Algolia vs. Typesense
Side by side, with sources. Checked Oct 3, 2026.
Price
Free plan: 10K searches a month and 50K records, no card. Grow is pay-as-you-go: US$0.50 per extra 1,000 searches and US$0.40 per extra 1,000 records.Source: algolia.com
Free to run on your own server. Typesense Cloud charges by the hour per cluster plus bandwidth; the smallest cluster is about US$21.60 a month.from $21.60/monthSource: cloud.typesense.org
Pricing model
Paid plans · Free plan available
Open source · Free plan available
License
ProprietaryA proprietary hosted service under Algolia’s terms of service.
Open source · GPL-3.0The server is GPL-3.0; the official client libraries are Apache-licensed.
Works on
- – Windows
- – Mac
- – Linux
- ✓ Web browser
- – Your own server
- ✓ Windows
- ✓ Mac
- ✓ Linux
- ✓ Web browser
- ✓ Your own server
Where your data lives
On Algolia’s servers, in the US, UK or EU West on the free and Grow plans.
On your own server, or in a Typesense Cloud region you choose.
Getting started
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Difficulty: Advanced Using it for free means running a server from the command line. Typesense Cloud avoids servers but is paid after a one-time free allowance, and your site still needs code to use it.
Hosted version
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Typesense CloudPay by the hour; the first 720 hours and 10 GB of bandwidth are free once per account, not every month.
Our take
A practical Algolia replacement if someone on your team can run a server, or if a predictable hourly Cloud price suits you better than per-search billing.
Best for
Product teams with a developer
Sites and apps that need instant, typo-tolerant search and want to own the index.
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Memory and maintenance
The whole index lives in RAM, and self-hosting means you handle upgrades and backups.