diff --git a/coderd/database/databasefake/databasefake.go b/coderd/database/databasefake/databasefake.go
index 0a5e241a9458f..27a634a60a689 100644
--- a/coderd/database/databasefake/databasefake.go
+++ b/coderd/database/databasefake/databasefake.go
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ func (q *fakeQuerier) GetUsers(_ context.Context, params database.GetUsersParams
 	if params.Search != "" {
 		tmp := make([]database.User, 0, len(users))
 		for i, user := range users {
-			if strings.Contains(user.Email, params.Search) {
+			if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(user.Email), strings.ToLower(params.Search)) {
 				tmp = append(tmp, users[i])
-			} else if strings.Contains(user.Username, params.Search) {
+			} else if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(user.Username), strings.ToLower(params.Search)) {
 				tmp = append(tmp, users[i])
 			}
 		}
@@ -288,7 +288,9 @@ func (q *fakeQuerier) GetUsers(_ context.Context, params database.GetUsersParams
 	if len(params.Status) > 0 {
 		usersFilteredByStatus := make([]database.User, 0, len(users))
 		for i, user := range users {
-			if slice.Contains(params.Status, user.Status) {
+			if slice.ContainsCompare(params.Status, user.Status, func(a, b database.UserStatus) bool {
+				return strings.EqualFold(string(a), string(b))
+			}) {
 				usersFilteredByStatus = append(usersFilteredByStatus, users[i])
 			}
 		}
@@ -298,7 +300,7 @@ func (q *fakeQuerier) GetUsers(_ context.Context, params database.GetUsersParams
 	if len(params.RbacRole) > 0 {
 		usersFilteredByRole := make([]database.User, 0, len(users))
 		for i, user := range users {
-			if slice.Overlap(params.RbacRole, user.RBACRoles) {
+			if slice.OverlapCompare(params.RbacRole, user.RBACRoles, strings.EqualFold) {
 				usersFilteredByRole = append(usersFilteredByRole, users[i])
 			}
 		}
@@ -384,25 +386,21 @@ func (q *fakeQuerier) GetWorkspaces(_ context.Context, arg database.GetWorkspace
 		}
 		if arg.OwnerUsername != "" {
 			owner, err := q.GetUserByID(context.Background(), workspace.OwnerID)
-			if err == nil && arg.OwnerUsername != owner.Username {
+			if err == nil && !strings.EqualFold(arg.OwnerUsername, owner.Username) {
 				continue
 			}
 		}
 		if arg.TemplateName != "" {
-			templates, err := q.GetTemplatesWithFilter(context.Background(), database.GetTemplatesWithFilterParams{
-				ExactName: arg.TemplateName,
-			})
-			// Add to later param
-			if err == nil {
-				for _, t := range templates {
-					arg.TemplateIds = append(arg.TemplateIds, t.ID)
-				}
+			template, err := q.GetTemplateByID(context.Background(), workspace.TemplateID)
+			if err == nil && !strings.EqualFold(arg.TemplateName, template.Name) {
+				continue
 			}
 		}
 		if !arg.Deleted && workspace.Deleted {
 			continue
 		}
-		if arg.Name != "" && !strings.Contains(workspace.Name, arg.Name) {
+
+		if arg.Name != "" && !strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(workspace.Name), strings.ToLower(arg.Name)) {
 			continue
 		}
 		if len(arg.TemplateIds) > 0 {
diff --git a/coderd/database/queries.sql.go b/coderd/database/queries.sql.go
index 96efc5682a981..fec4a0f1cd8eb 100644
--- a/coderd/database/queries.sql.go
+++ b/coderd/database/queries.sql.go
@@ -4094,7 +4094,7 @@ WHERE
   	-- Filter by owner_name
 	AND CASE
 		WHEN $3 :: text != '' THEN
-			owner_id = (SELECT id FROM users WHERE username = $3)
+			owner_id = (SELECT id FROM users WHERE lower(username) = lower($3))
 		ELSE true
 	END
 	-- Filter by template_name
@@ -4102,7 +4102,7 @@ WHERE
   	-- Use the organization filter to restrict to 1 org if needed.
 	AND CASE
 		WHEN $4 :: text != '' THEN
-			template_id = ANY(SELECT id FROM templates WHERE name = $4)
+			template_id = ANY(SELECT id FROM templates WHERE lower(name) = lower($4))
 		ELSE true
 	END
 	-- Filter by template_ids
@@ -4114,7 +4114,7 @@ WHERE
 	-- Filter by name, matching on substring
 	AND CASE
 		WHEN $6 :: text != '' THEN
-			LOWER(name) LIKE '%' || LOWER($6) || '%'
+		    name ILIKE '%' || $6 || '%'
 		ELSE true
 	END
 `
diff --git a/coderd/database/queries/workspaces.sql b/coderd/database/queries/workspaces.sql
index 5d939a8477e33..c88f687dfed28 100644
--- a/coderd/database/queries/workspaces.sql
+++ b/coderd/database/queries/workspaces.sql
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ WHERE
   	-- Filter by owner_name
 	AND CASE
 		WHEN @owner_username :: text != '' THEN
-			owner_id = (SELECT id FROM users WHERE username = @owner_username)
+			owner_id = (SELECT id FROM users WHERE lower(username) = lower(@owner_username))
 		ELSE true
 	END
 	-- Filter by template_name
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ WHERE
   	-- Use the organization filter to restrict to 1 org if needed.
 	AND CASE
 		WHEN @template_name :: text != '' THEN
-			template_id = ANY(SELECT id FROM templates WHERE name = @template_name)
+			template_id = ANY(SELECT id FROM templates WHERE lower(name) = lower(@template_name))
 		ELSE true
 	END
 	-- Filter by template_ids
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ WHERE
 	-- Filter by name, matching on substring
 	AND CASE
 		WHEN @name :: text != '' THEN
-			LOWER(name) LIKE '%' || LOWER(@name) || '%'
+		    name ILIKE '%' || @name || '%'
 		ELSE true
 	END
 ;
diff --git a/coderd/util/slice/slice.go b/coderd/util/slice/slice.go
index 5338eee90712c..2cc6c2a4bb0d5 100644
--- a/coderd/util/slice/slice.go
+++ b/coderd/util/slice/slice.go
@@ -1,20 +1,32 @@
 package slice
 
