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Best Elasticsearch Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from spatial databases ranked against Elasticsearch on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Supabase Free plan AndroidapiiOSMacself-hosted $25/mo7.6
    Elasticsearch vs Supabase
  2. 2
    Couchbase Lite AndroidapiiOSLinuxWeb 6.9
    Elasticsearch vs Couchbase Lite
  3. 3
    MySQL Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.4
    Elasticsearch vs MySQL
  4. 4
    RavenDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Elasticsearch vs RavenDB
  5. 5
    Teradata VantageCloud Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Elasticsearch vs Teradata VantageCloud
  6. 6
    CockroachDB Cloud Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.06/mo6.2
    Elasticsearch vs CockroachDB Cloud
  7. 7
    CrateDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.2
    Elasticsearch vs CrateDB
  8. 8
    Databricks Notebooks Free plan Web Free6.2
    Elasticsearch vs Databricks Notebooks
  9. 9
    GeoDesk Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.2
    Elasticsearch vs GeoDesk
  10. 10
    rasdaman Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.2
    Elasticsearch vs rasdaman
  11. 11
    SingleStore Helios Free plan apiWeb $0.99/mo6.2
    Elasticsearch vs SingleStore Helios
  12. 12
    Amazon RDS Free plan apiWeb Free6.1
    Elasticsearch vs Amazon RDS
  13. 13
    DuckDB UI Free plan extensionLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.1
    Elasticsearch vs DuckDB UI
  14. 14
    GeoMesa Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.1
    Elasticsearch vs GeoMesa
  15. 15
    MonetDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.1
    Elasticsearch vs MonetDB
  16. 16
    Redis Insight Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.1
    Elasticsearch vs Redis Insight
  17. 17
    SedonaDB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.1
    Elasticsearch vs SedonaDB
  18. 18
    Tile38 Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.1
    Elasticsearch vs Tile38
  19. 19
    YugabyteDB Anywhere Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.1
    Elasticsearch vs YugabyteDB Anywhere
  20. 20
    Apache Solr Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.0
    Elasticsearch vs Apache Solr

Elasticsearch alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Supabase7.6Free plan$25/moAndroid, API, iOS, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Couchbase Lite6.9No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
3MySQL6.4Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4RavenDB6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5Teradata VantageCloud6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
6CockroachDB Cloud6.2Free plan$0.06/moAPI, Linux, Web
7CrateDB6.2Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Databricks Notebooks6.2Free planFreeWeb
9GeoDesk6.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
10rasdaman6.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
11SingleStore Helios6.2Free plan$0.99/moAPI, Web
12Amazon RDS6.1Free planFreeAPI, Web
13DuckDB UI6.1Free planFreeBrowser, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14GeoMesa6.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
15MonetDB6.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
16Redis Insight6.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
17SedonaDB6.1Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
18Tile386.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
19YugabyteDB Anywhere6.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
20Apache Solr6.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
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Questions about Elasticsearch alternatives

What is the best alternative to Elasticsearch?

Supabase, number 1 in spatial databases with a score of 7.6 out of 10. The others here: Couchbase Lite, MySQL, RavenDB and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Elasticsearch?

Supabase is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 18 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.