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Elasticsearch

Elastic stack serverless

Elasticsearch enables you to build powerful search experiences for websites, applications, and enterprise data using Elastic's unified platform.

Use cases

Here are a few common real-world applications:

Use case	Business goals	Technical requirements
Ecommerce/product catalog search	Provide fast, relevant, and up-to-date results, faceted navigation	Inventory sync, user behavior tracking, results caching
Workplace/knowledge base search	search across range of data sources, enforcing permissions	Third-party connectors, document-level security, role mapping
Website search	Deliver relevant, up-to-date results	Web crawling, incremental indexing, query caching
Customer support search	surface relevant solutions, manage access controls, track metrics	Knowledge graph, role-based access, analytics
Chatbots/RAG	Enable natural conversations, provide context, maintain knowledge	Vector search, ML models, knowledge base integration
Geospatial search	Process location queries, sort by proximity, filter by area	Geo-mapping, spatial indexing, distance calculations