Typesense Cloud vs Meilisearch Cloud
Default scenario: At 1M records, 5M searches / month, estimated bills are $864/yr for Typesense Cloud and $27,360/yr for Meilisearch Cloud. That’s a $26,496 difference before accounting for different features or operating costs.
The services may differ in features, performance, support and the work you need to do yourself. Read the notes and test what matters to your setup.
Your selected usage
1M records, 5M searches / month
- Typesense Cloud: $864/yr estimated
- Meilisearch Cloud: $27,360/yr estimated
Estimated costs at different usage levels
| Usage | Typesense Cloud | Meilisearch Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Docs site10K records, 100K searches / month | $259/yr0.5 GB RAM, 2 vCPU burst 1 h/day · $0 records + $0 searches | $270/yrResource-based XS (0.5 vCPU, 1 GB) · $0 records + $0 searches |
| E-commerce1M records, 5M searches / month | $864/yr4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU burst 4 h/day · $0 records + $0 searches | $27,360/yrUsage-based · $270 records + $1,980 searches |
| Marketplace20M records, 50M searches / month | $8,726/yr64 GB RAM, 4 vCPU · $0 records + $0 searches | $311,760/yrUsage-based · $5,970 records + $19,980 searches |
Resource-priced vendors (billed by RAM/cluster) are mapped to the smallest plan that fits; see notes. Try your own numbers against all search providers.
Side by side
| Typesense Cloud | Meilisearch Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Managed clusters of the open-source Typesense engine, billed hourly by RAM and vCPU with no per-search or per-record fees. | Managed Meilisearch from Paris-based Meili. Choose usage-based billing (per document and search) or resource-based instances. |
| Headquarters | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇫🇷 France |
| Parent jurisdiction | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇫🇷 France |
| EU self-serve plan | Available; check eligible plans and regions | Available; check eligible plans and regions |
| GDPR DPA | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | payg | payg |
| Free tier | — | 14-day free trial, no credit card required. |
| Open source | Yes · self-hostable | Yes · self-hostable |
| Source last checked | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Pricing evidence | Modeled rates | Modeled rates |
Which should you choose?
Typesense Cloud has the lower estimated bill wherever both list a self-serve price, from 100K records, 500K searches / month to 20M records, 100M searches / month. From about 50M records, 250M searches / month, Typesense Cloud is over its self-serve plan limits.
Choose Typesense Cloud if…
- it has the lower estimated bill at Docs site, E-commerce and Marketplace usage
Choose Meilisearch Cloud if…
- you want to start free (14-day free trial, no credit card required)
- you want a provider whose parent company is outside the US (France)
Based on estimated list-price bills and the facts above. Features, performance and support aren’t scored.
Typesense Cloud pricing
Published rates converted using workload assumptions. Read the notes. Single-node cluster with 1 KB records and modeled sizing. Production HA roughly triples cost; EU regions can cost more.
| Plan | Base fee / month |
|---|---|
| 0.5 GB RAM, 2 vCPU burst 1 h/day | $21.6 |
| 1 GB RAM, 2 vCPU burst 2 h/day | $28.8 |
| 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU burst 4 h/day | $43.2 |
| 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU burst 4 h/day | $72 |
| 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU burst 7 h/day | $129.6 |
| 16 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | $194.4 |
| 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | $280.8 |
| 32 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | $381.6 |
| 64 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | $727.2 |
Billed per cluster-hour; searches and records are not metered. Modelled as the cheapest single-node configuration that fits each bucket. RAM follows Typesense's own sizing assistant (2-3 times the indexed data size / 0.8, using the low end) at ~1 KB per record, about 400k records per GB of RAM. Burstable vCPUs are used for low traffic, and at least 4 vCPUs above ~20 requests/second, as Typesense recommends. Prices are for N. Virginia from the official calculator. Frankfurt is about 10-35% more (e.g. 4 GB burst $79.20, 64 GB $972). High availability (3 nodes, recommended for production) roughly triples the price (4 GB burst HA $237.60). Bandwidth out $0.09/GB. EU regions include Frankfurt, Ireland, Paris, Stockholm, Milan and Spain. Typesense, Inc. is a US company.
Typesense Cloud plan limits, full rates and cheaper alternatives · official pricing page
Meilisearch Cloud pricing
Published rates converted using workload assumptions. Read the notes. Resource sizing assumes 1 KB records. Large usage-based estimates may require a negotiated plan.
| Plan | Base fee / month | 1k additional records / month | 1k additional searches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usage-based | $30 | $0.3 | $0.4 |
| Resource-based XS (0.5 vCPU, 1 GB) | $22.53 | $0 | $0 |
| Resource-based S (1 vCPU, 2 GB) | $39.78 | $0 | $0 |
| Resource-based M (2 vCPU, 4 GB) | $74.28 | $0 | $0 |
| Resource-based L (2 vCPU, 8 GB) | $143.28 | $0 | $0 |
| Resource-based XL (4 vCPU, 16 GB) | $313.06 | $0 | $0 |
Usage-based: $30/month base with 100k documents and 50k searches, then $0.30 per 1,000 documents and $0.40 per 1,000 searches. The site's estimator switches to "contact us" above $1,000/month, so large workloads are negotiated. Resource-based: instances from the estimator are XS $17.73, S $34.98, M $69.48, L $138.48 and XL $304.96 per month, plus disk at $0.15/GiB-month (32 GiB minimum, $4.80). Sizing uses the vendor's own estimator at ~1 KB per record: RAM of at least 3 times the data size, and 1 vCPU per 1M searches/month. That vCPU rule is conservative, which is why mid-size and large presets fall back to usage-based pricing. Larger instances (2XL and up) are Enterprise. Regions include Frankfurt, Paris and London. Prices vary by region (e.g. XS $14.88 in N. Virginia). Meili SAS, Paris.
Meilisearch Cloud plan limits, full rates and cheaper alternatives · official pricing page
Frequently asked questions
Is Typesense Cloud cheaper than Meilisearch Cloud?
Typesense Cloud has the lower estimated bill wherever both list a self-serve price, from 100K records, 500K searches / month to 20M records, 100M searches / month. From about 50M records, 250M searches / month, Typesense Cloud is over its self-serve plan limits. At 1M records, 5M searches / month, the estimates are $864/yr for Typesense Cloud and $27,360/yr for Meilisearch Cloud. Estimates use list prices and leave out features, support and operating costs.
Do Typesense Cloud and Meilisearch Cloud offer EU data residency?
Both offer EU data residency on a self-serve plan. Check which plans and regions qualify.
Do Typesense Cloud and Meilisearch Cloud have a free tier or trial?
Meilisearch Cloud: 14-day free trial, no credit card required. Typesense Cloud has no free tier or trial in our data.
Where are Typesense Cloud and Meilisearch Cloud based?
Typesense Cloud is headquartered in the United States. Meilisearch Cloud is headquartered in France.