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Meilisearch vs Typesense: catalog facts
Meilisearch	Typesense
Freemium Core engine is free under MIT; enterprise edition features use a separate licence.	Freemium Free to self-host under GPL-3.0; Typesense Cloud is a paid hosted option.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
RESTful API that is simple to call from any language Hybrid keyword and AI-based search	Typo tolerance out of the box Vector, hybrid and geo search
Some enterprise features are under a non-MIT licence Aimed at developers, not end users	In-memory index means RAM must fit the dataset Aimed at developers building search, not end users
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	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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