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What is Lexical Search?

Lexical search finds results by matching the words in a query against the words in your indexed content. It’s the default search mode in Ope...

What is Vector Search?

Vector search finds results by matching the meaning of a query against the meaning of your indexed content, not just the words. Where lexica...

What is Hybrid Search?

Hybrid search combines lexical and vector search into a single query, so your application can handle any kind of search your users throw at ...

Hybrid Search vs Vector Search

If you've just learned about vector search and you're thinking, "that sounds better than what I have, should I just use that?" then this pag...

Multimodal Search vs Vector Search

Multimodal search is a type of vector search, not a separate thing. Vector search, as a baseline When most people talk about vector search, ...

What is AI Powered Search?

AI-powered search is search that understands what your users mean, not just what they type. It's the umbrella term for a set of capabilities...

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