Bonsai
Uses AIGrow your search with Bonsai
bonsai.io Software Development / Backend, Databases & Storage
- Monthly visits
- 12.8K
- Down6.3%MoMOct 2026
- Entry price
- $150/mo
- Higher than 94% of peersNiche median $19/mo
- Launched
- 11y ago
- 2015-11-12 · Est.
Traffic & revenue
Revenue evidence
Publicly disclosed & verified revenue figures, sorted by date“Bonsai's revenue run rate was about $6.6M a year in February 2021. GetLatka worked that out (MRR around $550K (early 2021) x 12) from what Dru Sellers said on camera.”
Marketing moves
Launches, search & content, referrals, promotionsLaunched on Product HuntLaunch
Hosted Elasticsearch for Developers. Fully managed, scalable
Nov 12, 2015 · 11y agoLaunch page
Third-party reviews & case dossiers
Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metricsBonsai, operating at bonsai.io, is a managed search engine platform founded in 2011 and headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Traffic sources
Traffic breakdown
Channels
- Direct39%
- Organic Search33%
- Referrals10%
- Social6%
- Other11%
Countries
- United States44%
- India17%
- Vietnam12%
- Germany10%
- Russia5%
Search
Domain authority —Domain registered 2012-02-04
| Keyword | Monthly volume |
|---|---|
| bonsai | 108.4K |
| bonsai llm | 3,640 |
| bonsai ai | 3,410 |
| bonsai search | 190 |
| bons.ai | 180 |
Traffic data: Vaneform
Pricing
Trial: None · 7 paid tiers ($150–$5500) · Observed 2026-11-09 · Pricing page
Entry price $150/mo, Higher than 94% of peers; “Backend, Databases & Storage” median is $19/mo.View pricing benchmark
Pages & changes
Key pages
Weekly snapshots- Homebonsai.io/
- Pricingbonsai.io/pricing Snapshot 2026-11-09
- Featuresbonsai.io/platform/opensearch-on-aws Snapshot 2026-11-09
Changes
Questions & evidence
- How much does Bonsai cost?
- Standard Plan: $25–$400; Business Plan: $600–$2,500; Enterprise Plan: $5,500/mo; Staging: Unknown; Standard Fir: Unknown; Standard Elm: Unknown; Standard Cork: $150/mo; Standard Teak: $250/mo; Standard Oak: $400/mo; Business L\*: $600/mo; Business XL\*: $850/mo; Business 2X\*: $1,700/mo. Observed 2026-11-09. Check the source for current billing terms, usage limits and taxes.Source
- How much website traffic does Bonsai get?
- Vaneform estimates 12.8K website visits in 2026-10. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
- What is Bonsai and what platforms does it support?
- Bonsai is catalogued under Backend, Databases & Storage: Grow your search with Bonsai. Supported platforms: Web.
- What is Bonsai's publicly disclosed revenue?
- GetLatka records a founder-reported figure of $6.6M /yr stated on 2021-02-01.Source
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