---
title: "When does Postgres stop being good enough for full text search?"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/when-does-postgres-stop-being-good-enough-for-full-text-search--4eer43ecx
source_url: https://blog.meilisearch.com/postgres-full-text-search-limitations/
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2024-01-24T20:16:50.089Z
updated: 2025-09-06T02:32:19.102Z
tags: ["cloud", "full-text-search", "meilisearch", "postgresql"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 7
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# 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. Using a search-focused database like Meilisearch can overcome these limitations and provide better search experiences.

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Tags: [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#full-text-search](https://daily.dev/tags/full-text-search), [#meilisearch](https://daily.dev/tags/meilisearch), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql)

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