Elasticsearch vs Typesense
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description: Elasticsearch is a distributed, enterprise-grade search engine with powerful analytics capabilities and a massive ecosystem, while Typesense is a lightweight, easier-to-deploy alternative optimized for typo tolerance and sub-100ms search latency. Elasticsearch excels at scale and complex queries; Typesense prioritizes simplicity and speed.
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date published: 2026-07-08T18:35:22.562Z
date created: 2026-07-08T18:35:22.562Z
date modified: 2026-07-08T18:35:22.828Z
content reference time: 2026-07-08T18:35:22.828Z
author: A Versus B
publisher: A Versus B
about: Elasticsearch
about: Typesense
abstract: Elasticsearch is a distributed, enterprise-grade search engine with powerful analytics capabilities and a massive ecosystem, while Typesense is a lightweight, easier-to-deploy alternative optimized for typo tolerance and sub-100ms search latency. Elasticsearch excels at scale and complex queries; Typesense prioritizes simplicity and speed.
text: Deployment Complexity. Memory Footprint (Baseline). Search Latency (p99). Typo Tolerance. Ecosystem & Integrations. Maximum Data Scale. Learning Curve
conclusion text: Choose Elasticsearch if you need enterprise-scale search, complex analytics, multi-language support, or have massive datasets requiring distributed clustering. Choose Typesense if you want to launch a search feature quickly, prefer minimal operational overhead, need built-in typo tolerance, or are building a smaller-to-mid-scale application (under 100GB of data).
additional property: Monthly Ingestion Cost per GB
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  value: Elasticsearch: $0.10 - $0.20 | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Free Tier Data Retention
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  value: Elasticsearch: 30+ days (self-hosted) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Setup Time to Production
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  value: Elasticsearch: 40-80 (self-hosted) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Supported Programming Languages
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  value: Elasticsearch: Unlimited (via client libraries) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Maximum Data Volume per Cluster
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  value: Elasticsearch: Petabyte-scale (1000+ TB) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Query Language Complexity (1-10 scale)
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  value: Elasticsearch: 7 (Lucene/DSL - steep learning curve) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Deployment Options
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  value: Elasticsearch: Self-hosted, SaaS (Elastic Cloud), or Kubernetes | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Average Customer Onboarding Time
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  value: Elasticsearch: 30-90 days | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Base Annual Cost (Small Deployment)
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Elasticsearch: $0 (self-hosted) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Per-Gigabyte Ingestion Cost
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  value: Elasticsearch: $0 (unlimited after infrastructure cost) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Query Response Time (1B records)
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Elasticsearch: 50-200ms | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Built-in Compliance Certifications
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  value: Elasticsearch: 0 (requires custom hardening) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Machine Learning Use Cases Included
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  value: Elasticsearch: 3 (anomaly detection, forecasting, outlier detection) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Maximum Cluster Nodes
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  value: Elasticsearch: Unlimited (enterprise only) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Community Support Response Time
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  value: Elasticsearch: 12-48 (community forums) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Max Ingestion Throughput
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  value: Elasticsearch: 75,000 | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Query Latency (50th percentile)
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  value: Elasticsearch: 300 | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Data Compression Ratio (metrics)
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  value: Elasticsearch: 4:1 | Typesense: N/A
additional property: GitHub Stars
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  value: Elasticsearch: 65,800 | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Minimum Cluster Node Count
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  value: Elasticsearch: 2 | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Third-Party Integrations
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  value: Elasticsearch: 2000+ | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Memory Overhead (1M events)
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  value: Elasticsearch: 250 | Typesense: N/A
additional property: P99 Query Latency
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  value: Elasticsearch: 100-500ms | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Maximum Recommended Cluster Size
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  value: Elasticsearch: 1,000+ (tested to 10,000 with advanced tuning) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Data Compression Ratio
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  value: Elasticsearch: 2-4x | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Full-Text Search Capability
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  value: Elasticsearch: Native (analyzers, relevance tuning, fuzzy matching) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Time to First Production Query
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  value: Elasticsearch: 1-3 days (schemaless indexing) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: SQL Support
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  value: Elasticsearch: SQL via plugin (Elastic SQL), primary is Query DSL | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Typical Memory Per Node
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  value: Elasticsearch: 32-64GB for equivalent throughput | Typesense: N/A
additional property: GitHub Stars (as of 2026)
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  value: Elasticsearch: 66,000+ | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Total Cost of Ownership (Year 1)
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  value: Elasticsearch: $0-$10,000 (self-hosted) or $20,000-$60,000 (managed) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Average Time to Root Cause (MTTR)
