Teams switch for MIT license and simpler architecture. Gain: MIT license (no GPL concerns), disk-based storage (lower RAM needs), slightly easier setup. Trade-off: single-node only (no native clustering), less mature than Typesense.

Companies switch for enterprise reliability and analytics. Gain: 99.999% uptime SLA, world-class analytics, A/B testing, personalization. Trade-off: Expensive at scale, unpredictable usage-based pricing.

Teams switch for true horizontal scaling and mature ecosystem. Gain: battle-tested at petabyte scale, rich plugins, distributed architecture. Trade-off: Complex operations, JVM tuning, steep learning curve.

Companies switch to avoid Elastic license concerns. Gain: fully open source (Apache 2.0), AWS backing, Elasticsearch API compatibility. Trade-off: Same operational complexity as Elasticsearch.

AI teams switch for better vector search. Gain: purpose-built vector database, superior similarity search, better for ML workloads. Trade-off: No full-text search, vector-only use cases.