- Starting price
- $18/mo
- Website
- www.meilisearch.com
About Meilisearch
Meilisearch is an open-source, fast search engine that slots into apps and websites to deliver fast, relevant results. Built for developers and product teams, it provides a simple, scalable search layer with deployment options ranging from self-hosted to cloud, designed to power AI-assisted workflows and human queries.

Key Features
Developers and product teams seeking speed and AI-ready capabilities can evaluate it as a single API that works across apps and supports AI-assisted use cases:
Open-source core
provides a transparent foundation with flexible deployment options, including self-hosted or cloud environments.
Lightning-fast search
engine delivers results in milliseconds, enabling interactive, real-time experiences.
AI-ready search for humans and LLMs
designed to integrate with AI workflows and large language models while serving human queries.
Unified information retrieval platform
combines search and AI capabilities in a single platform to simplify deployment and maintenance.
Summary
Best for developers, product teams, and ML engineers who need fast, easy-to-integrate search across apps, websites, and AI workflows.
Pricing
View pricingPlans and prices as listed on meilisearch.com as of Sep 24, 2026.
Instance
$18 / month
- Disk (32 GiB billed (2.9 GiB calculated))
Cloud
$20 / month
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required
- Usage-based or resource-based billing
- Fully managed Cloud infrastructure
- Scale seamlessly from prototype to production
- Email support included
Resource-based
$23 / month
- XS instance (0.5 vCPU, 1 GB RAM)
Usage-based
$30 / month
- Base plan (100K docs, 50K searches)
Enterprise
Custom / N/A
- Custom infra and dedicated resources
- Up to 99.999% uptime SLA
- Dedicated Slack support channel
- SSO SAML and SOC 2 compliance
- Enterprise-grade compliance
- Analytics, merchandising, personalization, chat