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Bonsai vs Swiftype: What are the differences?
Developers describe Bonsai as "Fast, reliable full-text search, managed for you by experts". Your customers expect fast, near-magical results from your search. Help them find what they’re looking for with Bonsai Elasticsearch. Our fully managed Elasticsearch solution makes it easy to create, manage, and test your app's search. On the other hand, Swiftype is detailed as "Powerful and scalable search for any application or website". Swiftype is the easiest way to add great search to your website or mobile application.
Bonsai and Swiftype can be primarily classified as "Search as a Service" tools.
Some of the features offered by Bonsai are:
- The Open Source Advantage- Our service is proudly powered by Elasticsearch and Apache Lucene, the open source industry standard for fast full-text search.
- Results in Real-Time- Search your site's activity as it happens, with Elasticsearch's cutting-edge real-time updates
- High Availability by default
On the other hand, Swiftype provides the following key features:
- Quick Start- Install by pasting a JavaScript snippet in your page.
- Autocomplete- our search engines come with autocomplete built-in
- Detailed Analytics- Our built-in search analytics give you real-time insight into what your users are looking for.
Pros of Bonsai
- Free tier2
Pros of Swiftype
- Very easy setup and highly customizable for your search8
- Easy setup1
- Analytics1
- Role devision to develop, design, manage1
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Cons of Bonsai
Cons of Swiftype
- Expensive1
- API Calls Monitoring/Alerts1
- Cost Prediction1
- Customer Support1