-func Contains[T comparable](haystack []T, needle T) bool {
+func ContainsCompare[T any](haystack []T, needle T, equal func(a, b T) bool) bool {
 	for _, hay := range haystack {
-		if needle == hay {
+		if equal(needle, hay) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
 	return false
 }
 
+func Contains[T comparable](haystack []T, needle T) bool {
+	return ContainsCompare(haystack, needle, func(a, b T) bool {
+		return a == b
+	})
+}
+
 // Overlap returns if the 2 sets have any overlap (element(s) in common)
 func Overlap[T comparable](a []T, b []T) bool {
+	return OverlapCompare(a, b, func(a, b T) bool {
+		return a == b
+	})
+}
+
+func OverlapCompare[T any](a []T, b []T, equal func(a, b T) bool) bool {
 	// For each element in b, if at least 1 is contained in 'a',
 	// return true.
 	for _, element := range b {
-		if Contains(a, element) {
+		if ContainsCompare(a, element, equal) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/coderd/workspaces.go b/coderd/workspaces.go
index c043be1694764..4c9739a70d267 100644
--- a/coderd/workspaces.go
+++ b/coderd/workspaces.go
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ func workspaceSearchQuery(query string) (database.GetWorkspacesParams, []httpapi
 		// No filter
 		return database.GetWorkspacesParams{}, nil
 	}
+	query = strings.ToLower(query)
 	// Because we do this in 2 passes, we want to maintain quotes on the first
 	// pass.Further splitting occurs on the second pass and quotes will be
 	// dropped.
diff --git a/coderd/workspaces_internal_test.go b/coderd/workspaces_internal_test.go
index 2d6e2c21ee3d7..8096c3af44707 100644
--- a/coderd/workspaces_internal_test.go
+++ b/coderd/workspaces_internal_test.go
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ func TestSearchWorkspace(t *testing.T) {
 			Name:  "Owner/Name",
 			Query: "Foo/Bar",
 			Expected: database.GetWorkspacesParams{
-				OwnerUsername: "Foo",
-				Name:          "Bar",
+				OwnerUsername: "foo",
+				Name:          "bar",
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func TestSearchWorkspace(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			Name:  "Name+Param",
-			Query: "workspace-name template:docker",
+			Query: "workspace-name TEMPLATE:docker",
 			Expected: database.GetWorkspacesParams{
 				Name:         "workspace-name",
 				TemplateName: "docker",
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func TestSearchWorkspace(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			Name:  "OnlyParams",
-			Query: "name:workspace-name template:docker owner:alice",
+			Query: "name:workspace-name template:docker OWNER:Alice",
 			Expected: database.GetWorkspacesParams{
 				Name:          "workspace-name",
 				TemplateName:  "docker",
diff --git a/coderd/workspaces_test.go b/coderd/workspaces_test.go
index 017fde1b0ac50..9f60bf816339d 100644
--- a/coderd/workspaces_test.go
+++ b/coderd/workspaces_test.go
@@ -358,6 +358,13 @@ func TestWorkspaceFilter(t *testing.T) {
 		user, err := userClient.User(context.Background(), codersdk.Me)
 		require.NoError(t, err, "fetch me")
 
+		if i%3 == 0 {
+			user, err = client.UpdateUserProfile(context.Background(), user.ID.String(), codersdk.UpdateUserProfileRequest{
+				Username: strings.ToUpper(user.Username),
+			})
+			require.NoError(t, err, "uppercase username")
+		}
+
 		org, err := userClient.CreateOrganization(context.Background(), codersdk.CreateOrganizationRequest{
 			Name: user.Username + "-org",
 		})
@@ -378,16 +385,32 @@ func TestWorkspaceFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	availTemplates := make([]codersdk.Template, 0)
 	allWorkspaces := make([]madeWorkspace, 0)
+	upperTemplates := make([]string, 0)
 
