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Meilisearch Cloud starts at $20/month for an XS instance (0.5 vCPU, 1 GB RAM) with 32 GiB of disk. You pay a fixed monthly price for your instance size, whatever your search volume, plus disk at $0.165 per GiB (32 GiB minimum) and $0.15 per GB of outbound bandwidth. Larger self-serve instances go up to XL, and Enterprise deployments are priced individually. Prices vary by region: use the cost estimator above to see the price in your region.

Yes, if you self-host. Meilisearch is open source under the MIT license, and you can deploy it on your own infrastructure for free with no usage limits. Meilisearch Cloud is a paid managed service starting at $20/month, with a 14-day free trial and no credit card required.

Yes. Cloud includes a 14-day free trial. No credit card required to start.

Self-hosting is free and gives you full infrastructure control, but you manage updates, backups, and scaling yourself. Cloud takes care of all of that: it is fully managed, with automatic upgrades and email support included. Most teams start on Cloud and never need to self-host.

Use the cost estimator above to find the right instance based on your document count, search volume, and document size. You can upgrade or downgrade your instance at any time.

Yes. If regulatory, security, or data residency requirements mean you can't use Cloud, you can self-host Meilisearch on your own infrastructure and still get a dedicated support agreement, an SLA, and access to advanced features. Contact our team to discuss your requirements.

Talk to our team. We'll look at your traffic, document volume, and growth plans and recommend the plan and instance size that cost you the least over time.

Cloud is self-serve: you pick an instance from XS to XL (up to 4 vCPU and 16 GB RAM) starting at $20/month, and you can change size at any time. XL runs on dedicated CPU cores. Enterprise is for larger and mission-critical deployments: 2XL and larger instances, custom infrastructure, uptime SLAs up to 99.999%, SSO and dedicated support, priced through sales.

You can move to a larger instance at any time. Disk grows automatically with your data at $0.165 per GiB beyond the 32 GiB minimum, and outbound bandwidth is billed at $0.15 per GB.

Self-serve Cloud instances go up to XL (4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM). Larger instances (2XL and above) and Enterprise contracts with volume discounts are available through our sales team. You can also self-host the open-source engine for free on your own infrastructure.