CUSTOMER SUPPORT & KNOWLEDGE BASE SEARCH

Faster resolutions, powered by agents and real-time context

Build production-grade support agents with hybrid retrieval for accurate answers, document-level security for controlled access, and tools for everything from simple Q&A to automated resolution.

Customer support with Elasticsearch

Build apps that deflect cases and drive self-service with semantic search — for all internal teams on call.

  • Unify enterprise data into one source of truth

    Your support data lives everywhere. Use Elasticsearch connectors to bring tickets, chats, pdfs, logs, and product docs into a low latency and secure context layer for search, RAG, and support agents, protected by document-level controls and RBAC.

  • Build any support workflow, without switching tools

    Get everything you need to ship highly capable support agents — retrieval, evaluation, rules-based automation, agentic reasoning and tool usage, and end-to-end observability — to ship support experiences that scale from simple answers to automated resolution.

  • Provide agents with the right context

    Speed up resolution times and cut ticket volumes by leading with the right answer. Combine hybrid retrieval using state of the art Jina AI embeddings and reranker models with structured filters in a single query to achieve exceptional relevance.

How we built customer support at Elastic

Elastic delivers faster, more accurate support by pairing AI-powered retrieval and secure environment replication with expert validation at every step.

See how our support team achieved a four-month payback period, $1.7 million in cost avoidance, 23% faster first responses, and a 7% reduction in assisted cases using human-in-the-loop AI.

Deflect tickets with self-service

Build AI agents that pull from your knowledge base and drive self-service support. Combine summarization, document-level security, and hybrid retrieval to deliver accurate answers that reduce ticket volume, lower support costs, and help your team scale as your customer base grows.

IMPLEMENTATION FLEXIBILITY

The easiest path to production‑ready AI

Skip the pipeline work, and drive faster ticket resolutions without extra engineering overhead. Automate chunking and embeddings with semantic_text, and run managed Jina AI models on Elastic Inference Service to power precise, multilingual retrieval across your knowledge base in every language your customers speak.

Elasticsearch — the most widely deployed vector database

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OMNICHANNEL BY DESIGN

Customer support search your way

Elastic has a search solution for every channel your team uses to support customers, so you deliver relevant answers wherever questions pop up.

  • Support portal / knowledge base

  • Mobile app

  • Call center / help desk

  • Community site

  • Generative AI

TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT™

The Total Economic Impact™ of Elasticsearch

Forrester Consulting's commissioned study of Elasticsearch concluded that customers reduce their costs by 25% and save 24 hours per year per employee. Learn how your organization can decrease its costs and improve employee productivity with Elastic.

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INDUSTRY CREDIBILITY

Used by leaders in customer support

Brands that make customer service a differentiator use Elastic because it gets customers the most relevant answers every time. Elastic’s reliability, performance, and flexible deployment turn your search investment into savings.

  • Customer spotlight

    BBVA uses Elasticsearch to support customers at global scale by searching 20 years of transaction history across more than 45 billion records in real time. Support and operations teams resolve inquiries faster with 200–400 ms queries, while consolidating nine systems into one scalable, cost-efficient platform.

  • Customer spotlight

    Akeneo built a stable foundation for supporting enterprise customers with Elastic Cloud, reducing incidents and support overhead. With 99.9% uptime, 3x performance, and deployments every 30 minutes, teams spent less time firefighting and more time resolving customer issues, while cutting costs by 50%.

  • Customer Spotlight

    Docusign uses Elasticsearch and generative AI to streamline the agreement management process, from creating and signing agreements to managing them including tracking auto-renewals that can cost businesses millions.

VERSATILE? VERY.

Limitless search use cases on a single platform

With Elastic, you get a slew of tools that help you build any search solution you can think of. Whether it’s website search, customer support, or a unique use case with highly custom specifications, Elastic has the tools to help you create it.

  • Standalone and embeddable search apps

    Build custom search applications with real-time reporting for mobile apps, geolocation services, databases, and data lakes.

  • Ecommerce

    Turn browsers into buyers with search experiences that help them zero in on the products and services they need.

  • Elastic managed or self-managed connectors help you create unified search for all of your teams' productivity tools.

  • Websites

    Create search experiences that engage site visitors and help them track down whatever they're looking for.