Alternatives to Swiftype
Swiftype: Cloud-based search platform for application search, site search, and enterprise search. 8 products similar to Swiftype, compared on pricing, free tier, API, MCP server, SDK and open source. 8 of 8 have a free tier, 8 of 8 have an API, 6 of 8 offer an MCP server.
- Typesense Cloud
Hosted App and Site Search
- Synth AI
Cloud agents for applied AI research
- TinyFish
Web infrastructure for AI agents
- Apify
Marketplace of ready-to-run tools for AI
- Brave Search API
Web search API with an index of 40+ billion pages, including an LLM Context endpoint for agentic search.
- Websolr
Hosted Apache Solr search service
- SerpApi
Google Search API
- DeveloperHub
Hosted documentation platform for product docs, knowledge bases and API references
Side by side
| Product | Pricing | Free tier | API | MCP server | SDK | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiftype | Freemium · from 79 | yes | yes | no | — | no |
| Typesense Cloud | Usage-based | yes | yes | no | yes | no |
| Synth AI | Freemium · from $0.00 | yes | yes | yes | yes | — |
| TinyFish | Usage-based | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Apify | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| Brave Search API | Usage-based | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Websolr | Freemium | yes | yes | no | — | no |
| SerpApi | Freemium | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
| DeveloperHub | Freemium · from $99/month | yes | yes | yes | — | no |
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