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OpenSearch vs Typesense
Both stand on site search software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan APILinuxMac+3
OpenSearch provides a free search and analytics suite with ingestion, visualization, and machine-learning capabilities. The warning about minimal distributions is important: those builds do not include security features.
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Free plan APILinuxMac+3
Typesense combines conventional search controls with a range of AI search capabilities and lets teams choose local, server or hosted deployment. Review Cloud runtime billing and its non-renewing free allowance if you plan to use the hosted service.
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| OpenSearch | Typesense | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | Free or on request | See the plans |
| Plans published | 1 | 8 |
| Maker | OpenSearch | Not published |
| Website | opensearch.org | typesense.org |
| On site search software | #7 of 25 | #11 of 25 |
OpenSearch: what it does well
- Open source under Apache License 2.0
- Supports full-text and multi-index search
- Includes dashboards and a data collector
- Can run on premises or in hybrid and multicloud environments
- Works with Beats, Fluent Bit, and Fluentd
What to know first
- Minimal distributions lack security features
- Minimal distributions are intended for controlled environments or embedding
Typesense: what it does well
- Open-source engine supports typo-tolerant search.
- Includes faceting, filtering, grouping and geo search.
- Offers vector and hybrid search capabilities.
- Can run locally, on a server or in the cloud.
- Integrates with Firebase, LangChain and OpenAI.
What to know first
- Users must supply data; it does not crawl the web.
- Free Cloud allowance does not renew monthly.
- Cluster fees continue while a cluster runs without traffic.
- Paid Cloud clusters start at $22 a month.
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