 	// Create some random workspaces
-	for _, user := range users {
+	var count int
+	for i, user := range users {
 		version := coderdtest.CreateTemplateVersion(t, client, user.Org.ID, nil)
 
 		// Create a template & workspace in the user's org
 		coderdtest.AwaitTemplateVersionJob(t, client, version.ID)
-		template := coderdtest.CreateTemplate(t, client, user.Org.ID, version.ID)
+
+		var template codersdk.Template
+		if i%3 == 0 {
+			template = coderdtest.CreateTemplate(t, client, user.Org.ID, version.ID, func(request *codersdk.CreateTemplateRequest) {
+				request.Name = strings.ToUpper(request.Name)
+			})
+			upperTemplates = append(upperTemplates, template.Name)
+		} else {
+			template = coderdtest.CreateTemplate(t, client, user.Org.ID, version.ID)
+		}
+
 		availTemplates = append(availTemplates, template)
-		workspace := coderdtest.CreateWorkspace(t, user.Client, template.OrganizationID, template.ID)
+		workspace := coderdtest.CreateWorkspace(t, user.Client, template.OrganizationID, template.ID, func(request *codersdk.CreateWorkspaceRequest) {
+			if count%3 == 0 {
+				request.Name = strings.ToUpper(request.Name)
+			}
+		})
 		allWorkspaces = append(allWorkspaces, madeWorkspace{
 			Workspace: workspace,
 			Template:  template,
@@ -428,19 +451,28 @@ func TestWorkspaceFilter(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			Name: "Owner",
 			Filter: codersdk.WorkspaceFilter{
-				Owner: users[2].User.Username,
+				Owner: strings.ToUpper(users[2].User.Username),
 			},
 			FilterF: func(f codersdk.WorkspaceFilter, workspace madeWorkspace) bool {
-				return workspace.Owner.Username == f.Owner
+				return strings.EqualFold(workspace.Owner.Username, f.Owner)
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			Name: "TemplateName",
 			Filter: codersdk.WorkspaceFilter{
-				Template: allWorkspaces[5].Template.Name,
+				Template: strings.ToUpper(allWorkspaces[5].Template.Name),
 			},
 			FilterF: func(f codersdk.WorkspaceFilter, workspace madeWorkspace) bool {
-				return workspace.Template.Name == f.Template
+				return strings.EqualFold(workspace.Template.Name, f.Template)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "UpperTemplateName",
+			Filter: codersdk.WorkspaceFilter{
+				Template: upperTemplates[0],
+			},
+			FilterF: func(f codersdk.WorkspaceFilter, workspace madeWorkspace) bool {
+				return strings.EqualFold(workspace.Template.Name, f.Template)
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -450,16 +482,21 @@ func TestWorkspaceFilter(t *testing.T) {
 				Name: "a",
 			},
 			FilterF: func(f codersdk.WorkspaceFilter, workspace madeWorkspace) bool {
-				return strings.Contains(workspace.Workspace.Name, f.Name)
+				return strings.ContainsAny(workspace.Workspace.Name, "Aa")
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			Name: "Q-Owner/Name",
 			Filter: codersdk.WorkspaceFilter{
-				FilterQuery: allWorkspaces[5].Owner.Username + "/" + allWorkspaces[5].Workspace.Name,
+				FilterQuery: allWorkspaces[5].Owner.Username + "/" + strings.ToUpper(allWorkspaces[5].Workspace.Name),
 			},
-			FilterF: func(_ codersdk.WorkspaceFilter, workspace madeWorkspace) bool {
-				return workspace.Workspace.ID == allWorkspaces[5].Workspace.ID
+			FilterF: func(f codersdk.WorkspaceFilter, workspace madeWorkspace) bool {
+				if strings.EqualFold(workspace.Owner.Username, allWorkspaces[5].Owner.Username) &&
+					strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(workspace.Workspace.Name), strings.ToLower(allWorkspaces[5].Workspace.Name)) {
+					return true
+				}
+
+				return false
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -470,7 +507,12 @@ func TestWorkspaceFilter(t *testing.T) {
 				Name:     allWorkspaces[3].Workspace.Name,
 			},
 			FilterF: func(f codersdk.WorkspaceFilter, workspace madeWorkspace) bool {
-				return workspace.Workspace.ID == allWorkspaces[3].Workspace.ID
+				if strings.EqualFold(workspace.Owner.Username, f.Owner) &&
+					strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(workspace.Workspace.Name), strings.ToLower(f.Name)) &&
+					strings.EqualFold(workspace.Template.Name, f.Template) {
+					return true
+				}
+				return false
 			},
 		},
 	}