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www.meilisearch.com · Search
SEPT 2026 audit

Open-source search engine offered as a managed cloud priced by instance or by usage, and free to run yourself.

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Entry paid plan$20/month for Meilisearch Cloud. The usage-based plan is $30/month for a base of 100,000 documents and 50,000 searches; the resource-based plan starts at $23/month for an XS instance.
Free tierNo
CategorySearch

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01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

A managed search engine with a bill you can predict: $20/month to start, or $30 against a documented allowance of 100,000 documents and 50,000 searches. Vector and hybrid search are in the product rather than a tier up.

Consider something else if…

You want to try before paying, or never pay at all. There is no free plan — the only free access is 14 days — and Typesense and OpenSearch are equally self-hostable if operations is the trade you would rather make.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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Pricing
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Free tierNo
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  • Meilisearch Pricing ↗

    “CloudStarting at$20/monthGet 14 days free trial for your project.14-day free trial, no credit card”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Kind of free offerFree trial
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  • Meilisearch Pricing ↗

    “CloudStarting at$20/monthGet 14 days free trial for your project.14-day free trial, no credit card”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Entry paid plan$20/month for Meilisearch Cloud. The usage-based plan is $30/month for a base of 100,000 documents and 50,000 searches; the resource-based plan starts at $23/month for an XS instance.
Sources (1) →
  • Meilisearch Pricing ↗

    “CloudStarting at$20/monthGet 14 days free trial for your project.14-day free trial, no credit card”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Pricing modelTwo shapes offered side by side: usage-based from $30/month against a document and search allowance, or resource-based from $23/month for a named instance size. Self-hosting is free.
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  • Meilisearch Pricing ↗

    “Usage-based$30/monthBase plan (100K docs, 50K searches)$30/moResource-based$23/monthXS instan”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Observability
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Self-hostableSupported
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  • Meilisearch Pricing ↗

    “Should I self-host or use Cloud?Self-hosting is free and gives you full infrastructure control, but you manage updates, backups, and”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

Vector
1 criteria
Hybrid search (vector + keyword)Vector and hybrid search are listed as product features, and the pricing page sells a document size specifically for embeddings — AI, 12KB, described as documents with embeddings.
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  • Meilisearch Pricing ↗

    “ProductFull-text searchVector & hybrid searchFederated searchMultimodal searchFaceted search”

    Read 2026-09-15 · official pricing

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