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Typesense vs Vespa: catalog facts
Typesense	Vespa
Freemium Free to self-host under GPL-3.0; Typesense Cloud is a paid hosted option.	Freemium Free and open source to self-host; Vespa Cloud is a paid service with a free trial.
Linux, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Typo tolerance out of the box Vector, hybrid and geo search	Text, vector and hybrid retrieval with ranking in one engine Runs machine-learned models at query time
In-memory index means RAM must fit the dataset Aimed at developers building search, not end users	Aimed at engineering teams rather than individual users Larger setup and learning effort than simpler search servers
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
No account 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 October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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