Top 10 IBM Watson Discovery Alternatives & Competitors

By IBM
(97)4.5 out of 5

IBM Watson Discovery is not the only option for Enterprise Search Software. Explore other competing options and alternatives. Other important factors to consider when researching alternatives to IBM Watson Discovery include documents and customer service. The best overall IBM Watson Discovery alternative is Elastic Observability. Other similar apps like IBM Watson Discovery are Algolia, Google Cloud Search, Coveo, and Yext. IBM Watson Discovery alternatives can be found in Enterprise Search Software but may also be in Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) or Marketing Automation Software.

Best Paid & Free Alternatives to IBM Watson Discovery

  • Elastic Observability
  • Algolia
  • Google Cloud Search

Top 10 Alternatives to IBM Watson Discovery Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

Browse options below. Based on reviewer data, you can see how IBM Watson Discovery stacks up to the competition, check reviews from current & previous users in industries like Computer Software, Information Technology and Services, and Accounting, and find the best product for your business.
    #1
  1. Elastic Observability

    (80)4.2 out of 5
  2. Elasticsearch is a distributed, open source search and analytics engine, designed for horizontal scalability, reliability, and easy management. It combines the speed of search with the power of analytics via a sophisticated, developer-friendly query language covering structured, unstructured, and time-series data.

    Categories in common with IBM Watson Discovery:

    Reviewers say compared to IBM Watson Discovery, Elastic Observability is:

    More expensive
    Better at meeting requirements
    #2
  3. Algolia

    (404)4.5 out of 5
  4. Algolia is an API built for developers that delivers relevant results in your mobile apps and websites from the first keystroke.

    Categories in common with IBM Watson Discovery:

    Reviewers say compared to IBM Watson Discovery, Algolia is:

    Easier to do business with
    Easier to admin
    More expensive
    Squirro
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    (8)4.6 out of 5
  6. Data finds purpose with Squirro, the first enterprise-ready generative AI for search, insights, and automation. Trusted by central banks and over 30 industry leaders. Squirro develops top-notch Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Semantic Search technology with access to an unlimited universe of data and connectors. Squirro's features include advanced search & chat while browsing, document summarization, chats with results, knowledge graphs, among others. Squirro offers the implementation of stringent access control lists (ACLs), the flexibility of public cloud and on-premise deployments with open-source models like Mixtral, ensuring full data sovereignty, adapted for the most regulated industries. Recognized by Gartner as a visionary company.

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    Reviewers say compared to IBM Watson Discovery, Squirro is:

    Better at meeting requirements
    Better at support
    Easier to set up
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    #3
  7. Google Cloud Search

    (24)4.3 out of 5
  8. Google Cloud Search is a cloud search solution designed to seacrh through Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, and others.

    Categories in common with IBM Watson Discovery:

    Reviewers say compared to IBM Watson Discovery, Google Cloud Search is:

    More expensive
    Better at support
    Better at meeting requirements
    #4
  9. Coveo

    (133)4.3 out of 5
  10. Coveo's Unified Indexing Platform consolidates information silos securely across enterprise, social and cloud-based systems

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    Reviewers say compared to IBM Watson Discovery, Coveo is:

    More expensive
    Easier to do business with
    Better at support
    #5
  11. Yext

    By Yext
    (472)4.4 out of 5
  12. Yext is an API-first, composable software platform that collects and organizes content from across the enterprise to deliver relevant, actionable information — in the form of answers — wherever people ask questions about a business.

    Categories in common with IBM Watson Discovery:

    Reviewers say compared to IBM Watson Discovery, Yext is:

    More expensive
    Easier to do business with
    Easier to admin
    #6
  13. Amazon OpenSearch Service

    (99)4.2 out of 5
  14. Amazon OpenSearch Service makes it easy to deploy, secure, operate, and scale Elasticsearch for log analytics, full text search, application monitoring, and more.

    Categories in common with IBM Watson Discovery:

    Reviewers say compared to IBM Watson Discovery, Amazon OpenSearch Service is:

    More expensive
    Easier to do business with
    Slower to reach roi
    #7
  15. Bloomreach

    (646)4.6 out of 5
  16. Bloomreach personalizes the e-commerce experience by unifying real-time customer and product data so businesses understand what customers really want. By connecting that understanding to every channel, the e-commerce experience continuously reflects a changing customer as they shop. With the scale of AI, this creates endless new paths to purchase.

    Categories in common with IBM Watson Discovery:

    Reviewers say compared to IBM Watson Discovery, Bloomreach is:

    Easier to do business with
    More expensive
    Better at support
    #8
  17. Apache Solr

    (26)4.1 out of 5
  18. Apache Solr is an open source enterprise search server based on Lucene search library, with XML/HTTP and JSON APIs, hit highlighting, faceted search, caching, replication etc.

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    #9
  19. Microsoft Bing Web Search API

    (301)4.1 out of 5
  20. Microsoft Bing Web Search API is a service that retrieve web documents indexed by Bing and narrow down the results by result type, freshness and more, it bring intelligent search to apps and harness the ability to comb billions of webpages, images, videos, and news with a single API call.

    Categories in common with IBM Watson Discovery:

    Reviewers say compared to IBM Watson Discovery, Microsoft Bing Web Search API is:

    More expensive
    Slower to reach roi
    Easier to do business with
    #10
  21. Guru

    By Guru
    (2,112)4.7 out of 5
  22. Guru is the wiki, intranet, and knowledge base in one that brings your teams together by centralizing essential information. Powered by AI, it gets smarter the more you use it. Experience streamlined information sharing and effortless implementation with Guru.

    Categories in common with IBM Watson Discovery:

    Reviewers say compared to IBM Watson Discovery, Guru is:

    Easier to do business with
    More expensive
    Easier to set up
    Squirro
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    (8)4.6 out of 5
  24. Data finds purpose with Squirro, the first enterprise-ready generative AI for search, insights, and automation. Trusted by central banks and over 30 industry leaders. Squirro develops top-notch Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Semantic Search technology with access to an unlimited universe of data and connectors. Squirro's features include advanced search & chat while browsing, document summarization, chats with results, knowledge graphs, among others. Squirro offers the implementation of stringent access control lists (ACLs), the flexibility of public cloud and on-premise deployments with open-source models like Mixtral, ensuring full data sovereignty, adapted for the most regulated industries. Recognized by Gartner as a visionary company.

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    Reviewers say compared to IBM Watson Discovery, Squirro is:

    Better at meeting requirements
    Better at support
    Easier to set up
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