A one-time allowance of the first 720 cluster hours and 10 GB of bandwidth on select configurations; running clusters are billed hourly afterwards.
Verified ·Oct 15, 2026
Free allowance
What the free plan includes, as the provider states it.
- cluster hours
- 720 h
- Once per account lifetime, for select configurations on the pricing page; about 30 days of one cluster running continuously. Does not replenish.
- bandwidth
- 10 GB
- Once per account lifetime.
Before you rely on it
Read with the default assumptions: a project that may grow and may make money.
- Notice: Free only for a limited time (30 days)
- Notice: Usage past the free limit is billed with no hard stop
The fine print
Each verdict links to the quote it rests on.
- Free for
- 30 days
- At the limit
- Overage is billed
- Spending cap
- None: usage past the limit is billed
- Idle projects
- No pause rule documentedOnce the free tier is exhausted, any running clusters start incurring charges. For production use, Typesense recommends adding a payment method as soon as possible to prevent service interruptions, without saying what would interrupt service.
- Data retention
- No deletion rule documented
- Card at sign-up
- Not documentedSign-up with a work email address or GitHub.
- Identity check
- An email address
- Commercial use
- Not statedTypesense recommends adding a payment method before using it in production.
- Mainland China
- Not verified
- Sign-up regions
- No restrictions documented
- Quotas apply per
- Account
Alternatives
Other free plans for the same need, ranked by the same neutral rules.
Changes
No changes recorded since this plan entered the catalog.
- Oct 15, 2026
- Awaiting review
- Free tier