Meilisearch

Description

Meilisearch is a flexible, user-focused search engine and unified AI retrieval platform that can be added to any website or application. It returns search-as-you-type results in under 50 milliseconds, deploys in minutes with smart presets and zero configuration, and delivers great out-of-the-box relevancy for every use case.

Beyond full-text search, Meilisearch offers semantic search, hybrid search that blends full-text efficiency with semantic depth, multimodal search across images, video, and audio, vector storage for similarity queries and RAG applications, federated search across multiple data sources, filtering, faceting, sorting, geosearch, and search analytics. Official SDKs and integrations cover more than 20 languages and frameworks including JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP, Go, Rust, React, Vue, Laravel, and Rails.

Meilisearch is open source and trusted by 20,000+ teams, with millions of downloads, tens of thousands of servers in production, and a large community of contributors on GitHub and Discord.

Pricing includes free open-source self-hosting, managed Cloud with usage-based or resource-based billing and a 14-day free trial (no credit card required), and an Enterprise tier with up to 99.999% uptime SLA, SSO SAML, SOC 2 compliance, analytics, merchandising, and personalization. Cloud pricing starts from $30/month.

Meilisearch's Core Features

• Lightning-fast search-as-you-type under 50ms

• Full-text search with geosearch and faceting

• Semantic and hybrid search

• Multimodal search across images, video, and audio

• Vector storage for similarity and RAG

• Federated search across data sources

• Filtering, faceting, sorting, and analytics

• SDKs for 20+ languages and frameworks

How to use Meilisearch?

1. 1

   Choose deployment: Self-host the open-source engine or start a Cloud trial.

2. 2

   Index your data: Add your documents using smart presets with zero configuration.

3. 3

   Integrate: Use an official SDK for your language or framework.

4. 4

   Configure relevancy: Set up filtering, faceting, and semantic or hybrid search.

5. 5

   Ship search: Add fast, relevant search to your app or website.

Meilisearch's Use Cases

• Site and app search
• AI retrieval and RAG
• Hybrid search experiences
• E-commerce filtering
• Location-based search

FAQ from Meilisearch

• What is Meilisearch?

  Meilisearch is an open-source, developer-friendly search engine and unified AI retrieval platform that adds fast, relevant search to any website or application.

• How fast is it?

  Search-as-you-type returns answers in less than 50 milliseconds, and it deploys in minutes with smart presets and zero configuration.

• What types of search does Meilisearch support?

  It supports full-text, semantic, and hybrid search, plus multimodal search across images, video, and audio, vector storage for RAG, and federated search.

• Which languages and frameworks are supported?

  Official SDKs and integrations cover 20+ languages and frameworks including JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP, Go, Rust, React, Vue, Laravel, and Rails.

• How much does Meilisearch cost?

  Self-hosting is free and open source. Managed Cloud offers usage-based or resource-based billing with a 14-day free trial and pricing from $30/month, plus an Enterprise tier.

• What does the Enterprise plan include?

  Enterprise adds custom infrastructure, up to 99.999% uptime SLA, dedicated Slack support, SSO SAML, SOC 2 compliance, advanced analytics, personalization, and dynamic search rules.