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Elastic Search vs Lucidworks comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Elastic Search
Ranking in Indexing and Search
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (5th), Search as a Service (1st), Vector Databases (5th)
Lucidworks
Ranking in Indexing and Search
7th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Indexing and Search category, the mindshare of Elastic Search is 10.1%, down from 24.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Lucidworks is 5.8%, down from 11.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Indexing and Search Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Elastic Search10.1%
Lucidworks5.8%
Other84.1%
Indexing and Search
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2817942 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Logging and vector search have transformed observability and empowered reliable ai agents
Elastic Search is not specifically being used for certain purposes. I deploy Elastic Search database on the cloud and use cloud services so that nobody can attack. However, I do not use Elastic Search to resolve attack issues. The basic main purpose of Elastic Search, as of now, I feel it can do more in the AI area. Sometime I saw that when I am developing RAG and have to generate the embeddings, which I call metadata, sometimes it tries to fail. That durability or issue handling should be improved, but apart from that, I did not find anything as of now. As per my use case, whatever I am using seems pretty good. Apart from that, some definitely improvement will be there. One improvement is that it should be faster. Whenever I am searching any logs, it takes much time. For example, if I open my log in Notepad or a similar tool, I can search the text within a second. With Elastic Search, it takes a little bit of time, ten to fifteen seconds. That can be improved. Sometimes, engineers take time to assign when I create a ticket.
reviewer1679460 - PeerSpot reviewer
Department Manager at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Multiple connectors available, simple to manage, and easy to use for all users
The valuable features are automation and multiple connectors available out of the box. It is simple to manage and easier to use for all users The solution could improve by adding more AI and natural language processing. I have been using Lucidworks for approximately five years. Lucidworks is…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I would recommend Elastic Search to other people who want to have fast search in their applications."
"In summary, Elasticsearch is a very useful product that I can quickly recommend."
"This has improved our organization because we articulated Kubernetes, Docker, and GitHub with amazing simplicity in the scaling up of our service."
"The initial setup is very easy for small environments."
"There are a lot of good things about this solution. First, it is an extremely fast search. We have quite an extensive number of logs, and we can search through billions of documents in just a few minutes, and get the results we're looking for."
"There's lots of processing power. You can actually just add machines to get more performance if you need to. It's pretty flexible and very easy to add another log. It's not like 'oh, no, it's going to be so much extra data'. That's not a problem for the machine. It can handle it."
"The solution is valuable for log analytics."
"The solution has great scalability."
"Provides the ability to control how indexing and searching perform and controls how the scoring for search results is done, letting you customize the search experience according to your needs."
"We have a single powerful search solution, which provides search capabilities for all our needs."
"The valuable features are automation and multiple connectors available out of the box, and it is simple to manage and easier to use for all users."
 

Cons

"The documentation regarding customization could be better."
"There is a lack of technical people to develop, implement and optimize equipment operation and web queries."
"The solution must provide AI integrations."
"I see that there are areas in Elastic Search that have room for improvement, such as user documentation and onboarding processes."
"It is hard to learn and understand because it is a very big platform. This is the main reason why we still have nothing in production. We have to learn some things before we get there."
"I want the solution to improve the graph feature because it is a little bit poor."
"Logstash has been a challenge and needs improvements in data ingestion reconciliation."
"Apart from the good things, what I would like to see improved or enhanced in Elastic Search is the storage cost."
"Having some kind of prebuilt client UI will be helpful."
"The price of the solution is a little high and the downside is there is not a perpetual license available."
"The solution could improve by adding more AI and natural language processing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We use the free version for some logs, but not extensive use."
"It can move from $10,000 US Dollars per year to any price based on how powerful you need the searches to be and the capacity in terms of storage and process."
"Elastic Search is open-source, but you need to pay for support, which is expensive."
"An X-Pack license is more affordable than Splunk."
"Although the ELK Elasticsearch software is open-source, we buy the hardware."
"We are using the open-sourced version."
"This is a free, open source software (FOSS) tool, which means no cost on the front-end. There are no free lunches in this world though. Technical skill to implement and support are costly on the back-end with ELK, whether you train/hire internally or go for premium services from Elastic."
"The price of Elastic Enterprise is very, very competitive."
"The price of the solution is a little high and the downside is there is not a perpetual license available. I have to renew it annually. The price of Lucidworks can be difficult for some of my clients to afford."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Retailer
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise12
Large Enterprise49
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ELK Elasticsearch?
Elastic Search is easy to use in Azure cloud. Mostly, my full company uses Azure cloud, so it is easy to use. Cost-wise, my company found Elastic Search is good. Cost matters. Based on cost and use...
What needs improvement with ELK Elasticsearch?
The initial configuration could be easier; at first, the learning curve is a little high, and over time, it becomes easier. For me, the initial configuration might be improved.
What is your primary use case for ELK Elasticsearch?
We use Elastic Search for a research application based on paper study, and the primary usage is for indexing the data and then functioning in a similar way to an e-commerce search bar.
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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Elastic Enterprise Search, Swiftype, Elastic Cloud
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

T-Mobile, Adobe, Booking.com, BMW, Telegraph Media Group, Cisco, Karbon, Deezer, NORBr, Labelbox, Fingerprint, Relativity, NHS Hospital, Met Office, Proximus, Go1, Mentat, Bluestone Analytics, Humanz, Hutch, Auchan, Sitecore, Linklaters, Socren, Infotrack, Pfizer, Engadget, Airbus, Grab, Vimeo, Ticketmaster, Asana, Twilio, Blizzard, Comcast, RWE and many others.
Wells Fargo, Cisco, Nike, Target, Verizon, Hortonworks
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902,417 professionals have used our research since 2012.