February 4, 2026
Speed up vector ingestion using Base64-encoded strings
Introducing Base64-encoded strings to speed up vector ingestion in Elasticsearch.
February 3, 2026
Building automation with Elastic Workflows
A practical introduction to workflow automation in Elastic. Learn what workflows look like, how they work, and how to build one.
February 3, 2026
Skip MLOps: Managed cloud inference for self-managed Elasticsearch with EIS via Cloud Connect
Introducing Elastic Inference Service (EIS) via Cloud Connect, which provides a hybrid architecture for self-managed Elasticsearch users and removes MLOps and CPU hardware barriers for semantic search and RAG.
January 23, 2026
Improve search performance with `best_compression`
While `best_compression` is typically seen as a storage-saving feature for Elastic Observability and Elastic Security use cases, this blog demonstrates its effectiveness as a performance-tuning lever for search.
December 22, 2025
Influencing BM25 ranking with multiplicative boosting in Elasticsearch
Learn why additive boosting methods can destabilize BM25 rankings and how multiplicative scoring provides controlled, scalable ranking influence in Elasticsearch.
December 19, 2025
Elasticsearch Serverless pricing demystified: VCUs and ECUs explained
Learn how Elasticsearch Serverless pricing works for Elastic’s fully-managed deployment offering. We explain VCUs (Search, Ingest, ML) and ECUs, detailing how consumption is based on actual allocated resources, workload complexity, and Search Power.
December 17, 2025
Boosting e-commerce search by profit and popularity with the function score query in Elasticsearch
Discover how to optimize e-commerce search by blending BM25 relevance with profit margin and popularity signals in Elasticsearch using the function_score query.
December 16, 2025
Reducing Elasticsearch frozen tier costs with Deepfreeze S3 Glacier archival
Learn how to leverage Deepfreeze in Elasticsearch to automate searchable snapshot repository rotation, retaining historical data and aging it into lower cost S3 Glacier tiers after index deletion.
December 11, 2025
Evaluating search query relevance with judgment lists
Explore how to build judgment lists to objectively evaluate search query relevance and improve performance metrics such as recall, for scalable search testing in Elasticsearch.