# Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine built on Apache Lucene. It stores structured and unstructured data and supports full-text, vector and hybrid search, plus real-time analytics. It is the core of the Elastic Stack and underpins Elastic's Search, Observability and Security solutions. It can be run on Elastic Cloud Serverless, Elastic Cloud Hosted, or self-managed.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/elasticsearch · data of 2026-11-02

## Facts

- Founded: 2012
- Headquarters: San Francisco, California
- Employees: 1,001–5,000
- Company type: Public company
- Latest funding: IPO (NYSE)
- Deployment: Elastic Cloud Serverless, Elastic Cloud Hosted, or self-managed on premises, in private, hybrid or air-gapped environments.
- Best for: Teams building AI search, RAG and vector applications, and organizations that want search, observability and security on one data platform.
- Compliance: SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27701, FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, PCI DSS, HIPAA, CSA STAR

## Products

- Elasticsearch: Search and analytics engine and vector database with vector, hybrid and semantic search, reranking and RAG support.
- Elastic Observability: Logs, metrics, traces and APM in one stack.
- Elastic Security: SIEM, endpoint protection and security automation.
- Kibana: Shared visualization and management UI across solutions.
- Logstash: Server-side data ingestion pipeline.
- Beats: Lightweight data shippers.
- Elastic Agent: Unified agent for logs, metrics and security data.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vector Databases | 7 of 30 | 14.3 | 24 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 11.5 | 29.6% |
| google_ai_mode | 12.2 | 22.2% |
| perplexity | 19.1 | 37.0% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Elasticsearch AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/elasticsearch, data of 2026-11-02. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).