18.6
Chroma is open-source data infrastructure for AI that stores embeddings and metadata and supports search and retrieval across text, images, and other modalities.
Free planOpen sourceAndroidiOSWeb
Best Search Databases in 2026
When an application needs to retrieve information from an index, the search database shapes both the query experience and the capabilities available. Compare Chroma, Qdrant, and Typesense on primary search mode and query interface, then see whether faceted search or vector search fits the queries you expect to support. Deployment options and index limits add useful context about where and how much you can run.…
28.4
Vespa is an AI search platform for online, data-driven applications, combining retrieval, ranking, machine-learning inference, and real-time serving.
Open sourceWebAPILinux
38.2
Algolia is an API-first search solution that combines keyword and semantic methods to return relevant results.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb
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Pinecone
Pinecone is a fully managed vector database for AI workloads, available through web and API access.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.8From $20 a month - 5
Apache Solr
Apache Solr is a free, open-source search platform built on Apache Lucene, with full-text, vector, and geospatial search.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinuxmacOS7.7Free plan - 6
Meilisearch
Meilisearch is a search engine that developers can add to a website or application, either by self-hosting or using its cloud service.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.2From $20 a month - 7
Typesense
Typesense is an open-source search engine for adding search to a website or app.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.2Free plan - 8
Weaviate
Weaviate is an open-source AI vector database for storing, indexing, and searching high-dimensional vectors.
Free planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted7.0$45 usage-based - 9
Datafari
Free planWebLinuxSelf-hostedWindows6.9From $9,900 a year - 10
Google Vertex AI Search
Google Vertex AI Search, now presented as Agent Search, builds search and recommendation experiences for public websites and mobile apps.
AndroidiOSWebAPI6.9From $4 a month - 11
Qdrant
Qdrant is a vector similarity search engine and API for storing, searching, and managing vectors alongside payload data.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS6.9Free plan - 12
Azure AI Speech
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted6.7Free plan - 13
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch is an open-source distributed search and analytics engine for applications involving speed, scale and AI.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.7From $99 a month - 14
OpenSearch
OpenSearch is a community-driven, open-source suite for ingesting, searching, visualizing, and analyzing data.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS6.7Free plan - 15
Constructor
Constructor is an AI-native commerce discovery platform for retailers, built to personalize product discovery using shopper behavior, context, and intent.
AndroidiOSWebAPI6.6 - 16
Manticore Search
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS6.6Free plan - 17
Quickwit
Quickwit is a free, open-source search and analytics engine for querying data stored in cloud or shared storage.
WebAPILinuxmacOS6.4 - 18
Zilliz Cloud
Zilliz Cloud is a managed Milvus service for deploying and scaling vector search applications.
Free planWebAPI6.4Free plan - 19
Milvus
Milvus is a free, open-source vector database for GenAI applications, developed by Zilliz.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.3Free plan - 20
Swiftype
WebAPI6.2From $79 a month - 21
LanceDB
LanceDB is an AI-native multimodal lakehouse for developing training datasets.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.1Free plan - 22
ParadeDB
ParadeDB adds full-text and vector search, filters, facets, and joins directly to PostgreSQL through the pg_search extension.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.1Free plan - 23
turbopuffer
turbopuffer is an object-storage-native database for vector and full-text search, available through an API, self-hosted deployment, and web access.
WebAPISelf-hosted6.1From $16 a month - 24
Sonic
Sonic is a free, open-source search backend for applications that need to index text and query it alongside identifiers.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted6.0Free plan - 25
Vald
Vald is a free, open-source engine for distributed approximate nearest-neighbor search across dense vectors.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.0Free plan