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Meilisearch

Search Available Free tier

Search that forgives typos

Meilisearch gives you fast, typo-tolerant full-text search with filters, facets and sorting out of the box. Push JSON documents in and query them from the browser with a search-only key.

Good for

  • Site and docs search
  • Product catalogues
  • Search-as-you-type
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Sample query

curl · meili-7f3k.us-east.databasezy.com
Sample 
$ POST /indexes/movies/search
  { "q": "spase advnture", "filter": "year > 2000", "limit": 3 }
Sample result of the Meilisearch query above
title year rank
Space Adventure Club 2,014 1
Adventures in Space 2,009 2
The Last Space Adventure 2,021 3
3 rows · 3 ms Illustrative data and timing

Features

Meilisearch on Databasezy

  • Typo tolerance

    Misspelled queries still find the right documents without extra configuration.

  • Filters and facets

    Mark attributes as filterable or sortable and build faceted navigation.

  • Search-only keys

    Create scoped API keys so the browser can query an index directly and safely.

  • Data directory snapshots

    The data directory is copied to object storage on your plan's schedule. Native Meilisearch snapshots are planned.

Quick start

Connect to Meilisearch

Hosts, ports and the CA bundle come from the portal or the CLI after you create an instance. Credentials are shown once and never stored by our control plane.

From the CLI

1. Create the instance
zb instances create --engine meilisearch --name meilisearch-7f3k --wait
2. Download the CA bundle
zb ca > databasezy-ca.pem
3. Print the endpoint
zb connect meilisearch-7f3k --print

At a glance

Category
Search
Versions
1.54
Wire protocol
http · port 443
Runtime
Single-node adapter (getmeili/meilisearch)
Backup
Native Meilisearch snapshots to object storage
Pause
Scale to zero
Free tier
Yes
Licence
MIT

Connection strings and drivers

Endpoint
https://meili-7f3k.us-east.databasezy.com  (TLS; API key)
HTTP
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <api-key>" https://meili-7f3k.us-east.databasezy.com/indexes
JavaScript (meilisearch)
import { Meilisearch } from "meilisearch";

const client = new Meilisearch({ host: "https://meili-7f3k.us-east.databasezy.com", apiKey: process.env.MEILI_KEY });
console.log(await client.index("movies").search("spase"));

Deployment

Choose where it runs

Placement is chosen per database, so a regulated workload and a side project can live in the same organisation.

  • Standard hosting

    Shared cells with namespace isolation, default-deny network policy and an IP allow-list. Available from the free plan up.

    • Usage-based compute, billed per running hour
    • Spend cap to stop surprises

  • Secure hosting (HIPAA)

    This database runs on dedicated nodes in a separate HIPAA cell, under a signed Business Associate Agreement. Available on Team and Enterprise.

  • From the CLI or API

    Script instances in CI with the zb CLI or the REST API. Pick the placement per instance.

    secure placement
    zb instances create --engine meilisearch --placement secure --wait

Plans

Meilisearch on each plan

Usage-based pricing with a spend cap: you pay a plan fee plus what your instances use.

Free tier

Yes. One f0 instance with a shared vCPU (bursts to 1), 512 MiB of memory and a 500 MB database, no card required. It sleeps after 15 minutes idle and wakes on connect.

Sizes

From s0 (0.25 vCPU, 1 GiB) at $10/mo up to xl32 (32 vCPU, 128 GiB). Resize without changing the connection string.

All sizes and prices

Backups

Native Meilisearch snapshots to object storage. Snapshots only: point-in-time recovery is not available for this engine.

Migrate

Migrate to Meilisearch from

Copy a database in with a connection string, a file upload or the CLI. Preflight checks the source first and verification compares the copy.

Documentation

Meilisearch docs

Meilisearch questions

Which Meilisearch versions can I run?

1.54 today. Minor and patch updates are applied in your maintenance window after a pre-change backup.

Which extensions, modules or plugins are available?

We run the open-source Meilisearch Community Edition. Settings such as ranking rules, synonyms and stop words are configured per index through the API.

How are backups handled?

Backups use Native Meilisearch snapshots to object storage. Paid plans run scheduled backups (Solo: daily, 7-day retention; Team: daily, 14-day retention); the free plan keeps one manual snapshot. Meilisearch does not support point-in-time recovery; you restore from the most recent snapshot into a new instance.

Is the connection encrypted?

Always. The gateway terminates TLS (1.3 where your client supports it, 1.2 at minimum) and re-encrypts traffic to the database. Plain-text connections are refused. Verify the server with our CA bundle from the portal or zb ca, and restrict access further with the IP allow-list included on every plan.

Can I pause it when I'm not using it?

Yes. Free instances sleep after 15 minutes without connections and wake on the next one; after 7 idle days they are archived with the disk kept. On paid plans you pause on demand or on a schedule. A paused instance bills storage and backups but no compute, and wakes in 10 to 40 seconds.

What are the limits?

The free plan runs one f0 instance with a shared vCPU (bursts to 1), 512 MiB of memory, 20 connections and a 500 MB database. Paid sizes run from s0 (0.25 vCPU, 1 GiB, 60 connections, $10/mo) to xl32 (32 vCPU, 128 GiB, 5,000 connections), with up to 16 TB of disk.

Which key do I get?

The master key. Keep it on your servers and use it to create scoped API keys; give browsers a search-only key limited to the indexes they need.

What you get on each plan

Plan features as they apply to Meilisearch.

Meilisearch features by plan
Feature Free Solo Team Enterprise
Meilisearch on this plan YesYesYesYes
Plan fee $0/mo$25/mo$599/moCustom
Largest size f0xl32xl32xl32
Included per instance 500 MB8 GB8 GBNegotiated
Max disk per instance 1 GB1 TB16 TB16 TB
Scheduled backups 1 manual snapshotDaily, 7-day retentionDaily, 14-day retentionHourly, 35-day retention · cross-region copy · immutable
Point-in-time recovery Not available for this engineNot available for this engineNot available for this engineNot available for this engine
Pause Sleeps after 15 min idle, wakes on connectOn demand or on a scheduleOn demand or on a scheduleOn demand or on a schedule
Secure hosting (HIPAA) ——Available with a BAAAvailable with a BAA
Support CommunityEmailPriority24x7 dedicated
Uptime SLA ——99.9%99.95%

Start with Meilisearch today

The free plan needs no card. Upgrade when you need more, and keep the same endpoint.

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