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Meilisearch

Meilisearch adds fast, typo-tolerant search to products, docs and app data through a simple API. This template requires a master key at deploy time and keeps the index on a 10 GB persistent volume.

Meilisearch hosting on Varity costs $29.60 a month at most, with a 10 GB volume included. No request, ingress or egress fees.

$29.60/mo max

Deploy Meilisearch

$5 starter credit for apps, payment method required, 14 days

What you get

Deploying the template sets up every part below in your account, on its own HTTPS address

Services & storage

2 parts
  • MeilisearchSearch2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM
  • 10 GB volumeMounted in your appKept across restarts and redeploys

Why run Meilisearch on Varity

  • Search without per-query fees

    No request, ingress or egress fees. Every keystroke search your users send stays inside the $29.60 monthly maximum.

  • An index that survives restarts

    Indexes live on 10 GB of persistent storage, included in the maximum

  • Secured before first use

    MEILI_MASTER_KEY is required to deploy, so the API is never open without a key

What Meilisearch runs on

Monthly maximum for Meilisearch, by part
IncludedMonthly max
Meilisearch appScale plan: 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 25 GB temporary storage$28
App storage10 GB persistent volume, kept across restarts$1.60
Monthly maximum$29.60
How app hosting is billed
Best for
Adding fast, typo-tolerant search to products, documentation, and application data
Billing
By the running minute, never above the maximum
Traffic
No app traffic fees
Category
Databases
Built with
Rust

Set up Meilisearch

  1. 01

    In the Portal, choose Meilisearch from Templates and add these settings:

    MEILI_MASTER_KEY
    A private master key of at least 16 bytes. Generate one with openssl rand -hex 32 and keep it out of frontend code.
  2. 02

    Create an index and add documents through the API

  3. 03

    Use an admin API key to manage indexes and a search-only key in your frontend; keep the master key on the server

Meilisearch setup guide (opens in a new tab)Deploy your own code instead

Meilisearch hosting questions

How much does it cost to self-host Meilisearch?
$29.60 a month at most on Varity, including 10 GB of persistent storage, billed by the running minute.
Which key goes in my frontend?
A search-only API key. Keep the master key on the server and use an admin key only to manage indexes.
Is Meilisearch open source?
The Community Edition is MIT-licensed. Enterprise features in the same repository are under the Business Source License.

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