# Max number of App Search engines

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-number-of-app-search-engines/330531>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [April 21, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-number-of-app-search-engines/330531 "2023-04-21T16:00:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![stes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stes/32/103116_2.png) [@stes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stes)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-number-of-app-search-engines/330531/1 "2023-04-21T16:00:04Z")

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Hello,

I am self-managing with the Basic license and, before installing Enterprise Search, I would like to make sure it suits my needs.

I need parallel crawls, but App Search's Web Crawler only supports one per engine[1]. Creating a new engine for each app would solve the problem, so I would like to know if there is a limitation on the number of engines.

Before asking, I checked:

- [Official Elasticsearch Pricing: Elastic Cloud, Managed Elasticsearch | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/pricing/)
- [Subscriptions | Elastic Stack Products & Support | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)
- [App Search Guide | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/app-search/)  
No info about the number of engines, not even on [Limits | App Search documentation [8.7] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/app-search/8.7/limits.html#plan-api-limitations-engine-limits).

[1] [Configuration | Enterprise Search documentation [8.7] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search/8.7/configuration.html#configuration-settings-app-search-crawler)

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**Author:** ![Carlos\_D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carlos_d/32/126245_2.png) [@Carlos\_D](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_D)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-number-of-app-search-engines/330531/2 "2023-04-21T17:25:31Z")

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Hi @stes !

There is no limit in the number of Engines that can be created.

In case you're planning to create a Meta Engine to combine all the Engines for doing searches over all of them, keep in mind that there is a (configurable) [limit of 15 Engines per Meta Engine](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/app-search/8.7/limits.html#plan-api-limitations-engine-limits).

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**Author:** ![Serena\_Chou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/serena_chou/32/100087_2.png) [@Serena\_Chou](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Serena_Chou)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-number-of-app-search-engines/330531/3 "2023-04-26T17:49:06Z")

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Just checking to see what version you're running, I'm curious if you're utilizing [Elastic web crawler | Enterprise Search documentation [8.7] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search/current/crawler.html) vs the App Search web crawler?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-number-of-app-search-engines/330531/4 "2023-05-24T17:49:59Z")

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