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  value: Elasticsearch: 45-120 (manual investigation required) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Implementation Timeline
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  value: Elasticsearch: 6-12 weeks | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Supported Technologies
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  value: Elasticsearch: 1000+ via community/Beats | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Data Retention (Default)
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  value: Elasticsearch: Unlimited (storage-dependent) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Ingest Rate (Typical)
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  value: Elasticsearch: 500,000+ EPS per cluster | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Learning Curve
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  value: Elasticsearch: 3-6 months | Typesense: N/A
additional property: API Complexity
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  value: Elasticsearch: Complex Query DSL requiring technical expertise | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Average Query Latency
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Elasticsearch: 47ms | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Minimum RAM Requirement
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Elasticsearch: 512MB | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Enterprise Market Share
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  value: Elasticsearch: 66% | Typesense: N/A
additional property: GitHub Community Size
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  value: Elasticsearch: 68,000+ stars | Typesense: N/A
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  value: Elasticsearch: 5-10 minutes | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Bulk Indexing Performance
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  value: Elasticsearch: 65 docs/sec per thread | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Annual Commercial Support Cost
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  value: Elasticsearch: $5,000-$50,000 | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Faceted Search Native Support
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  value: Elasticsearch: Via aggregations (requires custom queries) | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Time to First Production Deployment
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  value: Elasticsearch: 14-28 days | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Query Latency (p99)
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Elasticsearch: 50-200ms | Typesense: N/A
additional property: Monthly Cost (100GB index, 1M queries/month)
  type: PropertyValue
  value: Elasticsearch: $200-500 self-hosted | Typesense: N/A
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teaches: How to choose between Elasticsearch and Typesense
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main entity: When should I use Elasticsearch over Typesense?
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  accepted answer: Answer
    text: Choose Elasticsearch if you have (1) datasets exceeding 5TB requiring distributed clustering, (2) complex aggregations and analytics needs, (3) multilingual full-text search requirements across 30+ languages, (4) existing Elastic Stack integration (Logstash, Kibana), or (5) mission-critical deployments requiring proven enterprise support. Netflix and Lyft handle 100+ billion queries daily on Elasticsearch.
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main entity: When should I use Typesense over Elasticsearch?
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  accepted answer: Answer
    text: Choose Typesense if you need (1) instant deployment with minimal ops overhead, (2) sub-100ms search latency as a core requirement, (3) built-in typo tolerance without configuration, (4) low-memory footprint for containerized environments, or (5) a simpler developer experience with less DSL complexity. Typesense excels for e-commerce, SaaS, and mobile search features.
    language: en-US
main entity: Can I migrate from Elasticsearch to Typesense or vice versa?
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  accepted answer: Answer
    text: Migration is possible but non-trivial. Elasticsearch uses a different query DSL and index structure than Typesense. Tools like logstash-output-typesense exist, but require custom scripting for schema translation. For smaller datasets (under 50GB), migration takes 1-2 weeks; for larger datasets, plan 4-8 weeks. Typesense to Elasticsearch is simpler due to Elasticsearch's broader compatibility.
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main entity: What are the hosting costs for each platform?
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  accepted answer: Answer
    text: Elasticsearch: Self-hosted costs $1,000-$5,000/month for modest scale (10 nodes × 2GB RAM); Elastic Cloud managed service ranges $500-$5,000+/month depending on throughput. Typesense: Self-hosted costs nearly nothing (minimal infrastructure); Typesense Cloud costs $39-$399/month depending on data size and QPS, making it significantly cheaper for small-to-mid projects.
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main entity: Which has better documentation and community support?
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  accepted answer: Answer
    text: Elasticsearch dominates with 15+ years of community content, 50,000+ Stack Overflow questions, multiple books, and enterprise support contracts. Typesense has growing documentation (1,000+ GitHub discussions) but fewer third-party resources. For complex troubleshooting, Elasticsearch community is more comprehensive; for basic use cases, Typesense documentation is clearer and more approachable.
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How to Choose Between Elasticsearch and Typesense
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description: Elasticsearch is a distributed, enterprise-grade search engine with powerful analytics capabilities and a massive ecosystem, while Typesense is a lightweight, easier-to-deploy alternative optimized for typo tolerance and sub-100ms search latency. Elasticsearch excels at scale and complex queries; Typesense prioritizes simplicity and speed.
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step: Consider: Deployment Complexity
step: Consider: Memory Footprint (Baseline)
step: Consider: Search Latency (p99)
step: Consider: Typo Tolerance
step: Consider: Ecosystem & Integrations
step: Consider: Maximum Data Scale
step: Consider: Learning Curve
tool: A Versus B Comparison Guide
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  text: Choose Elasticsearch if you need enterprise-scale search, complex analytics, multi-language support, or have massive datasets requiring distributed clustering. Choose Typesense if you want to launch a search feature quickly, prefer minimal operational overhead, need built-in typo tolerance, or are building a smaller-to-mid-scale application (under 100GB of data).

