OpenSearch Pricing

open sourceopen source · Apache 2.0last verified August 26, 2026official site ↗

Plan	Price	Notes
Open Sourceofficial source ↗	$0checked 2026-08-26	100% open-source software under Apache 2.0; unlimited search, indexing, vector search, and OpenSearch Dashboards instances

structured from cited official pricing sources: “OpenSearch is 100% free and open-source software licensed under Apache 2.0. There are no software licensing fees or closed-source paywalled features; organizations deploy and manage clusters on self-hosted servers or through third-party cloud infrastructure.”

Self-hosting cost

OpenSearch is open source under the Apache 2.0 license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

Free & cheaper Databases & ORMs

same category, free plan or open-source license

UpstashFreemium serverless data platform (Redis, Kafka, Vector, QStash). Free tier includes daily command/request quotas (10k commands/day for Redis/Kafka/Vector, 500 messages/day for QStash at $0/mo). Pay-as-you-go charges per request ($0.20-$0.40 per 100k requests) and storage ($0.25/GB/mo) with scale-to-zero idle compute. Pro fixed plans start at $280/mo with dedicated throughput and 99.99% SLA, and Enterprise plans provide dedicated VPC peering and custom compliance.TurboVecopen sourceFree and open source under the MIT License. Distributed as a Rust crate and Python package with zero software licensing fees.Neonopen sourceNeon provides a serverless PostgreSQL database with scale-to-zero capabilities. The Free tier includes 100 Compute Unit (CU) hours and 0.5 GB storage per month across up to 100 projects. Paid usage is consumption-based with no minimum monthly platform fee: Launch bills at $0.106/CU-hour and Scale at $0.222/CU-hour with $0.35/GB-month storage.SPTAGopen sourceFree and open source under the MIT License. Users provide their own hardware and compute infrastructure for distributed serving and index compilation.

OpenSearch overview →alternatives →review: 82/100 →

FAQ

How much does OpenSearch cost?

OpenSearch is 100% free and open-source software licensed under Apache 2.0. There are no software licensing fees or closed-source paywalled features; organizations deploy and manage clusters on self-hosted servers or through third-party cloud infrastructure.

Does OpenSearch have a free plan?

Yes — OpenSearch is open source and free to use.

Can you self-host OpenSearch for free?

OpenSearch is open source under the Apache 2.0 license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

What are free or cheaper OpenSearch alternatives?

Upstash, TurboVec, Neon are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

pricing is editorial catalog data (last verified August 26, 2026) — vendors change plans; confirm on the official site before you buy. Reuse this data under CC-BY 4.0 via /data.