quickwit
The premium Open Source alternative to Elasticsearch
🎯 Best for:Indexing massive immutable datasets
What is quickwit?
A sub-second search engine designed for logs and traces, replacing heavy indexers like Elasticsearch. It stores data directly on object storage like S3, decoupling compute from storage for cost efficiency.
Tech Stack
RustMonitoring & Logs
Why quickwit?
- • Decoupled compute/storage
- • Rust performance
- • Kafka native integration
Limitations
- • Not for mutable data
- • Fewer aggregations than Elastic
- • Requires object storage
3/5/2026
Last Update
521
Forks
736
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Elasticsearch)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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