name: Quickwit Plans and Pricing
description: Quickwit is an open-source, cloud-native search engine released under the Apache 2.0 license. The core software is free to self-host. In January 2025, Quickwit was acquired by Datadog; no separate commercial SaaS pricing tiers are publicly listed by Quickwit itself.
url: https://quickwit.io/
plans:
  - name: Open Source (Self-Hosted)
    description: Full-featured community edition available on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license. Deployable on-premise, on Kubernetes via Helm, or on any major cloud provider. No seat limits, no feature gates.
    type: free
    pricing:
      unit: self-hosted
      amount: 0
      currency: USD
      period: month
    features:
      - Sub-second search and analytics on cloud object storage (S3, GCS, Azure Blob)
      - Schemaless NDJSON document ingestion
      - REST API with Swagger UI and OpenAPI spec at /openapi.json
      - Elasticsearch-compatible search API
      - Index, Source, Search, Delete, and Cluster management APIs
      - OpenTelemetry and Jaeger native tracing support
      - Kafka and Kinesis source connectors
      - Grafana data-source plugin
      - Kubernetes / Helm deployment support
      - Multi-tenancy with retention and lifecycle policies
      - GDPR-compliant document deletion
      - High availability and horizontal scalability
    limitations:
      - No managed cloud offering from Quickwit
      - Support is community-based (Discord, GitHub Issues)
      - Enterprise SLA requires third-party managed hosting (e.g., Elestio)
notes: >
  Quickwit joined Datadog in January 2025. The open-source repository
  (quickwit-oss/quickwit) continues to receive releases under Apache 2.0.
  For managed hosting, third-party providers such as Elestio offer paid plans.
  Contact Datadog for enterprise licensing inquiries.