Introducing Lucidworks Dynamic Index
One Update. Everywhere Instantly.
Summary
Lucidworks Dynamic Index™ is a query-time personalization engine that instantly attaches the correct price, inventory, and entitlements to each shopper—without reindexing. It improves accuracy, eliminates index bloat, reduces infrastructure cost, and delivers faster updates across millions of SKUs for B2B and retail commerce.
Dynamic Index vs. Legacy Search Approaches
Let’s be honest: in modern commerce, things move fast. Prices change, inventory shifts, contract terms evolve, and your customers expect everything they see online to be accurate every single time they hit “search.”
And they should—because nothing tanks trust faster than finding the perfect item only to see a different price on the PDP or learning it’s “actually not available” at checkout. Ouch.
If you’re a merchandiser, pricing manager, or search lead, you probably know this pain all too well. You’re stuck playing catch-up with systems that weren’t built to personalize catalog data across thousands (or millions) of permutations. The old architecture forces you to reindex constantly. It bloats your infrastructure. It slows down your operations. And it frustrates your customers.
That’s why we’re so excited to introduce Lucidworks Dynamic Index™—a modern solution to a very modern problem.
Dynamic Index keeps your search index clean and fast, while attaching the exact price, inventory, or entitlement each shopper should see at the very moment they search. No reindexing. No waiting. No mismatches.
Just one update—reflected everywhere instantly.
Let’s dig in.
The Challenge: Modern Commerce Isn’t Simple Anymore
Once upon a time, “price” meant “price.” Inventory was just “in stock” or “out of stock.” Entitlements belonged to IT. And everyone saw the same thing.
Those days are gone. Now your teams are managing:
- Different prices for different contracts
- Different inventory per store, region, or warehouse
- Entitlements that vary by user, business unit, or segment
- Frequent updates across thousands or millions of SKUs
- Rising expectations for instant accuracy
But unfortunately, most search systems weren’t designed for this level of complexity. They try to solve it the “old way”: Index every possible price, inventory state, and entitlement for every SKU.
This leads to:
❌ Massive index bloat
❌ Slower updates
❌ Higher infrastructure cost
❌ A tangled mess of replicas
❌ Stale data (and frustrated merchandisers)
❌ Wrong price → wrong PDP → wrong checkout → lost trust
And your customers feel it immediately.
The Old Way Doesn’t Scale
When platforms force you to bake every dynamic attribute into the index, every little change becomes a big deal.
- One contract pricing update? Reindex.
- Store-level promotion? Reindex.
- Inventory changed in Region A? Reindex—again.
This slows everything down, introduces risk, and delays the very tasks your merchandisers need to execute quickly. Worse, it raises infrastructure costs because a bloated index requires more storage, more replicas, and more CPU.
It’s like printing a separate catalog for every customer. Unnecessary. Expensive. Aging by the second.
Dynamic Index takes a different approach.
Introducing Lucidworks Dynamic Index™
A modern fix to a modern problem.
Dynamic Index keeps your primary search index lean and efficient. Instead of stuffing every possible attribute permutation into your index, we store dynamic attributes (such as contract-specific pricing, store-level inventory, and entitlements) separately and attach them at query time.
Think of it like handing each shopper a personalized “data layer” the moment they search.
One update. Millions of personalized outcomes. Instantly.
How It Works
Here’s the simple version:
- Your core index stays clean. Only stable product data goes in—like names, categories, images, specs.
- Dynamic attributes get stored separately. Pricing files, inventory lists, entitlement rules—whatever varies by shopper.
- When someone searches… We look at who they are, where they are, and what they’re allowed to see.
- Dynamic Index attaches the correct values instantly. Before results return, they’re personalized with the correct price, inventory, or entitlement.
- The shopper sees exactly what they should. No mismatches. No surprises. No reindexing.
Merchandisers will love it. The IT team will love it.
What Buyers Get with Dynamic Index
⏱ Faster Changes, Faster Commerce
Pricing and inventory updates go from hours to minutes. Launch promotions without waiting on engineering. Fix errors fast. Roll out contract updates without touching your index.
💸 Lower Infrastructure Costs
When your index isn’t bloated with thousands of dynamic fields, everything gets cheaper.
- Up to 70% smaller index footprint
- 30–50% reduction in infrastructure costs from removing indexed permutations
- Fewer replicas
- Less CPU
- Faster everything
Your ops team will wonder why this didn’t exist ten years ago.
