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OpenSearch vs Quickwit: catalog facts
OpenSearch	Quickwit
Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Provides distributed search and aggregation Works with OpenSearch Dashboards for visualization	Supports distributed search workloads Separates storage from search compute
Production clusters require capacity planning and ongoing administration.	Requires infrastructure and ingestion configuration rather than just a desktop install.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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