What Scout Driver is most used/recommended?

I'm very new to Laravel, and I've just finished a course on Laravel search with Scout.

I'm aware that Algolia is supported out of the box. However, is Algolia the best Scout Driver for enterprise apps, in regards to price and performance?

Or is it only supported out of the box because of its generous community plan?

Jaytee

6 years ago

Level 39

It all depends on what satisfies your requirements. Algolia is quick and easy to get up and running. It has a free plan, plus there's no need to host it yourself. Great for all purposes.

Scout has other unofficial drivers, like ElasticSearch: https://github.com/babenkoivan/scout-elasticsearch-driver

By far, the two most popular services are Algolia and ElasticSearch. Each offer similar plans, but elastic also has a powerful API and allows for self-hosting, unlike Algolia (don't quote me on that).

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