The most widely deployed vector database

Ship in minutes, scale efficiently to hundreds of billions.

Elasticsearch Vector Database handles the hard parts of hybrid retrieval out of the box. Run vector and keyword search across text, images, and multimodal data on a single index, with native and third-party models, managed GPU inference, and production-ready security and scale.

Best experienced on Elastic Cloud Serverless

"We can scale as the business scales and as the data scales with Elastic and maintain that level of reliability and performance."

Logan PashbyPrincipal Engineer, Cypris

The hard parts of retrieval, already done

  • Best-in-class relevance with hybrid search, out of the box

    Run vector and keyword search across text, images, and multimodal data on one index. Bring your own models or use native Jina AI models on managed GPU inference. No embedding pipeline to build or maintain.

    Jina models: #1 on the MMTEB leaderboard

    • jina-embeddings-v5-text-small leads every multilingual model under 750M parameters and outperforms significantly larger alternatives.
    • jina-embeddings-v5-text-nano leads every model under 500M.
  • Scale to hundreds of billions, without scaling costs

    Store and search hundreds of billions of vectors more efficiently with built-in compression and storage optimizations.

  • Production-grade performance and predictable cost without the tuning

    Elasticsearch ships pre-tuned for vector workloads, with strong out-of-the-box performance under concurrency, automatic scaling for traffic spikes, and deeper configuration when you need it.

Key benefits

  • Combine BM25 keyword search with vector search in a single query for stronger relevance across exact-match and semantic search use cases.

  • Skip manual configuration. semantic_text automatically handles embeddings, chunking, and index configuration so you can focus on building search experiences, not infrastructure.

  • Native embeddings, managed for you

    Bring your own models or use native Jina AI models on managed GPU inference. Ingest and search text, images, PDFs, video, and multimodal content on a single index without building or maintaining a separate embedding pipeline.

  • Run vector similarity and metadata filters together in one query. Deliver semantically relevant results that also respect real-world constraints like price, category, availability, or permissions.

  • Native RAG and agent context

    Use native vector database capabilities and connectors to power retrieval augmented generation (RAG) and agentic retrieval workflows, from chatbots to multiagent applications. Keep AI outputs grounded in high-quality proprietary data.

  • Predictable pricing

    Costs scale with your workload, so you can grow and scale back without surprises.