Turn Search Into Your Highest-Converting Channel

Acquia Search powered by SearchStax is the managed site search platform that gives Marketing control of search outcomes without adding to IT’s workload. Every zero-result search is a lost conversion — see them, fix them, and prove it.

Key Features

  • Fully managed Solr search

    SLA-backed SaaS with core search essentials: synonyms, spell check, auto-suggest, facets, and highlighting.

  • Multilingual search

    Search in 42 system languages, and add any Solr-supported language with Custom Language Management.

  • Multi-site search management

    Role-based access, app copying, and audit logging across your whole portfolio (Premier).

  • AI-enhanced relevancy

    Smart ranking, AI synonyms, and related searches that improve results automatically (Premier Plus).

  • Smart Answers

    Generative, citation-backed answers on your own content, with reasoning controls for brand-safe output (Premier Plus).

  • Developer-friendly

    UI kits for JavaScript, React, Vue, Next.js, and Angular, plus Drupal integration and full APIs.

See Acquia Search in Action

Tune your searches

Adjust rankings and facets, preview the results, and publish without an IT ticket.

Working, not just running

Analytics show what visitors find, and what they don’t.

Answers you can trace

Generate AI answers from your own content, with citations.

Find the searches you are losing

Talk to our team about the right starting point for your organization.

Frequently Asked Questions

Acquia Search powered by SearchStax is a managed site search platform for enterprise organizations on Acquia. It gives Marketing control of search results without adding to IT's workload.

SearchStax manages the Solr search infrastructure, backed by an SLA. Scaling, uptime, and maintenance come off your team's plate, so your developers can spend their time elsewhere.

Yes, with Premier. Business user tooling lets marketers boost, bury, pin, and promote results from a marketer-friendly console in real time. There is no IT ticket and no release cycle.

Premier analytics dashboards refresh hourly. They show popular searches, zero-result searches, click-through rate, and average click position. You can see which searches fail, fix them, and check whether the fix worked.

Smart Answers, available with Premier Plus, generate answers with source citations from your own content, so searchers get an answer instead of only a list of links. Reasoning Controls for Intent, Complexity, and Display keep those answers governed and brand-safe.

Basic comes with your Acquia subscription. It includes fully managed search, synonyms, spell check, auto-suggest, facets, and hit highlighting. Premier adds hourly analytics, business user tooling, and multi-site search management. Premier Plus adds AI-enhanced relevancy, Smart Answers, and advanced analytics. Each plan includes everything in the plan before it.

Yes, with Premier. Multi-site Search Management provides role-based access, a Copy App that replicates configuration between sites, audit logging, and analytics filtered by profile.

Search is delivered as SaaS across Acquia Cloud Platform, Acquia Multi-Experience Operations (MEO), and Acquia Source. Developers get UI kits for JavaScript, React, Vue, Next.js, and Angular, plus Drupal integration and full Search and Ingest APIs.

The platform's compliance posture spans SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and WCAG. HIPAA is included with Cloud Platform HIPAA on paid plans, and PCI is available with Premier Plus. Confirm the details for your organization with your Acquia team.

Talk to our team about the right starting point for your organization.