AI & Machine Learning / Vector Databases Verified 26 Apr 2026

Meilisearch Vector

Hybrid keyword + vector search

Paris, France · Founded 2018 · Freemium
A European alternative to Pinecone Chroma Milvus / Zilliz

About Meilisearch Vector

Meilisearch Vector is the vector and hybrid-search capability inside Meilisearch, the open-source search engine maintained by Meili, headquartered in Paris. It stores and retrieves embeddings alongside Meilisearch's sub-50 ms full-text search, typo tolerance, filtering, faceting and geosearch, enabling semantic and hybrid queries for product recommendations, RAG, image/video/audio retrieval and conversational search. The core engine is MIT-licensed and self-hostable for free; Meilisearch Cloud offers managed hosting from USD 30/month (Build), USD 300/month (Pro) and Enterprise on quote.

Quick facts

Pricing model Freemium
Free trial
Open source Yes
Self-hostable Yes
Public API No
Target audience B2B
Company size fit All
DPA available Yes
Data stored in EU Yes
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