Does Elastic Cloud or Algolia support HIPAA?

HIPAA support — Elastic Cloud: Yes; Algolia: —. Confirm current scope with the vendor.

Elastic Cloud vs Algolia

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for search api. Algolia has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.

Algolia has the lower entry price — Elastic Cloud starts at $24/mo, Algolia at $0/mo. Free tier: Elastic Cloud No, Algolia Yes. HIPAA: Elastic Cloud Yes, Algolia —.

As of 2026-09-03 · figures link to their source below STALE

Side by side

Elastic Cloud

$24/mo entry

Entry price$24/mo (Serverless (Search))

Free tierNo

HIPAA (BAA)Yes

SOC 2Yes

GDPRYes

Best forObservability, logging, and SIEM at enterprise scale

Algolia

$0/mo entry

Entry price$0/mo (Build)

Free tierYes

HIPAA (BAA)—

SOC 2—

GDPR—

Best forE-commerce product discovery at scale

Sources — Elastic Cloud: elastic.co (verified 2026-09-03) · Algolia: algolia.com (verified 2026-09-03) STALE · 2026-06-14

Key features

Elastic Cloud: Full-text and vector (ANN) search on a single distributed engine; ELSER and e5 semantic search models (Platinum+); ML anomaly detection and forecasting; SIEM and security analytics (EQL); Cross-cluster replication and searchable snapshots; 400+ data source integrations via Beats/Logstash; Serverless Search tier with per-VCU billing; FedRAMP High and Moderate authorization

Algolia: Hybrid search (vector + keyword); AI ranking and personalization; NeuralSearch (semantic) on Elevate; Query categorization and AI synonyms; Merchandising Studio (no-code campaigns); Generative Experiences (RAG-powered answers); MCP Server for AI agent integrations; 70+ global PoPs across 17 regions

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