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Meilisearch vs Quickwit

Meilisearch

meilisearch.com

Quickwit

quickwit.io

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FigureMeilisearchQuickwit
Price from$20/mo—
Free planYes—
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WebYesYes
WindowsYes—
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published31
Spec score · Site Search Software8.4 (#5)8.0 (#13)
Spec score · Search Databases8.4 (#8)7.9 (#17)
Spec score · Search Engine Software8.5 (#4)7.9 (#9)
Founded20192021

Plans

Meilisearch

  • Self-hostedFree
  • Cloud$20 a month
  • EnterprisePriced on request

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Quickwit

  • Quickwit Enterprise LicensePriced on request

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In their own words

Meilisearch

Meilisearch is a search engine that can be added to websites and applications, with self-hosted and cloud deployment options. Full-text search includes automatic typo tolerance and relevance ranking; hybrid search combines keyword precision with semantic understanding. The product also provides retrieval infrastructure for RAG with hybrid retrieval and LangChain support, alongside faceted, federated, multimodal, personalized, and conversational search. Meilisearch supports more than 30 languages with automatic language detection and smart tokenization. Its SDKs, plugins, and integrations cover programming languages and frameworks including JavaScript, Python, PHP, Ruby, Go, Rust, Java,.NET, Swift, and Dart. The company says results return in under 50 milliseconds for typical workloads. Self-hosting costs nothing under the MIT license, but users manage infrastructure, updates, backups, and scaling. Cloud starts at $20 a month, with a 14-day free trial, usage- or resource-based billing, and email support. Enterprise pricing is custom and includes dedicated resources and Slack support. Meilisearch says its security measures include encryption, monitoring, assessments, and compliance measures including GDPR and SOC 2 Type 2.

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Quickwit

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