Elastic Cloud is the hosted version of Elasticsearch, billed by cluster size and data tier. Running your own search cluster avoids the hosted pricing and licence changes while offering compatible or lighter alternatives.
6 open-source alternatives to Elastic Cloud you can host yourself, ranked by GitHub stars and updated daily.
| # | App | Category | Stars | Language | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
meilisearch/meilisearch
|
Search Engines | 59,842 | Rust | today |
| 2 |
typesense/typesense
|
Search Engines | 27,119 | C++ | today |
| 3 |
zincsearch/zincsearch
|
Search Engines | 17,937 | Go | 1mo |
| 4 |
opensearch-project/OpenSearch
|
Search Engines | 13,996 | Java | today |
| 5 |
manticoresoftware/manticoresearch
|
Search Engines | 12,083 | C++ | today |
| 6 |
apache/solr
|
Search Engines | 1,700 | Java | today |