
Search Smarter. Match Better.
Search applications are foundational to modern data workflows, providing robust, scalable platforms for indexing and retrieving large datasets. However, these systems often fall short when precise matching, specifically with names, is critical.
Babel Street Match was developed to address these gaps, offering a simple, AI-powered plug-in for Elastic's search capabilities. Using its patented two-pass system, Babel Street Match delivers:
- 90% reduction in false positives
- Support for 20+ languages and their native scripts
- Powerful AI-driven scoring for better precision and recall
With Match, organizations can move beyond basic searches to achieve enterprise-level identity screening and risk mitigation with speed and accuracy.
How the Babel Street Match Plug-in Works
The Elastic Search AI Platform serves as a unifying data layer that connects your disparate systems and data, allowing you to find what you need quickly, through a single query. Being able to ingest and process real-time data enables higher detection rates and fewer false positives. By using machine learning to enhance detection, you’re able to better identify anomalies or atypical patterns and behavior on a large scale. With fewer silos and blind spots, threat intelligence has the potential to be significantly more accurate.
Babel Street Match is implemented as a plug-in designed to work with your existing Elasticsearch environment to deliver faster and more accurate name search results. Its patented, two-pass system for intelligent name matching leverages AI and linguistic analysis to identify individuals and organizations even with:
- Misspellings, nicknames, aliases, titles: John Smith, Jon Smyth, Johnny Smith, Mr. John Smyth – Babel Street recognizes them all as the same individual.
- Variations across languages: Identify individuals and entities across 20+ languages and native scripts, including Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian.
- Complex organizational names: Match “PennyLuck Drugs” to “PennyLuck Pharmaceuticals” using semantic similarity.
Benefits of Adding the Babel Street Match Plug-in to Your Existing Elasticsearch Environment
- Unmatched Accuracy with Advanced Algorithms: Advanced name and data matching algorithms catch subtle discrepancies others miss, including multilingual and multi-cultural names.
- Automated Second-Pass Reviews: Babel Street Match can further automate the review process and reduce the burden of manual checks.
- Simplified Workflows: Leveraging Lucene, the underlying search library used in Elastic’s search capabilities, and clear confidence scores with ranking, users can eliminate the need for complex multi-field queries and say goodbye to sifting through unsorted results.
- Real-time Scalability: Users now can process hundreds of millions of records in real-time with seamless integration to their existing Elastic search environment.


Match is Now Available on Amazon Marketplace
Babel Street Match Plug-in for Elastic is now available directly through AWS Marketplace.
Real-World Success with Babel Street Match
ClearPic, a Latvia-based startup, offers a risk management platform with a unique master database for Central/Western Asia and the Caspian region, enabling businesses to comply with AML and sanctions screening regulations. Their solution addresses the lack of coverage by major data providers in this region, which hinders international business and investment due to insufficient data for due diligence and FCPA compliance. ClearPic's platform aggregates and analyzes data from diverse sources, including tax records and watchlists, to reveal potential corruption risks and facilitate KYC due diligence. By leveraging Babel Street Match's name matching capabilities, ClearPic overcomes the challenge of inconsistent naming conventions and lack of unique identifiers in these regions, providing accurate and efficient entity resolution for its customers.

Key Results
92%
Accuracy achieved in name matching, increasing efficiency
80%
Recall in name matching, enabling greater risk mitigation
Exposing Control
Connected data is a knowledge graph of influence, control, and potential corruption
Boost Productivity & Slash Costs with Smarter Screening
Ready to reduce risk, improve compliance, and boost productivity with smarter screening? Babel Street Match delivers exceptional accuracy and increases efficiency across a variety of applications — from financial services and law enforcement to healthcare and border security. This AI-powered solution accurately matches the names of people, businesses, and locations, reduces manual review, and helps your teams focus on the most critical cases.
Calculate your potential cost and productivity savings and discover a smarter way to screen.

Ready to Supercharge Your Elastic Searches?
Let Babel Street Match be your partner in precision. Whether you’re looking to reduce errors, ensure customer compliance, or simply build greater customer confidence in your platform, our Match Plug-in can seamlessly fit into your Elastic infrastructure to enhance your results.