An overview of nine areas where Postgres full text search falls short compared to search-focused databases.

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Full text search on Postgres has limitations in terms of setup complexity, faceted search implementation, typo tolerance, language support, backend performance, scaling limitations, relevancy, and lack of support for InstantSearch libraries. Using a search-focused database like Meilisearch can overcome these limitations and provide better search experiences.

When does Postgres stop being good enough for full text search?

8. Missing out on InstantSearch libraries