You want better search, not the burden of Elasticsearch.
ParadeDB is the modern Elastic alternative built as a Postgres extension.
curl -fsSL https://paradedb.com/install.sh | shcurl -fsSL https://paradedb.com/install.sh | shParadeDB brings everything you need from a modern search engine into Postgres, including text, hybrid, and faceted search.
CREATE INDEX ON animals
USING bm25 (
id,
(name::pdb.ngram(3,3)),
(description::pdb.unicode_words('stemmer=english'))
);CREATE INDEX ON animals
USING bm25 (
id,
(name::pdb.ngram(3,3)),
(description::pdb.unicode_words('stemmer=english'))
);12+ different tokenizers to break apart text into searchable tokens.
Support for 20+ languages, including dictionary-based tokenizers.
Benefits
Because ParadeDB is just Postgres, it can run as a logical replica of any managed Postgres, or be installed inside any self-hosted Postgres.
ParadeDB can replicate from any managed Postgres — RDS, Supabase, Google Cloud/Azure Postgres, Neon, etc.
Primary (Postgres)
id
name
weight (kg)
1
Asian Elephant
4000
2
African Bush Elephant
6000
3
Forest Elephant
2700
LOGICAL REPLICATION
Replica (ParadeDB)
id
name
weight (kg)
1
Asian Elephant
4000
2
African Bush Elephant
6000
3
Forest Elephant
2700
Installing ParadeDB in a self-hosted Postgres deployment incurs zero infra overhead or spend.
+
ParadeDB Installed
id
name
weight (kg)
1
Polar Bear
450
2
Grizzly Bear
270
3
Black Bear
135
Primary (Postgres)
id
name
weight (kg)
1
Asian Elephant
4000
2
African Bush Elephant
6000
3
Forest Elephant
2700
LOGICAL REPLICATION
Replica (ParadeDB)
id
name
weight (kg)
1
Asian Elephant
4000
2
African Bush Elephant
6000
3
Forest Elephant
2700
Case Studies
The most innovative companies are simplifying their search stack with ParadeDB.
Open Source
We are committed to building the best open source search experience for Postgres.
500K+
Docker deployments
Our Docker image is the easiest way to quickly spin up ParadeDB.
Run Docker image100K+
Postgres extension installs
All our features are shipped as a Postgres extension, which means that ParadeDB can drop into any self-managed Postgres.
Install extension8K+
Stargazers on Github
ParadeDB is one of the fastest-growing open source database projects.
Star ParadeDBPricing
Scale search on Postgres with confidence.
Self-Managed
Community
Perfect for testing and small projects that don't require multiple nodes.
Self-Managed
Enterprise
For high availability, read replicas, and dedicated support.
Fully Managed
Cloud
Use ParadeDB without managing any infrastructure.