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title: "Comparison between Acquia Search and Acquia Search powered by SearchStax"
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This page provides a comparison between Acquia Search and Acquia Search powered by SearchStax. For a smooth migration from Acquia Search to Acquia Search powered by SearchStax, ensure that review these differences:

Acquia Search is a Solr-based SaaS search that provides essential search features to help Drupal visitors find relevant content. Acquia Search powered by SearchStax is a next-generation Solr SaaS search that offers advanced tools and analytics for marketers to deliver a powerful search and content discovery experience in Drupal.

The following tables list the differences between the features of Acquia Search and Acquia Search powered by SearchStax. To check the comparison of the plans, visit [Acquia Search powered by SearchStax Product Guide](https://docs.acquia.com/service-offerings/acquia-search-powered-searchstax-product-guide "https://docs.acquia.com/service-offerings/acquia-search-powered-searchstax-product-guide").

Search features
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Feature

Acquia Search

Acquia Search powered by SearchStax

Auto-suggest

Yes

Yes

Auto-complete 

Yes

Yes

Synonyms

Yes

Yes

Stopwords

Yes

Yes

Spell check

Yes

Yes

Elevated or promoted results\*

Yes

Yes

Faceting

Yes

Yes

Ranking and boosting

Yes

Yes

Hit-highlighting

Yes

Yes

Multi-language 

Yes

Yes

Federated search

Yes

Yes

Rules based results\*

No

Yes

Query limiting (flood control)

Yes, enabled by default.

Yes, disabled by default. For more details, see [Configuring flood controls with the Acquia Search powered by SearchStax Drupal module](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-cloud-platform/configuring-flood-controls-acquia-search-powered-searchstax-drupal-module#section-enabling-flood-controls "https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-cloud-platform/configuring-flood-controls-acquia-search-powered-searchstax-drupal-module#section-enabling-flood-controls").

**\*** Feature available on paid plans only.

AI-powered and advanced features
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Feature

Acquia Search

Acquia Search powered by SearchStax

AI searches suggestions\*

No

Yes

Popular searches\*

No

Yes

AI spellchecker\*

No

Yes

Dense Vector Fields

No

No

**\*** Feature available on paid plans only.

Analytics
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Feature

Acquia Search

Acquia Search powered by SearchStax

Search analytics\*

No

Yes

Click or content analytics\*

No

Yes

Conversion analytics\*

No

Yes

Custom report builder\*

No

Yes

**\*** Feature available on paid plans only.

APIs
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Feature

Acquia Search

Acquia Search powered by SearchStax

Search APIs

Yes

Yes

Indexing APIs

Yes

Yes

Discovery APIs\*

No

Yes

Analytics APIs\*

No

Yes

Analytics reporting API\*

No

Yes

More Like This (MLT) API

Yes

No

Document extraction API

Yes

Yes

**\*** Feature available on paid plans only.

UI Kits
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Feature

Acquia Search

Acquia Search powered by SearchStax

Search UI Kit - JS

No

Yes

Search UI Kit - React

No

Yes

Search UI Kit - Angular

No

Yes

Search UI Kit - Vue.js

No

Yes

Data ingest and integrations
----------------------------

Feature

Acquia Search

Acquia Search powered by SearchStax

Drupal module

Yes

Yes

DAM connector\*

No

Yes

Web crawler\*

No

Yes

**\*** Feature available on paid plans only.

Search management tools
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Feature

Acquia Search

Acquia Search powered by SearchStax

Ranking and relevance management

Yes

Yes

Synonym and stopword management

Yes

Yes

Content inclusions and exclusion controls

No

Yes

Rules and promotions

No

Yes

Personalization and multiple-models

No

Yes