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Vespa vs Meilisearch: catalog facts
Vespa	Meilisearch
Freemium Free and open source to self-host; Vespa Cloud is a paid service with a free trial.	Freemium Core engine is free under MIT; enterprise edition features use a separate licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Text, vector and hybrid retrieval with ranking in one engine Runs machine-learned models at query time	RESTful API that is simple to call from any language Hybrid keyword and AI-based search
Aimed at engineering teams rather than individual users Larger setup and learning effort than simpler search servers	Some enterprise features are under a non-MIT licence Aimed at developers, not end users
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
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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