Elasticsearch vs Swiftype
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
Elasticsearch · Swiftype · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank 9+
9
4
Open Page Rank 8+
112
30
Open Page Rank 7+
355
69
Open Page Rank 6+
584
92
Open Page Rank 5+
913
125
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
Elasticsearch · Swiftype · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
7,706
566
Germany
2,404
245
Canada
2,163
291
United Kingdom
2,074
296
France
1,871
207
India
1,727
326
Netherlands
1,858
179
Spain
1,515
193
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Elasticsearch | Swiftype |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 1.7 s | 2.1 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0.05 | 0 |
| TTFB | 700 ms | 900 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.