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Vespa vs Manticore Search: catalog facts
Vespa	Manticore Search
Freemium Free and open source to self-host; Vespa Cloud is a paid service with a free trial.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Text, vector and hybrid retrieval with ranking in one engine Runs machine-learned models at query time	Full-text, vector and hybrid search in one engine SQL query interface
Aimed at engineering teams rather than individual users Larger setup and learning effort than simpler search servers	A server component for developers, not an end-user search app Benchmark results depend on the workload
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is 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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