⚡ Site Search Software in Japan

Search software allows users to locate information across websites and internal company systems by indexing content and retrieving relevant results based on queries.

Japan is an East Asian country with a population of around 125 million people.

According to our statistics, site search software is used on 4.9% of websites from Japan.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top site search software in Japan in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Google Programmable Search Engine, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 94.7% share.
It is followed by Boost with 1.4% and Algolia with 1.1%.

Google Programmable Search Engine 94.7%
Boost 1.4%
Algolia 1.1%
Yext 1.1%
Solr 0.8%
Elasticsearch 0.3%
Searchanise 0.3%
Pagefind 0.1%
Athos Commerce 0.09%
Coveo 0.08%
Swiftype 0.05%
Fuse.js 0.05%
Flexsearch 0.04%
Lunr 0.04%
Doofinder 0.04%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Boost ^(-4)
4. Yext ^(-7)
8. Pagefind ^(-16)
10. Coveo ^(-4)
12. Fuse.js ^(-8)
13. Flexsearch ^(-17)
16. Cludo ^(-3)
19. Acquia Search ^(-8)
20. AddSearch ^(-1)
21. Constructor ^(-7)

✨ Best Site Search Software

Below is a more detailed list of 22 site search software solutions used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Google Programmable Search Engine Mountain View, California, United States A platform that lets users create a custom search engine for a website or a collection of websites. Free$$$	94.7%
2	Boost Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam An AI-powered search and discovery solution for Shopify stores that improves product findability and browsing by enhancing site search, filters, recommendations, and merchandising. $29+/month	1.4%
3	Algolia Palo Alto, California, United States An AI-powered search and retrieval platform that provides full-text, numeric, and faceted search with real-time results and relevance ranking for websites and applications. Free$$$	1.1%
4	Yext New 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. $499+/year	1.1%
5	Solr Wilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source enterprise search server built on the Apache Lucene information retrieval library that provides full-text, faceted, and geospatial search over HTTP APIs. FreeOpen source	0.8%
6	Elasticsearch Amsterdam, Netherlands An open-source, distributed, JSON-based search and analytics engine, scalable data store, and vector database built on Apache Lucene. FreeOpen source$99+/month	0.3%
7	Searchanise San Francisco, California, United States A sophisticated website search engine for e-commerce stores. Free$19+/month	0.3%
8	Pagefind Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand A fully static JavaScript search library that aims to perform well on large sites while using as little bandwidth as possible. FreeOpen source	0.1%
9	Athos Commerce San Antonio, Texas, United States An e-commerce search, product discovery, and AI-powered personalization platform formed through the merger of Searchspring, Klevu, and Intelligent Reach under one brand. $699+/month	0.09%
10	Coveo Quebec City, Canada An extensible cloud-based search, recommendation, and personalization platform that uses AI and machine learning. $600+/month	0.08%
-	Swiftype Amsterdam, Netherlands A cloud-based search platform that delivers customizable search functionality for websites, web applications, and enterprise data sources. $79+/month	0.05%
12	Fuse.js San Francisco, California, United States A powerful and lightweight JavaScript library for client-side fuzzy search. FreeOpen source	0.05%
13	Flexsearch Berlin, Germany A full-text search JavaScript library focused on search speed and memory efficiency. FreeOpen source	0.04%
14	Lunr A small full-text search JavaScript library for use in the browser. FreeOpen source	0.04%
15	Doofinder Madrid, Spain An e-commerce search and discovery solution that helps connect customers with relevant products on online stores. $39+/month	0.04%
16	Cludo Copenhagen, Denmark A cloud-based, AI-powered site search and content enablement solution that also analyzes how your visitors interact with content. $399+/month	0.03%
17	Clerk.io Copenhagen, Denmark An AI-powered e-commerce personalization platform that helps web stores sell more through intelligent search and targeted product recommendations. $119+/month	0.03%
18	Jetboost Honolulu, Hawaii, United States A Webflow add-on for real-time search, dynamic filtering, sorting and pagination. Free$24+/month	0.03%
19	Acquia Search Boston, Massachusetts, United States A Solr search service delivered as a SaaS in the Acquia Cloud that enables search on Drupal websites. $141+/month	0.01%
20	AddSearch Helsinki, Finland An enterprise-grade site search platform featuring AI-powered answers, search personalization, smart recommendations, and a robust API. $155+/month	0.01%
21	Constructor San Francisco, California, United States An AI-powered search and product discovery platform for enterprise e-commerce brands. $$$	0.01%
22	Site Search 360 Dresden, Germany A cloud-based site search platform with e-commerce support, JavaScript crawling, and YouTube video indexing. Free$9+/month	0.01%

👉 See Also

🌎 Site Search in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 157,205 websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.