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title: "Elastic vs Meilisearch: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Elastic or Meilisearch? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Search API platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Elastic vs Meilisearch: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Elastic or Meilisearch? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Search API platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Elastic and Meilisearch
- **Competitive set**: Search API platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Elastic Share of Search**: 44.1%
- **Meilisearch Share of Search**: 8.4%

## Which is more popular in search, Elastic or Meilisearch?

- In August 2026, Elastic had more branded searches than Meilisearch among search API platforms worldwide. Elastic was estimated to have 95K branded searches compared to Meilisearch’s 18.1K, and held a 44.1% Share of Search versus Meilisearch’s 8.4%.
- Elastic was ahead of Meilisearch in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Elastic’s estimated Share of Search among search API platforms worldwide moved from 52.3% to 44.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 172K to 95K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Meilisearch’s estimated Share of Search among search API platforms worldwide moved from 8.3% to 8.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 27.1K to 18.1K.

## How did search popularity change for search API platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Elastic gained estimated Share of Search among search API platforms worldwide, from 43% to 44.1%.
- In August 2026, Meilisearch gained estimated Share of Search among search API platforms worldwide, from 7.7% to 8.4%.

## Month by month

| Month | Elastic estimated searches | Elastic Share of Search | Elastic rank | Meilisearch estimated searches | Meilisearch Share of Search | Meilisearch rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 172K | 52.3% | 1 | 27.1K | 8.3% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 142K | 49% | 1 | 22.2K | 7.7% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 141K | 52.4% | 1 | 22.2K | 8.3% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 141K | 48.8% | 1 | 22.2K | 7.7% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 142K | 50.6% | 1 | 22.2K | 7.9% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 143K | 47.8% | 1 | 27.1K | 9.1% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 126K | 45.5% | 1 | 22.2K | 8% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 116K | 45.7% | 1 | 22.2K | 8.7% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 103K | 42.6% | 1 | 22.2K | 9.2% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 101K | 43% | 1 | 18.1K | 7.7% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 95K | 44.1% | 1 | 18.1K | 8.4% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Elastic’s and Meilisearch’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Elastic**: Measured on the search terms “elastic cloud”, “elastic co”, “elastic enterprise search”, “elastic search”, “elasticsearch” and “enterprise search elastic”, summed into one figure.
- **Meilisearch**: Measured on the search term “meilisearch”.

- [Elastic profile](/demand/global-en/brands/elastic-search)
- [Meilisearch profile](/demand/global-en/brands/meilisearch)
- [All search API platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/search-api-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Elastic or Meilisearch?

In August 2026, Elastic had more branded searches than Meilisearch among search API platforms worldwide. Elastic was estimated to have 95K branded searches compared to Meilisearch’s 18.1K, and held a 44.1% Share of Search versus Meilisearch’s 8.4%.

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