A side-by-side comparison of two on-site search providers, based on the 14,979 Site Search sites tracked by Site Stats Database.
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| Metric | Google Programmable Search | Meilisearch |
|---|---|---|
| Websites | 4,272 | 239 |
| Market share | 29% | 1.6% |
| Share of top 10K sites | 0.97% | 0.02% |
| Share of top 100K sites | 0.81% | 0.04% |
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| Rank | #1 | #15 |
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| Median DR | 40 | 42 |
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| Average DR | 41 | 40 |
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| Median keywords | 1,715 | 1,403 |
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| Median referring domains | 1,028 | 877 |
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| Median domain age | 18 yrs | 11 yrs |
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| Average domain age | 18 yrs | 13 yrs |
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| Average monthly traffic | 193,824 | 68,813 |
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| Combined monthly traffic | 828,014,181 | 16,446,318 |
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Monthly snapshots of each segment, 2026-06 to 2026-07. Website counts move when our catalog grows; the share of tracked sites is normalized, so it only moves when real prevalence changes.
Websites
Share of tracked sites
Combined monthly traffic
4,272 websites · rank #1
Top industries
Top markets
239 websites · rank #15
Top industries
Top markets
Google Programmable Search is used by more websites in our catalog: 4,272 use Google Programmable Search and 239 use Meilisearch.
Meilisearch sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Google Programmable Search: 40, Meilisearch: 42).
Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Google Programmable Search went from 0.63% to 0.48% of all tracked sites, while Meilisearch went from 0.03% to 0.03%. Meilisearch is gaining ground faster in our index.
0 websites in our catalog use both Google Programmable Search and Meilisearch.
Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.
Citation
Site Stats Database. "Google Programmable Search vs Meilisearch." Site Stats Database, July 1, 2026. https://sitestatsdb.com/technologies/site-search/compare/google-programmable-search-vs-meilisearch
Site Stats Database tracks 4,272 websites using Google Programmable Search and 239 using Meilisearch, each enriched with full monthly traffic history, authority, keywords, referring domains, and the complete detected tech stack. We detect every on-site search provider by crawling each site's HTML, response headers, and DNS; traffic and SEO metrics come from DataForSEO and Ahrefs. Everything refreshes at least monthly.
See plans & pricing| English |
| 93 |
| 3,845,102 |
| 714,396 |
| 41 yrs |
| 104,117,233 |
| Google Programmable Search |
| uscis.gov | English | 91 | 415,746 | 83,657 | 22 yrs | 27,425,159 | Google Programmable Search |
| wisc.edu | English | 91 | 899,269 | 206,454 | 40 yrs | 23,643,339 | Google Programmable Search |
| ufl.edu | English | 90 | 855,336 | 184,301 | 40 yrs | 18,671,974 | Google Programmable Search |
| ucla.edu | English | 91 | 533,104 | 215,337 | 41 yrs | 12,467,733 | Google Programmable Search |
| landofbasketball.com | English | 54 | 160,852 | 4,058 | 12 yrs | 12,149,123 | Google Programmable Search |
| rutgers.edu | English | 90 | 402,403 | 132,809 | 41 yrs | 9,973,805 | Google Programmable Search |
| edd.ca.gov | English | 93 | 71,790 | 9,758 | 28 yrs | 8,491,472 | Google Programmable Search |
| lamar.edu | English | 75 | 113,703 | 11,627 | 36 yrs | 7,995,857 | Google Programmable Search |
| English |
| 39 |
| 18,154 |
| 2,668 |
| 25 yrs |
| 1,086,667 |
| Meilisearch |
| hostinger.com | English | 92 | 118,809 | 121,131 | 23 yrs | 909,947 | Meilisearch |
| plantura.garden | German | 69 | 109,326 | 7,774 | 9 yrs | 900,790 | Meilisearch |
| antidote.info | English | 70 | 6,813 | 3,555 | 24 yrs | 790,829 | Meilisearch |
| visitbatonrouge.com | English | 64 | 31,471 | 3,101 | 25 yrs | 763,864 | Meilisearch |
| maxroll.gg | English | 70 | 81,626 | 4,879 | 664,486 | Meilisearch |
| topartprint.com | English | 26 | 18,419 | 900 | 18 yrs | 586,563 | Meilisearch |
| mcp.so | English | 72 | 2,615 | 1,679 | 1 yr | 538,151 | Meilisearch |
| postable.com | English | 69 | 40,513 | 3,374 | 23 yrs | 485,782 | Meilisearch |