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Amazon AWS CloudSearch vs Elastic Search comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon AWS CloudSearch
Ranking in Search as a Service
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Elastic Search
Ranking in Search as a Service
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Indexing and Search (1st), Cloud Data Integration (11th), Vector Databases (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Search as a Service category, the mindshare of Amazon AWS CloudSearch is 10.7%, down from 12.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Elastic Search is 12.2%, up from 7.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

AmrIssa - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 11, 2023
A scalable and fully managed search service with diverse data type support and robust security
We use it as our hosting solution, serving as the backbone for our systems, which include Rubrik and SAP It is remarkably efficient and beneficial. A reboot should be enhanced. There are issues with the VBC collection. I have been working with it for four years. I would rate the stability ten…
Saurav Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 15, 2024
Provides us with the capability to execute multiple queries according to our requirements
I can describe a project where we use Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (ELK stack) for our archiving objectives. I work in the security department of a Fintech company in the payment industry. We use the ELK stack to connect our internal systems with the bank's systems and we used Beats for data…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Document indexing, text-based search API, and Geospatial searches are all good features."
"I've found the solution to be very scalable."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon AWS CloudSearch is the cloud aspect. I do not need to have the physical infrastructure, everything is in the cloud."
"It will remain alive in the market. The solution will be stable in the market."
"It's the best solution for any company. It has a hosting ERP system for any task. AWS is stable. AWS is more flexible and its elastic concept is a new concept. AWS is also very secure. It has many layers of security, like hardware security and software security. This is a big issue."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The best feature is its scalability in that Cloud is always on the fly."
"AWS CloudSearch's best features are good performance under high CPU and memory use, and ease of deployment and scaling."
"It helps us to analyse the logs based on the location, user, and other log parameters."
"It is stable."
"Dashboard is very customizable."
"The most valuable feature of Elastic Enterprise Search is the opportunity to search behind and between different logs."
"The search speed is most valuable and important."
"The most valuable features are the data store and the X-pack extension."
"I am impressed with the product's Logstash. The tool is fast and customizable. You can build beautiful dashboards with it. It is useful and reliable."
"All the quality features are there. There are about 60 to 70 reports available."
 

Cons

"Maybe they are common in Egypt, but you should make a request on Amazon to create a function to monitor CPU performance, memory, and files. It is very difficult in AWS. I would tell them it should be simple, just drag and drop. I think they could develop this option so we can drag and drop to monitor performance of the processor and memory."
"Latlon data type only supports single value per document. All other types support multiple values. We faced issues with this because we had scenarios where, for each document, we needed to store multiple latlon values for different geographical locations."
"Amazon AWS CloudSearch is highly stable. However, the speed depends on your internet connection."
"I would say that it needs to keep its cost competitive in the market, especially in comparison to other clouds."
"Index cleanup is sometimes painful. No easy way to clean indexes or a bulk of documents. Full indexing or regeneration of entire indexes sometimes gets stuck. In one instance, we had to delete the entire index and re-create it."
"A reboot should be enhanced."
"The solution should improve the recovery aspects that it has on offer."
"We'd like to see more database features."
"They're making changes in their architecture too frequently."
"Elastic Enterprise Search could improve its SSL integration easier. We should not need to go to the back-end servers to do configuration, we should be able to do it on the GUI."
"Something that could be improved is better integrations with Cortex and QRadar, for example."
"The solution's integration and configuration are not easy. Not many people know exactly what to do."
"There is a lack of technical people to develop, implement and optimize equipment operation and web queries."
"I would like to be able to do correlations between multiple indexes."
"The GUI is the part of the program which has the most room for improvement."
"Technical support should be faster."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There was no license needed to use this solution."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one point is cheap, and ten points are expensive, I rate the pricing as medium or reasonable."
"Our license costs around $4,000 per month."
"In comparison to IBM and Microsoft, the pricing is more favorable."
"We chose AWS because of its cost and stability."
"I'm not sure how much we pay a year. It might be around $30,000 a year."
"Amazon AWS CloudSearch charging is based on how many resources you consume or and the solution is known to be a bit expensive."
"The pricing model is questionable and needs to be addressed because when you would like to have the security they charge per machine."
"This product is open-source and can be used free of charge."
"The tool is not expensive. Its licensing costs are yearly."
"We are paying $1,500 a month to use the solution. If you want to have endpoint protection you need to pay more."
"The version of Elastic Enterprise Search I am using is open source which is free. The pricing model should improve for the enterprise version because it is very expensive."
"Elastic Search is open-source, but you need to pay for support, which is expensive."
"We are using the free version and intend to upgrade."
"Although the ELK Elasticsearch software is open-source, we buy the hardware."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Insurance Company
6%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon AWS CloudSearch?
In comparison to IBM and Microsoft, the pricing is more favorable. I would rate it eight out of ten.
What needs improvement with Amazon AWS CloudSearch?
A reboot should be enhanced. There are issues with the VBC collection.
What do you like most about ELK Elasticsearch?
Logsign provides us with the capability to execute multiple queries according to our requirements. The indexing is very high, making it effective for storing and retrieving logs. The real-time anal...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ELK Elasticsearch?
I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with one being high price and ten being low price. It could be cheaper for certain use cases, but since it gets the job done, no complaints for the pric...
What needs improvement with ELK Elasticsearch?
Elastic Search needs better guides for developers. Better guides for development.
 

Also Known As

No data available
Elastic Enterprise Search, Swiftype, Elastic Cloud
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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T-Mobile, Adobe, Booking.com, BMW, Telegraph Media Group, Cisco, Karbon, Deezer, NORBr, Labelbox, Fingerprint, Relativity, NHS Hospital, Met Office, Proximus, Go1, Mentat, Bluestone Analytics, Humanz, Hutch, Auchan, Sitecore, Linklaters, Socren, Infotrack, Pfizer, Engadget, Airbus, Grab, Vimeo, Ticketmaster, Asana, Twilio, Blizzard, Comcast, RWE and many others.
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