When Should You Reach for Elasticsearch?

The Basics

Kibana, Elasticsearch's companion tool, provides dashboards for visualizing stored data.

When It Actually Makes Sense

Elasticsearch is a distributed search and analytics engine built on top of the Apache Lucene library. Unlike a simple LIKE query in a relational database, Elasticsearch is designed for fast text search across very large volumes of data. The right call usually depends on your project's scale, team, and real needs — not just a tool's popularity.