Quickwit alternatives

Open-source distributed search engine for logs/traces — cloud-native (object storage as primary tier). Acquired by Datadog 2024. Full Quickwit record →

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

    also in Search platforms (non-memory) · also open source · also self-hostable · also offered managed

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

  2. 2 Typesense Search platforms (non-memory)

    also in Search platforms (non-memory) · also open source · also self-hostable · also offered managed

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

  3. 3 Tantivy Search platforms (non-memory)

    also in Search platforms (non-memory) · also open source · also self-hostable · also offered managed

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

  4. 4 OpenSearch Search platforms (non-memory)

    also in Search platforms (non-memory) · also open source · also self-hostable

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

  5. 5 Vald Search platforms (non-memory)

    also in Search platforms (non-memory) · also open source · also self-hostable · also offered managed

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

  6. 6 Algolia Search platforms (non-memory)

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

    OSS — Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ✓ proprietary (hosted SaaS); open-source API… Compare with Quickwit →

  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 Quickwit →

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