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Best Elasticsearch Alternatives in 2026

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

  1. 1
    MySQL Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 7.9
    Elasticsearch vs MySQL
  2. 2
    CockroachDB Cloud Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.06/mo7.6
    Elasticsearch vs CockroachDB Cloud
  3. 3
    Teradata VantageCloud Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.6
    Elasticsearch vs Teradata VantageCloud
  4. 4
    Amazon RDS Free plan apiWeb Free7.4
    Elasticsearch vs Amazon RDS
  5. 5
    YugabyteDB Anywhere Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 7.4
    Elasticsearch vs YugabyteDB Anywhere
  6. 6
    RavenDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Elasticsearch vs RavenDB
  7. 7
    CrateDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.2
    Elasticsearch vs CrateDB
  8. 8
    Supabase Free plan AndroidapiiOSMacself-hosted $25/mo7.2
    Elasticsearch vs Supabase
  9. 9
    DuckDB UI Free plan extensionLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.0
    Elasticsearch vs DuckDB UI
  10. 10
    MonetDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    Elasticsearch vs MonetDB
  11. 11
    Virtuoso Universal Server Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.0
    Elasticsearch vs Virtuoso Universal Server
  12. 12
    GeoDesk Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.9
    Elasticsearch vs GeoDesk
  13. 13
    OpenSearch Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.9
    Elasticsearch vs OpenSearch
  14. 14
    rasdaman Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.9
    Elasticsearch vs rasdaman
  15. 15
    Databricks Notebooks Free plan Web Free6.8
    Elasticsearch vs Databricks Notebooks
  16. 17
    GeoMesa Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.8
    Elasticsearch vs GeoMesa
  17. 18
    Redis Insight Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.8
    Elasticsearch vs Redis Insight
  18. 19
    SedonaDB Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.8
    Elasticsearch vs SedonaDB
  19. 20
    SingleStore Helios Free plan apiWeb $0.99/mo6.8
    Elasticsearch vs SingleStore Helios
  20. 21
    Snowflake CoCo Free trial apiLinuxMacWebWin 6.8
    Elasticsearch vs Snowflake CoCo

Elasticsearch alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1MySQL7.9Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2CockroachDB Cloud7.6Free plan$0.06/moAPI, Linux, Web
3Teradata VantageCloud7.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
4Amazon RDS7.4Free planFreeAPI, Web
5YugabyteDB Anywhere7.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
6RavenDB7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7CrateDB7.2Free plan—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Supabase7.2Free plan$25/moAndroid, API, iOS, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9DuckDB UI7.0Free planFreeBrowser, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10MonetDB7.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11Virtuoso Universal Server7.0No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
12GeoDesk6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Windows
13OpenSearch6.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14rasdaman6.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
15Databricks Notebooks6.8Free planFreeWeb
17GeoMesa6.8Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
18Redis Insight6.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19SedonaDB6.8Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
20SingleStore Helios6.8Free plan$0.99/moAPI, Web
21Snowflake CoCo6.8No—API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
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Questions about Elasticsearch alternatives

What is the best alternative to Elasticsearch?

MySQL, number 1 in spatial databases with a score of 7.9 out of 10. The others here: CockroachDB Cloud, Teradata VantageCloud, Amazon RDS and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Elasticsearch?

MySQL is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 17 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on.