⚡ Search Engines in Germany

Search engine technologies used on websites help users quickly find relevant content by providing full-text search, autocomplete, faceted navigation, typo tolerance, and result ranking. Some are specifically designed for e-commerce and support specialized features such as product filtering, dynamic recommendations, and personalized results based on user behavior.

According to our statistics, search engine technologies are used on 1.2% of websites from Germany.

⭐ Most Popular in 2025

The following chart shows the top search engine technologies in Germany in 2025, based on market share.

The most popular is Solr with a share of 29.4%, followed by Google Programmable Search Engine with 23.3% and Algolia with 12.5%.

Solr 29.4%
Google Programmable Search Engine 23.3%
Algolia 12.5%
Doofinder 9.2%
Elasticsearch 8%
Lunr 6.2%
Yext 1.7%
Site Search 360 1.2%
Boost 1.2%
Searchanise 1%
Clerk.io 1%
Coveo 0.8%
Yandex Site Search 0.7%
Pagefind 0.7%
Other 3.1%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top technologies that are more popular in Germany than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Solr ^(-2)
4. Doofinder ^(-1)
7. Yext ^(-3)
8. Site Search 360 ^(-10)
11. Clerk.io ^(-6)
14. Pagefind ^(-11)
15. Fuse.js ^(-5)
16. AddSearch ^(-5)
17. Flexsearch ^(-13)
19. Typesense ^(-4)

✨ Best Search Engine Technologies

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 28 search engine technologies used on sites from Germany, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	SolrWilmington, Delaware, United States An enterprise multimodal search server built on Apache Lucene, an open source information retrieval library.	29.4%
2	Google Programmable Search EngineMountain View, California, United States Lets you create a search engine for your website, your blog, or a collection of websites.	23.3%
3	AlgoliaPalo Alto, California, United States A hosted search engine that provides full-text, numeric and faceted search with real-time results.	12.5%
4	DoofinderMadrid, Spain An e-commerce search and discovery solution that connects customers with products.	9.2%
5	ElasticsearchAmsterdam, Netherlands An open source, distributed, JSON-based search and analytics engine, scalable data store, and vector database built on Apache Lucene.	8%
6	Lunr A small full-text search JavaScript library for use in the browser.	6.2%
7	YextNew York, United States A cloud-based digital experience platform that includes listings management, generative AI and SEO tools, a natural language search engine and analytics.	1.7%
8	Site Search 360Dresden, Germany A cloud-based site search platform with e-commerce support, JavaScript crawling, and YouTube video indexing.	1.2%
9	BoostHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam An AI search and discovery solution for Shopify.	1.2%
10	SearchaniseSan Francisco, California, United States A sophisticated website search engine for e-commerce stores.	1%
11	Clerk.ioCopenhagen, Denmark An AI-powered e-commerce personalization platform that helps web stores sell more through intelligent search and targeted product recommendations.	1%
12	CoveoQuebec City, Canada A scalable, extensible, cloud-based search, recommendation, and personalization platform.	0.8%
13	Yandex Site SearchMoscow, Russia A customizable solution from the Russian search engine Yandex for adding search functionality to websites.	0.7%
14	PagefindDunedin, Otago, New Zealand A fully static JavaScript search library that aims to perform well on large sites while using as little bandwidth as possible.	0.7%
15	Fuse.jsSan Francisco, California, United States A powerful and lightweight JavaScript library for client-side fuzzy search.	0.6%
16	AddSearchHelsinki, Finland An enterprise-grade site search platform featuring AI-powered answers, search personalization, smart recommendations, and a robust API.	0.6%
17	FlexsearchBerlin, Germany A full-text search JavaScript library focused on search speed and memory efficiency.	0.6%
18	KlevuHelsinki, Finland A third-party e-commerce search tool that can replace on-site search, category merchandising, and product recommendations functionalities.	0.5%
19	TypesenseSugar Land, Texas, United States An open source in-memory fuzzy search engine.	0.5%
20	Acquia SearchBoston, Massachusetts, United States A Solr search service delivered as a SaaS in the Acquia Cloud that enables search on Drupal websites.	0.4%
21	JetboostHonolulu, Hawaii, United States A Webflow add-on for real-time search, dynamic filtering, sorting and pagination.	0.3%
22	DataparkSearch A full-featured web-based open source search engine.	0.3%
23	Spotler Activate SearchThe Hague, Netherlands A search solution for e-commerce that promotes products with purchase intent and provides personalization with real-time data synchronization.	0.3%
24	ConstructorSan Francisco, California, United States An AI-powered search and product discovery platform for enterprise e-commerce brands.	0.2%
25	CludoCopenhagen, Denmark A cloud-based, AI-powered site search and content enablement solution that also analyzes how your visitors interact with content.	0.2%

Data updated October 5, 2025

When interpreting and using the results, please read our methodology and disclaimer.