Algolia alternatives

Search-as-a-service API for instant search experiences — NeuralSearch (vector) + lexical. Adopted by 12000+ companies including LVMH, Stripe. Full Algolia record →

1. 1 Supabase Vector Search platforms (non-memory)

   also in Search platforms (non-memory) · also offered managed · also has MCP

   OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 108k Apache-2.0 (Supabase stack); vectors via… Compare with Algolia →

2. 2 Typesense Search platforms (non-memory)

   also in Search platforms (non-memory) · also offered managed · also has MCP

   OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 27k GPL-3.0 Compare with Algolia →

3. 3 OpenSearch Search platforms (non-memory)

   also in Search platforms (non-memory) · also has MCP

   OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 14k Apache-2.0 Compare with Algolia →

4. 4 Tantivy Search platforms (non-memory)

   also in Search platforms (non-memory) · also offered managed

   OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 16k MIT Compare with Algolia →

5. 5 Vald Search platforms (non-memory)

   also in Search platforms (non-memory) · also offered managed

   OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 1.7k Apache-2.0 Compare with Algolia →

6. 6 Quickwit Search platforms (non-memory) ⚠ acquired — acquired by Datadog

   also in Search platforms (non-memory) · also offered managed

   OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ? ★ 12k Apache-2.0 Compare with Algolia →

7. 7 Sajari (now Search.io) Search platforms (non-memory) ⚠ acquired — acquired by Algolia; now Search.io

   also in Search platforms (non-memory)

   OSS ? Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ? ★ 4 Compare with Algolia →

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