A fast search engine, hosted in France
A full-text search engine powered by Manticore Search, installed and maintained by DINAO. Ultra-fast full-text, vector, and analytics search — a sovereign alternative to Elasticsearch and Algolia, hosted on our French servers.
What is Manticore Search?
Manticore Search is an open-source database dedicated to search and analytics, created in 2017 as a continuation of Sphinx Search. Multi-storage and high-performance, it offers ultra-fast full-text search, real-time indexing, vector search, and columnar storage for very large datasets.
For full-text, Manticore offers more than 20 operators and over 20 ranking factors, stemming, lemmatization, synonyms, Chinese segmentation, highlighting, and plugin-based tokenization. Its hybrid search combines text and vector retrieval in a single query for better relevance, ideal for semantic and AI use cases.
Designed for easy integration, Manticore is queried via SQL (MySQL protocol) or through an HTTP API, reads data from MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL, CSV, XML, and other sources, and integrates with Logstash, Grafana, or Apache Superset. It is a drop-in for the “E” in the ELK stack and a sovereign alternative to Elasticsearch, Algolia, and AWS Kendra.
Host Manticore Search at DINAO
Resource tiers compatible with Manticore Search prerequisites (minimum 1 vCPU / 512 Mo / 2 Go). Hosted in France, fully managed.
- 1 dedicated vCPU
- 2 Go RAM
- 20 GB NVMe
- Daily backups
- Managed & monitored by DINAO
- 2 dedicated vCPU
- 4 Go RAM
- 40 GB NVMe
- Daily backups
- Managed & monitored by DINAO
- 4 dedicated vCPU
- 8 Go RAM
- 80 GB NVMe
- Daily backups
- Managed & monitored by DINAO
- 8 dedicated vCPU
- 16 Go RAM
- 160 GB NVMe
- Daily backups
- Managed & monitored by DINAO
This application uses AI
The container hosts the application, not the AI engine (which requires dedicated GPUs) : inference is handled externally, with your own provider key. Prioritize a sovereign engine — Mistral AI, NumSpot, Scaleway, or OVHcloud AI Endpoints (France, GDPR) ; an international provider (OpenAI, Anthropic…) only if a specific capability requires it. Inference subscriptions are not included in hosting.
Technical details
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You might be wondering…
Can Manticore replace Elasticsearch or Algolia?
Yes, for many use cases. Manticore is a drop-in for the “E” in the ELK stack and serves as a sovereign, lighter, and often faster alternative to Elasticsearch, Algolia, or AWS Kendra, hosted in France.
How do I query the engine from my application?
Manticore is queried via SQL using the MySQL protocol — familiar to most teams — or via an HTTP API. It also reads your data directly from MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL, CSV, XML, and other sources.
Does it handle vector search and AI?
Yes. Manticore supports vector search and hybrid search, which combines full-text and vector retrieval in a single query for better relevance — useful for semantic and AI use cases.
Where are my indexed data hosted?
On DINAO’s infrastructure in France, in an isolated container. Your indexes and documents never leave the territory and are not transmitted to any third party.
Are technical skills required?
Manticore integration is handled on the application side by your technical team (indexing and queries). DINAO manages the installation, security, monitoring, and updates of the instance.
