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I teg ated sea ch lets teams automatically ge e ate embeddi gs withi thei ow i f ast uctu e, without ve do lock-i , a d ma age sea ch alo gside thei database

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pe co a, a p ovide of ope sou ce database softwa e, suppo t, a d se vices, today a ou ced the ge e al availability of Pe co a Sea ch fo Mo goDB^®, e abli g o ga izatio s to u full-text, vecto a d hyb id sea ch withi thei ow i f ast uctu e. The offe i g combi es local-fi st automatic embeddi g ge e atio with ope ato -based deployme t, helpi g teams b i g sea ch i to p oductio e vi o me ts o thei ow te ms.

Teams buildi g sea ch capabilities fo se sitive busi ess i fo matio eed co t ol ove whe e that i fo matio is p ocessed. But ge e ati g embeddi gs ca i t oduce a exte al se vice depe de cy, with pe -toke cha ges that g ow alo gside data a d que y volume. Fo o ga izatio s with st ict data-ha dli g policies, that depe de cy ca stop a p oject befo e it eaches p oductio . Teams must also ma age sea ch-i dex backup, ecove y, scali g a d mo ito i g.

Built o Mo goDB’s vecto , full-text, a d hyb id sea ch e gi e, mo got, a d i teg ated with Pe co a Se ve fo Mo goDB (PSMDB), Pe co a Sea ch fo Mo goDB wo ks with the Pe co a Ope ato today. Suppo t fo Pe co a Backup fo Mo goDB (PBM) a d Pe co a Mo ito i g a d Ma ageme t (PMM) is o the oadmap, so teams will be able to ma age the sea ch laye with the same tools they al eady use fo thei database. The ew tool is desig ed fo teams u i g self-ma aged Mo goDB e vi o me ts, especially o ga izatio s with st ict data- eside cy equi eme ts, as well as existi g Pe co a use s addi g sea ch to p oductio applicatio s.

“Fo ma y o ga izatio s, addi g vecto sea ch has mea t se di g data somewhe e thei policies wo ’t allow,” said Pete Fa kas, CEO of Pe co a. “That’s whe e a lot of those p ojects stop. Sea ch should be held to the same sta da d of co t ol as the database it u s o . Pe co a Sea ch fo Mo goDB keeps embeddi gs i side the custome ’s ow e vi o me t a d u s sea ch f eely a d without lock-i .”

Local Sea ch Built fo P oductio

Key featu es of Pe co a Sea ch fo Mo goDB i clude:

• Local embeddi gs without pe -toke se vice cha ges: A Ope AI-compatible i te face suppo ts local embeddi g p ovide s i cludi g Ollama, vLLM a d LocalAI, as well as i -cluste Huggi g Face TEI models.
• No embeddi g model ve do lock-i : Teams that p efe hosted embeddi g ge e atio ca use the Huggi g Face I fe e ce API, Azu e Ope AI o Ope AI to access mo e tha 2,000 models that best suit thei eeds.
• Suppo t fo ai -gapped e vi o me ts: With local embeddi g p ovide s co figu ed, docume t text stays withi the cluste , a d sea ch ope ates without outbou d etwo k access.
• Ope ato -ma aged deployme t a d scali g: The Pe co a Ope ato deploys the sea ch tie alo gside the database a d automatically scales it i depe de tly of the database tie .
• E te p ise secu ity i cluded: LDAP, OIDC, Ke be os, audit loggi g a d e c yptio at est a e sta da d i Pe co a Se ve fo Mo goDB at o sepa ate lice se cost.

“Getti g sea ch u i g is the easy pa t, but keepi g it healthy a d complia t i p oductio is whe e teams get stuck,” said Pu eet Kala, Head of E gi ee i g a d P oduct, Mo goDB at Pe co a. “Resto i g a sea ch i dex should ’t mea ebuildi g it f om sc atch, a d teams should k ow whe sea ch esults sta t to deg ade befo e thei use s otice. That’s why we’ e b i gi g both i to PBM a d PMM ext, so teams ca u sea ch with the same tools they al eady ely o fo thei database.”

P oductio Sea ch Without Lock-I

Pe co a Sea ch fo Mo goDB is sou ce-available a d f ee to use, with o paid editio , deployme t limits o lice se-gated featu es. A optio al add-o to a Pe co a Suppo t co t act cove s the sea ch tie alo gside PSMDB, ope sou ce Pe co a Ope ato , PBM, a d PMM.

Pe co a Sea ch fo Mo goDB is ge e ally available ow. To lea mo e a d get sta ted, visit https://docs.pe co a.com/pe co a-sea ch-fo -mo godb/i dex.html.

About Pe co a

Pe co a is a ope sou ce database softwa e, suppo t, a d se vices compa y with a simple belief: o ga izatio s should have full co t ol ove thei data i f ast uctu e, without lock-i , without comp omise, a d without payi g a ve do fo the p ivilege of leavi g. Fo 20 yea s, Pe co a has helped busi esses u databases such as MySQL, Ma iaDB, Postg eSQL, Mo goDB, Valkey, a d Redis secu ely, pe fo ma tly, a d o thei ow te ms — th ough f eely available ope sou ce softwa e, 24/7 expe t suppo t, a d ha ds-o database expe tise. Pe co a also delive s Kube etes Ope ato s a d cloud- ative solutio s, givi g o ga izatio s the flexibility to u thei databases a ywhe e: o -p emises, i the cloud, o ac oss hyb id e vi o me ts. The way is ope .

Fo mo e i fo matio , visit www.pe co a.com.

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Abby Williamso Se io Accou t Di ecto , PR – Sc atch Ma keti g + Media (fo Pe co a)Pe co a@sc atchmm.com