Meilisearch
A search engine combining full-text and semantic retrieval, vector storage, filtering and faceting for application search and RAG.
About Meilisearch
Application developers need keyword matching and semantic retrieval over the same data.
Who it’s for
- Developers adding search to applications
- Teams building retrieval for AI assistants
When to consider it
Consider Meilisearch when you want hybrid search and structured filters behind an application search API.
Tradeoffs & limitations
- Cloud starts at $20 per month with a 14-day trial. The repository separates MIT-licensed code from Enterprise Edition code under BUSL-1.1.
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Documentation-based assessment · Oct 16, 2026 · Prepared with AI assistance; not a hands-on benchmark.
- Official full-text, semantic and hybrid search, vector storage and filtering overview
- Official Cloud starting price and trial
- Repository license: MIT and Business Source License 1.1 components
- Recent official maintenance commit (2026-10-15, UTC)
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Import history & original evidence
Meilisearch official website
A search engine combining full-text and semantic retrieval, vector storage, filtering and faceting for application search and RAG.
Based on official pages and announcements checked on 2026-10-16. No hands-on test, performance benchmark or popularity ranking is claimed.