Epinova Elasticsearch Connector

Enterprise‑grade search for Optimizely CMS and Commerce

Built by Epinova based on real‑world Optimizely implementations, the connector provides a robust foundation for indexing, querying, and managing content and commerce data in Elasticsearch—while remaining fully aligned with Optimizely’s content and editorial models.

What it solves

Standard search capabilities often become a limitation as solutions grow in content volume, complexity, and performance requirements. The Epinova Elasticsearch Connector is designed to address:

High‑performance search at scale
Complex content and product models
Custom relevance, filtering, and sorting needs
Enterprise demands for control, extensibility, and observability

By leveraging Elasticsearch, organizations gain full control over how content and products are indexed and queried—without being locked into a black‑box search solution.

Key capabilities

Native Optimizely integration
Designed specifically for Optimizely CMS and Commerce, mapping content, media, and catalog structures into Elasticsearch indices.
Flexible indexing model
Supports customized indexing strategies, making it possible to adapt search behavior to business, editorial, and technical requirements.
Extensible architecture
Built to be extended and adapted—allowing teams to implement custom fields, analyzers, mappings, and query logic.
Production‑ready foundation
Used in real customer solutions where performance, stability, and maintainability are critical.
Open source and transparent
Fully open source under the Epinova GitHub organization, giving teams insight, control, and freedom to evolve the solution over time.

Typical use cases

Advanced site search for large Optimizely CMS installations
Product search and filtering in Optimizely Commerce
Multi‑language and multi‑market search scenarios
Custom relevance tuning and editorial boosting
Replacing or complementing built‑in search with Elasticsearch

Why Epinova

Epinova is a long‑standing Optimizely partner with deep experience in enterprise CMS, Commerce, and search implementations. This connector reflects practical lessons learned from real customer projects—focusing on flexibility, long‑term maintainability, and architectural clarity rather than shortcuts.

Summary

The Epinova Elasticsearch Connector gives Optimizely teams a powerful, extensible, and enterprise‑ready way to use Elasticsearch as their search engine—without compromising on platform alignment or future flexibility.

It’s an ideal foundation for organizations that need full control over search, expect to scale, and want a solution built with real Optimizely experience at its core.

The connector is open source for Optimizely CMS 11. For Optimizely CMS 12 and later, is comes as a licensed addon. Contact us to get a price for your solution.