Consider: Deployment Complexity
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text: Deployment Complexity: Elasticsearch has Requires JVM, multiple nodes, complex configuration, while Typesense has Single binary, minimal configuration needed.

Consider: Memory Footprint (Baseline)
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position: 2
text: Memory Footprint (Baseline): Elasticsearch has ~512MB minimum (with overhead), while Typesense has ~50MB for basic instance.

Consider: Search Latency (p99)
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position: 3
text: Search Latency (p99): Elasticsearch has 50-200ms on standard config, while Typesense has 10-50ms (optimized for sub-100ms).

Consider: Typo Tolerance
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text: Typo Tolerance: Elasticsearch has Requires plugin configuration, while Typesense has Built-in, enabled by default.

Consider: Ecosystem & Integrations
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text: Ecosystem & Integrations: Elasticsearch has 1000+ plugins, 15+ years of community tools, while Typesense has 50+ integrations, growing ecosystem.

Consider: Maximum Data Scale
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text: Maximum Data Scale: Elasticsearch has Petabyte-scale with clustering, while Typesense has Terabyte-scale per instance.

Consider: Learning Curve
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text: Learning Curve: Elasticsearch has Steep - requires REST API mastery, while Typesense has Gentle - intuitive API design.

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claim reviewed: Elasticsearch vs Typesense
review body: Elasticsearch is a distributed, enterprise-grade search engine with powerful analytics capabilities and a massive ecosystem, while Typesense is a lightweight, easier-to-deploy alternative optimized for typo tolerance and sub-100ms search latency. Elasticsearch excels at scale and complex queries; Typesense prioritizes simplicity and speed.
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  best rating: 5
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item reviewed: Elasticsearch vs Typesense

Maximum Practical Index Size
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Petabyte-scale (unlimited) | Typesense: N/A

Infrastructure Management Requirement
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Requires DevOps expertise | Typesense: N/A

API Response Time for Simple Search
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 100-300ms | Typesense: N/A

Customization Depth (1-10 scale)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 9/10 (plugins, analyzers, scripting) | Typesense: N/A

Support SLA Response Time
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Community-based or 4+ hours (enterprise) | Typesense: N/A

Time to Production
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 14-28 days (self-hosted) | Typesense: N/A

