--- title: When does Postgres stop being good enough for full text... description: Full text search on Postgres has limitations in terms of setup complexity, faceted search implementation, typo tolerance, language support, backend... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/when-does-postgres-stop-being-good-enough-for-full-text-search--4eer43ecx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: When does Postgres stop being good enough for full text search? | daily.dev og:description: Full text search on Postgres has limitations in terms of setup complexity, faceted search implementation, typo tolerance, language support, backend... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/when-does-postgres-stop-being-good-enough-for-full-text-search--4eer43ecx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4eeR43ECx.png og:image:alt: When does Postgres stop being good enough for full text search? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # When does Postgres stop being good enough for full text search? **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 6 min read · 7 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary 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. 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