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Algolia vs Meilisearch Cloud: free tier limits side by side
The free tier limit rows of Algolia and Meilisearch Cloud, as each vendor's public page listed them. Data collected on 2026-10-05.
Each column keeps the order of that tool's own page. A row puts two items next to each other by position only: they are the same kind of limit only when the item names say so. This page ranks nothing and picks neither tool.
| Algolia | Meilisearch Cloud |
|---|---|
| Search requests: 10,000 per month | Cloud free trial: 14 days |
| Records: 50,000 | Cloud starting price: $20/month |
| Recommendation requests: 5,000 per month | Usage-based plan: $30/month for 100K documents and 50K searches |
| Crawls: 5,000 per month | Self-hosted (MIT license): no usage limits |
| Applications: 1 | |
| Indices per application: 20 | |
| Application size: 1 GB |
Tool pages
Each tool page has the card and commercial use terms, the gotchas and the address of the vendor page that was read.
- Is Algolia still free? Yes
- Is Meilisearch Cloud still free? Trial only
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