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Elasticsearch vs Typesense: catalog facts
Elasticsearch	Typesense
Freemium Free to download and self-host; Elastic sells a hosted cloud service with a free trial.	Freemium Free to self-host under GPL-3.0; Typesense Cloud is a paid hosted option.
Windows, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Full-text, vector and hybrid search through one API Scales horizontally across a cluster	Typo tolerance out of the box Vector, hybrid and geo search
Running and tuning a cluster takes operational effort Aimed at developers and operators rather than end users	In-memory index means RAM must fit the dataset Aimed at developers building search, not end users
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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