I use both; I prefer sunspot if I need to index arbitrary ruby methods results (eg: methods that result in multiple queries/data clean-up) or if I work with Mon

I use both; I prefer sunspot if I need to index arbitrary ruby methods results (eg: methods that result in multiple queries/data clean-up) or if I work with MongoDB. I prefer sphinx when I need a more lightweight setup on RAM, or need an easy geosearch, or work with mysql. EDIT: - sunspot allows for per-request weighting in the search (see http://blog.logeek.fr/2011/3/4/hackerbooks-books-stackoverflow-hackernews http://blog.logeek.fr/2011/3/4/hackerbooks-books-stackoverfl... for an example), not sure if it's possible with ts