# Why plugin needed instead of SDK

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-plugin-needed-instead-of-sdk/347370
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 16, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-plugin-needed-instead-of-sdk/347370 "2023-11-16T21:28:15Z")
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### Author: ![Prabhu\_shanmughapriy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/prabhu_shanmughapriy/32/77572_2.png) [@Prabhu\_shanmughapriy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prabhu_shanmughapriy)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-plugin-needed-instead-of-sdk/347370/1 "2023-11-16T21:28:15Z")

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Hi,

I would like to understand why should we write an Elasticsearch plugin vs Elasticsearch SDK.. This for fuzzy search for indices. Is there any performance reasons with plugins?

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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: [December 14, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-plugin-needed-instead-of-sdk/347370/2 "2023-12-14T21:28:18Z")

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