Monthly Cost (1TB/day ingestion)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: $3,000-$8,000 | Typesense: N/A

Price per GB Ingested
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: $0.02-$0.05 | Typesense: N/A

Out-of-Box Integrations
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: ~300 integrations | Typesense: N/A

Default Data Retention
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Unlimited (configurable) | Typesense: N/A

Infrastructure Management Overhead
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 1.0-2.0 FTE | Typesense: N/A

Query Language Complexity
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Advanced EQL with full customization | Typesense: N/A

Setup Complexity (1-10 scale)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 8/10 (requires DevOps expertise) | Typesense: N/A

Minimum Memory Requirement
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 2-4 GB | Typesense: 512 MB
value reference: Typesense

Setup Time to First Query
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 120-240 minutes | Typesense: 15-30 minutes
value reference: Typesense

Query Latency (p95 on 1M docs)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 50-200 ms | Typesense: 10-50 ms
value reference: Typesense

Maximum Recommended Data Scale
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 1+ Billion (across clusters) | Typesense: 100+ Million (single/dual node)
value reference: Elasticsearch

Aggregation Types Supported
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 40+ aggregation types | Typesense: 8-12 basic faceting/metrics
value reference: Elasticsearch

Default Typo Tolerance
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Manual configuration required | Typesense: Built-in and enabled

GitHub Stars (Community Size)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: ~60,000 stars | Typesense: ~18,000 stars
value reference: Elasticsearch

Annual Infrastructure Cost (100M docs)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: $50,000-150,000 | Typesense: $5,000-15,000
value reference: Typesense

Enterprise Market Share (2024)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 70% | Typesense: N/A

Time to First Production Insight
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 14-30 days | Typesense: N/A

Automatic Instrumentation Coverage
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 30-40 (via Beats) | Typesense: N/A

Starting Annual Cost
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: $0 (open-source) or $12,000 | Typesense: N/A

AI-Powered Root Cause Analysis
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Requires third-party integrations | Typesense: N/A

Query Language Flexibility
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Full Elasticsearch Query DSL and custom scripts | Typesense: N/A

Community Size & Resources
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 1M+ active developers | Typesense: N/A

Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) Improvement
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Depends on manual investigation | Typesense: N/A

Infrastructure Setup Complexity
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 80-200 hours (extensive) | Typesense: N/A

Average Time to Value
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 14-30 days | Typesense: N/A

Total Cost of Ownership (3-year, 500GB/month ingestion)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: $120,000 (self-hosted licensing + 2 FTEs infrastructure) | Typesense: N/A

Number of Pre-built Integrations
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 150+ | Typesense: N/A

Supported Data Types
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Logs, metrics (via plugins), custom JSON data | Typesense: N/A

Data Retention Default
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Unlimited (storage-dependent) | Typesense: N/A

Query Performance on 1TB Index
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 100-2000ms (depends on tuning) | Typesense: N/A

Required Infrastructure Team Size (100 users)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 2-3 (cluster management + optimization) | Typesense: N/A

Community Size
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 180,000+ (open-source) | Typesense: N/A

Memory Usage (Baseline Configuration)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 512 MB | Typesense: 50 MB
value reference: Typesense

Search Latency (99th Percentile)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 150 ms | Typesense: 35 ms
value reference: Typesense

Maximum Dataset Size (Practical Limit)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Unlimited (petabyte-scale) | Typesense: 1-5 TB per instance
value reference: Elasticsearch

Setup Time (Basic Deployment)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 60-120 minutes | Typesense: 5-10 minutes
value reference: Typesense

Available Integrations
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 1000+ plugins/integrations | Typesense: 50+ integrations
value reference: Elasticsearch

Full-Text Search Languages Supported
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 30+ languages | Typesense: 15 languages
value reference: Elasticsearch

Typo Tolerance (Out-of-Box)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Requires configuration/plugin | Typesense: Built-in and enabled by default

