Meilisearch

meilisearch.com APIs & Databases Website

Meilisearch provides hosted or self-hosted search and AI retrieval for applications.

About Meilisearch

Meilisearch is a search and AI retrieval platform for adding search to websites and applications. It can be fully managed on Meilisearch Cloud or self-hosted. The homepage describes full-text, semantic, hybrid, and multimodal search, along with vector storage for similarity queries and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) applications. Search-as-you-type is described as returning results in less than 50 milliseconds. Pricing is not stated on the homepage, so cost and plan details must be checked directly with the vendor.

Key features

Full-text search with geosearch and faceting for relevancy
Semantic and hybrid search combining full-text and semantic results
Multimodal search across images, video, and audio using AI embeddings
Vector storage for similarity queries and RAG applications
Federated search across multiple data sources at once
Search analytics for insights into search activity

Best for: Development teams that want to add full-text, semantic, or hybrid search to websites or applications, either hosted or self-hosted.

Good for

Homepage states that search-as-you-type returns results in less than 50 milliseconds
Smart presets are described as allowing searching with zero configuration
Client SDKs and integrations are listed for several programming languages and frameworks

Watch out for

Pricing is listed as unknown and is not stated on the homepage
The homepage example client uses a master key and notes it should not be used in front-end code