About Bolt Search.

What it is

Bolt Search lets you add search to an application without running a search engine yourself. You send documents over a REST API, or let a sync job copy them from PostgreSQL, and query them with an Elasticsearch-compatible API. You manage indexes, data sources, API keys and billing in a web console. We run the service.

Who it is for

• Developers and small teams who want full-text search over their own data, with ranking by relevance, filters, sorting and aggregations.
• Teams whose data already lives in PostgreSQL and who would rather sync it than write indexing code.
• Teams that already know the Elasticsearch REST API and want familiar endpoints, request bodies and responses.
• People who prefer paying for the searches they run, from prepaid credits, to a monthly plan.

An example setup

A store keeps its products in a PostgreSQL table. The team adds the database as a data source, creates a sync job that tracks the table’s updated_at column, and starts it. The job copies every row into an index and keeps it current. The storefront then sends one search request that matches the shopper’s words against the title, filters by category and price, sorts, and asks for category counts, all in a single round trip.

The same index can also receive documents directly through the REST API, for data that does not live in PostgreSQL.

How it is run

Techsstuff LLC operates Bolt Search as a hosted service: the console at console.boltsearch.app and the API at api.boltsearch.app. You sign up in the console, create API keys for your project and manage everything there. Help is by email and phone, and the developer guide, API reference and security page describe how it works and how data is handled.

What to check first

Bolt Search supports a subset of the Elasticsearch query language: match_all, match, term, bool and range queries, with terms, metric and range aggregations. PostgreSQL is the only database it syncs from. If you need more than that, the query reference shows exactly what is supported, and you can write to us before you build on it.

How it is sold

Searches use prepaid credits, bought in packs, and credits never expire. There is no subscription. See pricing, the terms and the refund and cancellation policy.