Search
Full-text search, vector search, and search-as-a-service APIs
Wichtige Überlegungen
- ✓ Search type (full-text vs vector/semantic)
- ✓ Indexing speed and latency requirements
- ✓ Hosted vs self-hosted options
- ✓ Pricing per record and search operation
- ✓ Relevance tuning and analytics
Algolia
Search-as-a-service platform with typo-tolerance, faceting, and AI-powered search. InstantSearch UI libraries for React, Vue, and Angular.
Amazon OpenSearch
AWS managed search and analytics service, forked from Elasticsearch. Full-text search, log analytics, and observability with serverless option.
Apache Solr
Enterprise search platform built on Apache Lucene. Powers search for Netflix, eBay, and others. Highly customizable with extensive plugin ecosystem.
Chroma
Open source embedding database designed for AI applications. Simple API, runs locally or in the cloud. Popular choice for LangChain and AI projects.
Elastic Cloud
Managed Elasticsearch service with full-text search, analytics, and observability. The industry standard for log analysis and enterprise search.
Meilisearch
Open-source search engine with typo-tolerance and instant results. Self-hostable or managed cloud with simple API and great developer experience.
Orama
Edge-native search engine with full-text, vector, and hybrid search in under 2KB. Runs in browser, server, or edge with built-in RAG support.
Pinecone
Serverless vector database for AI applications with similarity search, RAG support, and inference API. Purpose-built for machine learning embeddings.
Qdrant
Open source vector similarity search engine with extended filtering support. Built in Rust for speed and reliability. Cloud and self-hosted options.
Typesense
Open-source search engine with typo-tolerance, tunable ranking, and vector search. Designed as an easier-to-use Algolia alternative.
Vespa
Yahoo's open source big data serving engine. Combines search, recommendation, and AI/ML serving in one platform. Used by Yahoo, Spotify, and others at massive scale.
Weaviate
Open-source vector database with hybrid search, auto-vectorization, and GraphQL API. Supports both self-hosted and managed cloud deployment.