spec score · Site Search Software | 8.3 (#9) | 8.0 (#14) |
| Spec score · Search & Vector Database Platforms | 8.3 (#8) | 8.1 (#10) |
| Spec score · Search Engine Software | 8.4 (#5) | 8.0 (#8) |
| Deployment | It can run on premises, in the cloud, across clouds, or as a managed serverless service. | Typesense can be run locally or on a server, and Typesense Cloud provides a hosted version. |
| Founded | 2012 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Mountain View, California, United States | Houston, TX |
| Integrations | Elastic describes 350+ integrations and supports ingestion through Elastic Agent, connectors, APIs, language clients, and Logstash. | Listed integrations include Firebase, AWS Amplify, Laravel Scout, LangChain, LlamaIndex, InstantSearch, OpenAI, and Google ML platforms. |
| Support | Elastic Cloud Hosted and Serverless offer four support tiers depending on subscription tier. | Typesense offers community support through GitHub Issues and public Slack, plus paid prioritized support with SLAs, consulting, and training for Cloud. |
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
Typesense
- Self-hostedFree
- Typesense Cloud$22 a month
- Free supportFree
- Typesense Cloud cluster$22 a month
- Developer support$160 a month
- Business support$400 a month
- Enterprise support$700 a month
- Enterprise Signature support$1,900 a month
In their own words
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Typesense
Typesense is an open-source search engine for adding search to a website or app using data you supply; it does not crawl the web. It is designed for typo-tolerant, search-as-you-type results, typically in under 50 milliseconds. Search tools include tunable ranking, sorting, faceting, filtering, grouping, federated search and geo search. Listed AI capabilities include vector and hybrid search, built-in RAG, natural-language, image and voice search.
You can run it locally or on a server, or use hosted Typesense Cloud. Its REST API has listed integrations including Firebase, AWS Amplify, Laravel Scout, LangChain, LlamaIndex, InstantSearch, OpenAI and Google ML platforms. Typesense offers a free plan; Cloud clusters start at $22 a month. Cloud billing includes cluster runtime and bandwidth, and the hourly cluster fee continues while a cluster runs without traffic. The one-time free Cloud tier applies to select configurations and does not renew monthly.