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          "If you use pyepsilla against the cloud, patch or wrap it to verify TLS",
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      "name": "Typesense API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Typesense",
      "vendorUrl": "https://typesense.org",
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      "category": "vector-search",
      "summary": "Open-source (GPL-3.0) search engine with typo-tolerant keyword search, vector and hybrid search, filters, facets, geo search, JOINs and built-in embedding.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/typesense",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/typesense.md",
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      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/typesense.json",
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      "license": "GPL-3.0",
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        "streamable-http"
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          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "typesense"
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "typesense"
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      ],
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      "authNotes": "Cluster API uses the X-TYPESENSE-API-KEY header, with admin keys, keys scoped to collections and actions, and signed scoped search keys for per-user filters. Typesense Cloud Management API uses a capability-limited key. The hosted MCP server uses OAuth with a consent screen (Search only, Search and curate, Manage clusters, Build, Everything presets) or a Cluster Management API key as Bearer for cluster tools only.",
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      "pricingNotes": "Typesense Cloud bills a fixed hourly fee per dedicated cluster by RAM, vCPU, node count and high availability, charged whether or not it gets traffic, plus bandwidth at about 9 to 12 cents a GB by region. No per-record or per-search charges. A free-tier cluster (0.5 GB RAM, 2 vCPU burst, one node) needs no payment method. Billed weekly by card, or prepaid credits. Self-hosted Typesense is free software plus your own infrastructure (https://cloud.typesense.org/pricing).",
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        "evidence": "No x402 support in docs, pricing or MCP docs (checked 2026-09-30).",
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      "docsUrl": "https://typesense.org/docs/",
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        "scores": {
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          "tasks"
        ],
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          "date": "2026-10-01"
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          "GHSA-97x4-gm45-jpcw (moderate, search cache not isolated between scoped search keys) and GHSA-fpx5-8c99-247j (high, unauthenticated denial of service on /multi_search), both published 18 May 2026. The cache-keying fix landed on 20 March 2026 before v30.2. Fixed and disclosed, so a small deduction (https://github.com/typesense/typesense/security)."
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          "Hosted MCP server with OAuth consent presets, server-held data keys and destructive-tool annotations",
          "No status notices from July to October 2026 across 21 regions",
          "OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec with 79 operations, updated September 2026",
          "Free-tier cloud cluster without a payment method, and no per-request charges"
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          "Server v30.2 from April 2026 is still the newest stable release",
          "The authentication docs show the API key as a URL query parameter",
          "No SLA found, and SOC 2 reports need a paid support plan",
          "The MCP data tools need a browser sign-in, so a headless agent gets cluster tools only",
          "Cloud billing is per cluster-hour on dedicated hardware, so an idle cluster still costs money"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Call `whoami` first on the MCP server to see which permissions the connection holds",
          "Put the embedding field in `query_by` alongside text fields for hybrid search",
          "Send the key in `X-TYPESENSE-API-KEY`, not in the URL, so it stays out of logs",
          "Use a scoped search key for retrieval-only agents; never pass the admin key",
          "Imports over 1,000 documents or 10 MB through MCP come back as a curl command to run locally"
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        "http": "curl -G \"https://$TYPESENSE_HOST/collections/books/documents/search\" \\\n  -H \"X-TYPESENSE-API-KEY: $TYPESENSE_API_KEY\" \\\n  --data-urlencode \"q=harry potter\" --data-urlencode \"query_by=title\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http typesense-cloud https://cloud.typesense.org/mcp/v1",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "typesense-cloud": {
              "url": "https://cloud.typesense.org/mcp/v1"
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        "securityTxt": "none",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/typesense.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/typesense.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Epsilla Vector Database for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\nPick Typesense API + MCP for reliability (+28), schema \u0026 documentation (+50), agent ergonomics (+46), security \u0026 auth (+33), maintenance \u0026 community (+64), transparency \u0026 trust (+15).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Epsilla Vector Database | Typesense API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 83 | Typesense API + MCP +28 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 36 | 86 | Typesense API + MCP +50 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 47 | 93 | Typesense API + MCP +46 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 25 | 58 | Typesense API + MCP +33 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 8 | 72 | Typesense API + MCP +64 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 80 | Typesense API + MCP +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **36 · F** | **70.9 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Epsilla Vector Database | Typesense API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Epsilla | Typesense |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://dispatch.epsilla.com/api/v3` | `https://cloud.typesense.org/api/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | GPL-3.0 | GPL-3.0 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 9 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `org.typesense/typesense-cloud` |\n| Last release | 2025-11-29 | 2026-09-25 |\n| Popularity | 875 stars, 75 npm/wk, 125 PyPI/wk | 27k stars, 1.1M npm/wk, 276k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Epsilla Vector Database.** GPL-3.0 server you can run from one Docker image. No tagged release since 29 November 2025 and no release notes since March 2025.\n\n**Typesense API + MCP.** Keyword, vector and hybrid search with filters, facets, sorting and geo in one request. Server v30.2 from April 2026 is still the newest stable release.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Epsilla Vector Database\n\n1. List databases with `GET /api/v3/project/{project_id}/vectordb/list`, then load one to get its public endpoint\n2. Hybrid search is assembled client-side with `as_search_engine().add_retriever(...).set_reranker(type=\"rrf\")`\n3. If you use pyepsilla against the cloud, patch or wrap it to verify TLS\n4. Ask a person to create the database in the console first. The API can't\n\n### Typesense API + MCP\n\n1. Call `whoami` first on the MCP server to see which permissions the connection holds\n2. Put the embedding field in `query_by` alongside text fields for hybrid search\n3. Send the key in `X-TYPESENSE-API-KEY`, not in the URL, so it stays out of logs\n4. Use a scoped search key for retrieval-only agents; never pass the admin key\n5. Imports over 1,000 documents or 10 MB through MCP come back as a curl command to run locally\n\n## Other comparisons with Epsilla Vector Database or Typesense API + MCP\n\n- [Chroma API + MCP vs Epsilla Vector Database](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/chroma-vs-epsilla.md)\n- [Chroma API + MCP vs Typesense API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/chroma-vs-typesense.md)\n- [Epsilla Vector Database vs LanceDB](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/epsilla-vs-lancedb.md)\n- [Epsilla Vector Database vs Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/epsilla-vs-milvus-zilliz.md)\n- [Epsilla Vector Database vs Pinecone API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/epsilla-vs-pinecone.md)\n- [Epsilla Vector Database vs Qdrant API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/epsilla-vs-qdrant.md)\n- [Epsilla Vector Database vs Upstash Vector API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/epsilla-vs-upstash-vector.md)\n- [Epsilla Vector Database vs Weaviate API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/epsilla-vs-weaviate.md)\n- [LanceDB vs Typesense API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lancedb-vs-typesense.md)\n- [Milvus and Zilliz Cloud API + MCP vs Typesense API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/milvus-zilliz-vs-typesense.md)\n- [Pinecone API + MCP vs Typesense API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pinecone-vs-typesense.md)\n- [Qdrant API + MCP vs Typesense API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qdrant-vs-typesense.md)\n- [Typesense API + MCP vs Upstash Vector API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/typesense-vs-upstash-vector.md)\n- [Typesense API + MCP vs Weaviate API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/typesense-vs-weaviate.md)\n",
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