Manticore Search is an open-source search database that positions itself as an alternative to Elasticsearch. It supports full-text search, vector search and an SQL interface, and the project states that it runs on modest hardware. The software is published under open-source licences that the project describes as OSI-approved, and contributions are accepted on GitHub. The vendor also offers consulting, tuning and custom feature development.
The software is maintained by Manticore Software Ltd, a company based in the United Kingdom with its office in Kent. The United Kingdom is outside the EU. Because the software is open source, an organisation can run it on its own infrastructure within the EU, so that search data does not have to leave its control. The website does not describe a managed cloud service or make GDPR commitments, so an organisation that buys vendor support should review those terms itself.