Production Deployments (Estimated)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 500,000+ companies worldwide | Typesense: 10,000+ companies globally
value reference: Elasticsearch

Typical Query Latency (1B rows, GROUP BY)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 500-2000ms | Typesense: N/A

Index Size to Data Ratio
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 0.5-2x | Typesense: N/A

Full-Text Search Optimization
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Native, highly optimized (primary feature) | Typesense: N/A

GitHub Stars (Community Size Proxy)
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 68,000+ | Typesense: N/A

Real-Time Ingestion Support
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Via Beats and Logstash (indirect) | Typesense: N/A

Typical Deployment Complexity
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Low-Medium (simpler operations) | Typesense: N/A

Maximum Practical Dataset Size
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 5+ PB (operational limit) | Typesense: N/A

SQL Query Support
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: SQL plugin available (limited JOIN support) | Typesense: N/A

Annual Cost for 500GB/day Ingestion
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: $180,000-$240,000 | Typesense: N/A

Minimum Required DevOps FTE
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 2-4 full-time engineers | Typesense: N/A

Pre-built Integrations
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: 300+ community/official | Typesense: N/A

Query Language Expressiveness
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Lucene, KQL, SQL, JavaScript | Typesense: N/A

Data Retention Cost per GB/month
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: $0.50-$1.50 | Typesense: N/A

SLA Uptime Guarantee
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Varies by deployment (self-hosted: customer responsibility) | Typesense: N/A

Open Source
type: PropertyValue
value: Elasticsearch: Yes (SSPL/Elastic License) | Typesense: N/A

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Query Language Complexity
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Usability

Setup Complexity (1-10 scale)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Deployment & Usability

Minimum Memory Requirement
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Performance

Setup Time to First Query
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Ease of Use

Query Latency (p95 on 1M docs)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Performance

Maximum Recommended Data Scale
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Scalability

Aggregation Types Supported
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Analytics

Default Typo Tolerance
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Features

GitHub Stars (Community Size)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Community

Annual Infrastructure Cost (100M docs)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Cost

Enterprise Market Share (2024)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Adoption & Community

Time to First Production Insight
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Deployment & Speed

Automatic Instrumentation Coverage
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Ease of Use

Starting Annual Cost
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Pricing

AI-Powered Root Cause Analysis
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Intelligence

Query Language Flexibility
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Customization

Community Size & Resources
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Support & Ecosystem

Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) Improvement
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Performance Impact

Infrastructure Setup Complexity
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Operations

Average Time to Value
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Implementation

Total Cost of Ownership (3-year, 500GB/month ingestion)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Cost

Number of Pre-built Integrations
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Features

Supported Data Types
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Functionality

Data Retention Default
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Storage

Query Performance on 1TB Index
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Performance

Required Infrastructure Team Size (100 users)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Operations

Community Size
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Community

Memory Usage (Baseline Configuration)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Performance

Search Latency (99th Percentile)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Performance

Maximum Dataset Size (Practical Limit)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Scalability

Setup Time (Basic Deployment)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Deployment

Available Integrations
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Ecosystem

Full-Text Search Languages Supported
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Features

Typo Tolerance (Out-of-Box)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Features

Production Deployments (Estimated)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Adoption

Typical Query Latency (1B rows, GROUP BY)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Performance

Index Size to Data Ratio
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Storage Efficiency

Full-Text Search Optimization
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Search Capability

GitHub Stars (Community Size Proxy)
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Ecosystem

Real-Time Ingestion Support
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Data Ingestion

Typical Deployment Complexity
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Operations

Maximum Practical Dataset Size
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Scalability

SQL Query Support
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Query Language

Annual Cost for 500GB/day Ingestion
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Cost

Minimum Required DevOps FTE
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Operations

Pre-built Integrations
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Features

Query Language Expressiveness
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Functionality

Data Retention Cost per GB/month
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Cost

SLA Uptime Guarantee
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Reliability

Open Source
type: PropertyValue
value reference: Privacy & Security