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The gold standard for text-based search
October 15, 2018

The gold standard for text-based search

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Elasticsearch

We use Elasticsearch to power a web search engine that allows users of our web platform to search for products, content, and more. With Elasticsearch we were able to quickly and effectively develop and deploy a search solution that is fast, scalable, and was a breeze for our developers to implement.
  • Lightning fast
  • Easily scalable
  • Powerful feature set
  • Additional complexities when in need of frequent & rapid updates to the Elasticsearch data set
  • New syntax can be confusing, particularly with advanced features and more powerful queries
  • Quick to implement a powerful, effective search product that makes our user happy
  • Cheap, fast, and scalable - an ideal component of our stack
As far as we are concerned, Elasticsearch is the gold standard and we have barely evaluated any alternatives. You could consider it an alternative to a relational or NoSQL database, so in cases where those suffice, you don't need Elasticsearch. But if you want powerful text-based search capabilities across large data sets, Elasticsearch is the way to go.
Elasticsearch is the gold standard for text-based search. Across large data sets it performs admirably, and we will certainly make it our first choice search solution in the future. For a use case where needs are simple and regular database queries might suffice, Elasticsearch may or may not provide any benefits.