Meilisearch Pricing
Starting price
$30/month
Pricing model
Paid
Free tier
Yes
Free trial
No
Plans
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Source | $0 | month | Full core search functionality; Self-hosted; No enterprise features |
| Cloud Usage-Based | $30 | month | 14-day free trial; Fully managed cloud; Pre-set search/document limits |
| Cloud Resource-Based | — | month | Pay by CPU/RAM/storage; Real-time metrics; Zero-downtime upgrades |
| Enterprise | — | month | On-premises deployment; Sharding; Analytics |
Figures are the vendor's published prices. Unknown values show as “—”. Price-history tracking is not yet available for this tool. Price verified 2026-09-27. Last updated 2026-10-07.
True cost
True cost calculator
| Plan | Listed | Seat basis | Monthly · 5 seats | Annual · 5 seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Source | $0/month | flat | $0 | $0 |
| Cloud Usage-Based | $30/month | flat | $30 | $360 |
Estimate from published prices. Per-seat plans scale with seats; flat plans don't; plans with included seats charge the base until you exceed them, then add the per-seat overage where published. Monthly/annual come from each plan's billing period. Taxes and add-ons excluded.
Meilisearch's starting price ($30) is 98% below the Data & Databases average of $1608.