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Shape a delightful search experience in a snap

Starting price
$18/mo

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.

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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.

Plans 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

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