It may be good enough but I find ElasticSearch just easier to work with. For example, ElasticSearch gives you query string syntax [1] for free and it's a HUGE p

It may be good enough but I find ElasticSearch just easier to work with. For example, ElasticSearch gives you query string syntax [1] for free and it's a HUGE plus. It's both user friendly and extremely powerful. You can see it in action over at GitHub's Code Search [2]. [1] http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-query-string-query.html#query-string-syntax http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/referenc... [2] https://help.github.com/articles/search-syntax/ https://help.github.com/articles/search-syntax/