Case Study: Sovren achieves rapid cloud transformation and 97% reduction in maintenance with Elastic (Elasticsearch Service on Elastic Cloud)

Delivering Digital Transformation with Elasticsearch Service on Elastic Cloud

Sovren, a long-standing provider of resume parsing and AI matching software for recruiters, was constrained by legacy on‑prem search technology that hit performance ceilings at scale. Installations and maintenance were slow and costly (deployments routinely took 4–6 months), limiting the company’s ability to serve smaller customers and stunting growth.

By standardizing on Elasticsearch Service on Elastic Cloud, Sovren built a proof of concept in 48 hours and delivered a GA product in three weeks. The cloud‑first move cut deployment time to days, reduced maintenance effort by 97% (with a 30x drop in hands‑on maintenance hours), improved query performance ~60x, and drove roughly 20x customer adoption, enabling faster feature rollout, zero downtime, and significant business growth (including a 45% revenue lift in a single quarter).

Sovren

Robert Ruff

President