On: Elasticsearch is open source, again

[PeterCorless]

As a related proxy for market awareness, DB-Engines.com's ranking is a composite index of a number of factors:

• Google search volume and quantity of search result pages (blogs, recipes, etc.)

• Mentions in LinkedIn profiles as a skill

• Number of job post listings as a requisite skill

• Social media mentions

It is a measure of "mindshare" or "share of voice." Not one of market share ($$$) or utilization (TBs under management, etc.).

With that said, in the August 2024 listing:

• Elasticsearch is ranked #8 (of 423 systems tracked), with an index score of 129.83

• OpenSearch is ranked #35, with an index score of 16.47

This would make OpenSearch about an eighth as prevalent.

[lmeyerov → PeterCorless]

Relevant, the curves tell a different story: https://db-engines.com/en/ranking_trend/system/Elasticsearch...

A big question is New + Churning installs. I'd expect a scary portion of the New, and inherently slower rate of Churn are heading to OS instead ES. The curves support that: note that ES isn't substantively growing on that chart. Anecdotally, we see most new installs as leaning to OS in the security industry, which is one of the top money makers for ES/OS.

[PeterCorless → lmeyerov]

Yes, exactly. I often do comparative results like this to see where there is "momentum."

Opensearch is definitely coming on strong.