# OpenSearch vs Solr - Key Diffs?

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/opensearch-vs-solr-key-diffs/17206>\
**Category:** General Feedback\
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**Created:** [December 20, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/opensearch-vs-solr-key-diffs/17206 "2023-12-20T23:41:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![LaughingBubba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/laughingbubba/32/6690_2.png) [@LaughingBubba](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/LaughingBubba)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/opensearch-vs-solr-key-diffs/17206/1 "2023-12-20T23:41:57Z")

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Hi all, I’m curious about the key differences between OpenSearch and Solr (besides the plugins) and or target use case as both rely on Lucene.

I ask as I’m using Solr to index documents and I’m wondering if I’m missing out on anything with O.S.

Thanks in adavnce.  
LB

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**Author:** ![hm21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8dc957/32.png) [@hm21](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/hm21)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/opensearch-vs-solr-key-diffs/17206/2 "2023-12-21T11:52:37Z")

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you have OpenSearch Dashboards. I don’t think you have a visualization tool for Solr, right? maybe also not. i dont know yet.

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**Author:** ![radu.gheorghe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/radu.gheorghe/32/3516_2.png) [@radu.gheorghe](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/radu.gheorghe)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/opensearch-vs-solr-key-diffs/17206/3 "2023-12-21T13:40:39Z")

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I recently wrote a blog post on this very topic: [OpenSearch vs Solr: Which One Is Better to Use? - Sematext](https://sematext.com/blog/opensearch-vs-solr/)

As for visualizations in Solr, indeed the ecosystem is “thinner”, depending on exactly what you want. I’ve been making contributions to this young and promising tool lately: [The Navigator for Apache Solr - Download](https://sites.google.com/search-navigator.org/navigator-for-solr/download)

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**Author:** ![LaughingBubba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/laughingbubba/32/6690_2.png) [@LaughingBubba](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/LaughingBubba)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/opensearch-vs-solr-key-diffs/17206/4 "2023-12-21T22:53:50Z")

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Yeah, dash boards in OS are a given. Solr, not so much.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![LaughingBubba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/laughingbubba/32/6690_2.png) [@LaughingBubba](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/LaughingBubba)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/opensearch-vs-solr-key-diffs/17206/5 "2023-12-21T23:10:34Z")

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A very helpful blog post, thanks.

Looks like Solr is still the way for me. It’s a personal project (not enterprise), no devops, no trawling of logs (just monster JSON and XML documents).

Cheers

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**Author:** ![radu.gheorghe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/radu.gheorghe/32/3516_2.png) [@radu.gheorghe](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/radu.gheorghe)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/opensearch-vs-solr-key-diffs/17206/6 "2023-12-22T06:51:15Z")

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You’re welcome, I’m glad you found the post helpful.

You might want to watch this space, though. OpenSearch keeps getting quite interesting features 😊