✨ Better Conversion Through Accuracy
Accurate pricing and availability directly improve trust and reduce abandonment. Industry research proves it:
- McKinsey: 10–30% conversion lift from personalized pricing & availability
- Gartner: stale or mismatched data can drop conversion by 25%
- Lucidworks (Proof of concept for big-box retailer): +8.66% conversion lift from improved accuracy
When shoppers trust what they see, they buy more. Simple.
📈 Built for Scale
Dynamic Index thrives in large, complex environments:
- 10k SKUs or 10 million? No problem.
- Thousands of stores or regions? Easy.
- Hundreds of contract-specific price lists? Bring it on.
In fact, the more complex your catalog, the better Dynamic Index performs.
🧠 Powered by the World’s Best Search Stack
Dynamic Index plugs directly into Lucidworks Search—the same platform trusted by:
- 5 of the 10 largest U.S. retailers
- Global manufacturers
- Multi-brand enterprises
- Trillion-document environments
This means you get personalization without sacrificing ranking quality. Dynamic attributes attach after ranking, so relevance stays clean, precise, and lightning-fast.
Why Lucidworks Is Uniquely Positioned to Solve This
Not all “dynamic data” solutions are the same. Most competitors simply repackage the old approach: pre-index everything and hope for the best.
Lucidworks is different:
- True query-time dynamic attribute injection (only available from Lucidworks)
- Neural Hybrid Search—the world’s most advanced search science
- Multimodal chunking + signal-based ranking for deeper accuracy
- Proven performance at a global scale
- Enterprise-grade entitlements and governance
We didn’t bolt this capability on. We engineered it into the core of our platform.
Who Benefits Most?
Dynamic Index is built for teams who live and breathe catalog complexity:
- Merchandisers launching promotions or updating catalog data daily
- Pricing owners managing contract rules, region-specific pricing, or frequent price changes
- Search and CX teams focused on accuracy and consistency
- IT teams are tired of fragile reindexing cycles
- Large retailers, B2B distributors, industrials, and multi-brand groups
If this describes you, Dynamic Index will feel like a breath of fresh air.
The Bottom Line
Shoppers expect prices and availability to be right—always. Merchandisers expect changes to go live fast. IT teams expect stability. Leaders expect efficiency and ROI.
Legacy indexing can’t keep up with those expectations.
Lucidworks Dynamic Index™ is the system modern commerce has been waiting for. It gives you more speed, more personalization, and less cost—without the compromises of the past.
One update. Everywhere instantly. That’s the Lucidworks advantage.
Lucidworks Goes Beyond Competitive Offerings.
| Capability | Lucidworks | Coveo | Algolia | Bloomreach | Homegrown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Query-time dynamic attributes | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Rarely |
| Avoids index bloat | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Sometimes |
| Millions of permutations | ✓ | Limited | Limited | Limited | Depends |
| Works for price, inventory, entitlements | ✓ | Partial | No | Partial | Sometimes |
| Infrastructure efficiency | Highest | Low | Low | Low | Depends |
Lucidworks Dynamic Index FAQ
What is Lucidworks Dynamic Index™?
Dynamic Index is a query-time personalization engine that instantly attaches the correct price, inventory, and entitlements to each shopper—without reindexing or bloating your index.
Why is this better than traditional indexing?
Legacy systems store every price or inventory value directly in the index, which slows updates, increases infrastructure costs, and often leads to mismatched data. Dynamic Index keeps your catalog clean and adds the right values at query time.
Does Dynamic Index help with contract pricing or store-level inventory?
Yes. Dynamic Index is designed specifically for complex B2B and retail scenarios like contract pricing, store/region availability, user entitlements, and multi-level personalization.
Will this speed up my pricing or inventory updates?
Absolutely. Updates that used to require hours of reindexing now take minutes—or even seconds—because the core index remains untouched.
Does this help conversion?
Yes. Accurate pricing and availability increase trust and reduce abandonment. Industry studies show a 10–30% conversion lift from fresher and more accurate results.
What’s required to use Dynamic Index?
You’ll need the Lucidworks Search platform (Core Package), a clean pricing/inventory feed, and simple integration with your dynamic attribute files.
Is this recommended for large or complex catalogs?
Dynamic Index is built for them. The more SKUs, stores, or contract variations you have, the more value you gain.