Meilisearch Pricing & Free Plan Limits
Complete pricing breakdown for Meilisearch including all plans, hidden costs, and limitations.
Pricing score: 85/100
Is Meilisearch free?
Yes — the Self-Hosted (Open Source) plan costs nothing. Paid plans start at $30.00/month (Build (Cloud)).
Free plan limits
- Users: Unlimited
- Storage: Limited by your server
- No managed hosting, no AI search features, manual scaling required, no analytics dashboard
Watch out: You pay for infrastructure (servers, hosting, maintenance). No official support included.
Plans & Pricing
User limit: Unlimited
Storage: Limited by your server
User limit: Unlimited
Storage: Based on instance size (XS to 4XL)
User limit: Unlimited team members
Storage: Based on documents
User limit: Unlimited team members
Storage: Based on documents
Pricing Issues Reported by Users
Cloud pricing expensive at high traffic
G2 reviews note 'if you have a lot of traffic, the pricing per search on the cloud can be expensive.' Recent pricing changes have raised concerns, as 'the new pricing model might not feel as fair or cost-effective for those with large indexes but lower usage.'