Search Engine Comparisons

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Search Engine Comparisons

Concerns

• Index Location
• Ease of Installation
• Ease of Configuration
• Ease of Indexing
• Ease of Searching
• Ease of Scaling

ElasticSearch

• Index Location (✔️ Disk & RAM)
• Ease of Installation (✖️)
• Ease of Configuration (✖️)
• Ease of Indexing (✖️)
• Ease of Searching (✖️)
• Ease of Scaling (✔️ complex, but works)
• Links
  • https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
  • https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-simple-query-string-query.html
• Examples
  • https://www.judyrecords.com/

MeiliSearch

• Index Location (✔️ Disk)
• Ease of Installation (✔️)
• Ease of Configuration (✔️)
• Ease of Indexing (✖️)
• Ease of Searching (✔️)
• Ease of Scaling (❓)
• Links:
  • https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch

Sonic

• Index Location (✔️ Disk)
• Ease of Installation (❓)
• Ease of Configuration (❓)
• Ease of Indexing (❓)
• Ease of Searching (❓)
• Ease of Scaling (❓)
• Links:
  • https://github.com/valeriansaliou/sonic

QuickWit

• Index Location (✔️ Disk)
• Ease of Installation (❓)
• Ease of Configuration (❓)
• Ease of Indexing (❓)
• Ease of Searching (❓)
• Ease of Scaling (❓)
• Links:
  • https://github.com/quickwit-oss/quickwit

TypeSense

• Index Location (✔️ RAM)
• Ease of Installation (✔️)
• Ease of Configuration (✔️)
• Ease of Indexing (✔️)
• Ease of Searching (✔️)
• Ease of Scaling (✔️ complex, but works)
• Links:
  • https://github.com/typesense/typesense
  • https://typesense.org/typesense-vs-algolia-vs-elasticsearch-vs-meilisearch/