We compared Amazon Elasticsearch Service and Amazon Athena based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
The Amazon Elasticsearch Service is praised for its ease of use, scalability, and advanced search functionalities, while users appreciate the reliable performance and seamless integration with other AWS tools. In contrast, Amazon Athena stands out for its simplicity, efficiency in querying data directly from S3, and cost-effective pricing structure. Areas for improvement in both services include documentation, query optimization, and query performance for Amazon Elasticsearch Service, and better user interface and support resources for Amazon Athena.
Features: Amazon Elasticsearch Service is valued for its scalability, powerful analytics, and integration with other AWS tools. On the other hand, Amazon Athena stands out for its simplicity, direct querying from S3, and cost-effective serverless nature.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for Amazon Elasticsearch Service is reasonable and flexible, with a straightforward and intuitive setup process. Users find the licensing transparent and easily understood. On the other hand, Amazon Athena has minimal setup cost as a managed service that eliminates the need for infrastructure provisioning. Users appreciate its flexible pricing structure, where they only pay for the queries they run. The pay-as-you-go licensing model eliminates upfront licensing fees., The ROI from Amazon Elasticsearch Service was significant, greatly increasing profitability. However, the ROI from Amazon Athena varied based on user feedback and individual use cases.
Room for Improvement: While the Amazon Elasticsearch Service could benefit from improvements in documentation, query optimization, data visualization, and monitoring capabilities, Amazon Athena users are looking for faster response times, a more intuitive user interface, and better documentation and support resources to enhance usability and efficiency.
Deployment and customer support: The reviews for Amazon Elasticsearch Service indicate that the time required for deployment and setup varied among users, ranging from one week to three months. In contrast, the reviews for Amazon Athena show that the duration for establishing the solution differed greatly for different users, with some finding it quick and straightforward, while others experienced a longer deployment and setup process., Amazon Elasticsearch Service has received positive feedback for its customer service, with users appreciating the prompt assistance and knowledgeable staff. Similarly, Amazon Athena's customer service has been praised for its responsiveness and efficiency in addressing queries and concerns.
The summary above is based on 10 interviews we conducted recently with Amazon Elasticsearch Service and Amazon Athena users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
Amazon Athena is an interactive query service that makes it easy to analyze data in Amazon S3 using standard SQL. Athena is serverless, so there is no infrastructure to manage, and you pay only for the queries that you run.
Amazon Elasticsearch Service is a managed service that makes it easy to deploy, operate, and scale Elasticsearch clusters in the AWS Cloud.
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