🆚 Elasticsearch vs. Google Programmable Search Engine

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Google Programmable Search Engine is five times more popular than Elasticsearch.
🌎 Google Programmable Search Engine is more popular in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Elasticsearch is more popular in Norway, Sweden, and Luxembourg.

Elasticsearch

Google Programmable Search Engine

Type

Site search software solution

About

Elasticsearch is an open-source, distributed, JSON-based search and analytics engine, scalable data store, and vector database built on Apache Lucene.

Google Programmable Search Engine is a platform that lets users create a custom search engine for a website or a collection of websites.

It enables web and image search on selected sites, allows fine-tuning of ranking by keywords, weighted labels, and scores, supports customization of result pages, and offers a JSON API for programmatic retrieval of search results.

Headquarters

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mountain View, California, United States

Website

elastic.co #24,958

programmablesearchengine.google.com

Pricing

Free version ✔️Self-managed, open source

Elastic Cloud HostedStandard$99+/month
Gold$114+/month
Platinum$131+/month
Enterprise$184+/month

Free version ✔️Ad-supported or for non-profits only

Paid$5 per 1,000 queries

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Google Programmable Search Engine software solution is 5 times more popular than Elasticsearch.

Total websites

Market share

Site Search

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Programmable Search Engine is more popular in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom, while Elasticsearch is more popular in Norway, Sweden, and Luxembourg.

Japan

United States

United Kingdom

France

Germany

India

Russia

Brazil

Canada

Taiwan

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Norway in the Site Search category.
🥈 Second most popular in Taiwan in the Site Search category.
🥈 Second most popular in Turkey in the Site Search category.
🥈 Second most popular in Sweden in the Site Search category.
🥈 Second most popular in Hong Kong in the Site Search category.

🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Site Search category.
🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Site Search category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Site Search category.
🥇 Most popular in India in the Site Search category.
🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Site Search category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Programmable Search Engine is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, business, and blogs and wiki, while Elasticsearch is more commonly used on online shopping and marketing and merchandising sites.

Education/Reference

Business

Blogs/Wiki

Entertainment

General News

Public Information

Online Shopping

Travel

Internet Services

Health