- Search usage is pervasive across digital and IoT devices.
- Google processes 8.5 billion daily searches.
- This volume equals 99,000 queries per second.
- Organizations rely on search to process large datasets.
- Firms use custom engines or open-source platforms like Elastic.
- Demand for fast, scalable search capabilities continues to rise.
- Elastic is a leading search engine in multiple sectors.
- The platform processes large data volumes.
- It delivers accurate and rapid results.
- Various industries adopt Elastic to improve operations.
- This section examines specific use cases and their operational impact.
Healthcare: Improving Patient Care Through Search
Healthcare systems store large volumes of patient records, diagnostic data, and treatment histories. These systems require accurate, compliant search. Clinicians and researchers need fast access to this data to make timely, life-saving decisions.
Elastic provides healthcare search solutions that support regulatory compliance, including HIPAA. These solutions make large healthcare datasets searchable.
The following healthcare organizations use Elastic Search:
- Influence Health replaced SQL with Elasticsearch. This change reduced query execution time from hours to 7–8 milliseconds.
- Pfizer uses Elastic as a core component of its Scientific Data Cloud.
- UCLA Health uses Elasticsearch to index data and generate accurate, actionable results for clinical and research teams.
Retail and eCommerce: Enhance Customer Experience
Retail and eCommerce users prioritize search functions. Studies show that 43% of customers start sessions with search. High-competition markets require search engines to return relevant results rapidly to retain users and increase sales.
Elasticsearch enables businesses to build high-performance, visually consistent, and user-friendly search experiences.
The following examples show how leading retail and eCommerce companies implement Elasticsearch:
- Shopify required a rapid search solution for its documentation portal. They needed a system that required no backend maintenance.
- eBay uses Elastic to search 800 million listings in under one second.
- Walgreens built an end-to-end website search platform using Elasticsearch.
Manufacturing, Finance, Media, and Other Sectors
Elastic supports industries beyond healthcare and retail. It serves as foundational technology for search, observability, and security in manufacturing, finance, and media.
- Reed UK uses Elasticsearch to help candidates find relevant jobs
- Asian Food Network uses Elastic Site Search to increase website ad revenue
- Ingram Micro uses Elastic to improve search and sales on its ecommerce site
- Airbus ADNS enables near real-time access to aircraft technical documents
Elastic Return on Investment: The Business Case
Elastic delivers benefits beyond speed and accuracy. A Forrester Consulting study reports a 293% ROI over three years for Elasticsearch users. Net benefits reached $12 million. These gains include higher profitability, increased productivity, and lower licensing and recruiting costs.
Elastic Search offers low total cost of ownership (TCO) and high adoption rates. Organizations across verticals use it to implement search solutions that generate measurable value.
Related reading: Elasticsearch use cases in enterprise operations and ecommerce site search optimization.
SquareShift and Elastic: Strategic Partnership
SquareShift serves as a trusted partner of Elastic Search. We implement, manage, and optimize Elastic Search solutions. Our team delivers search experiences tailored to client needs. We support clients in healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and other industries. We help businesses leverage Elastic to achieve their goals.
See how we build AI-powered search for Elasticsearch.