The pricing is way too costly. I used it for around 40 MB of data for a month, and it cost $500. Even when idle, it continues to incur charges. They could improve this by allowing us to limit computing and keep data idle when not actively used. I would rate the pricing a nine out of ten, with ten being expensive. This service is three to four times more expensive than other solutions.
A managed service is more costly than a self-managed one. The cost isn't about monitoring; it also involves human resources and labor cost savings. For instance, if you previously used self-managed Elasticsearch, you need to handle all upgrade strategies and cluster management yourself. This incurred a significant cost, which makes tools like OpenSearch valuable. OpenSearch is designed to save your developers or users to manage the infrastructure.
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Amazon OpenSearch Service is a bit costly compared to self-hosted Elasticsearch due to the managed service pricing.
The pricing is way too costly. I used it for around 40 MB of data for a month, and it cost $500. Even when idle, it continues to incur charges. They could improve this by allowing us to limit computing and keep data idle when not actively used. I would rate the pricing a nine out of ten, with ten being expensive. This service is three to four times more expensive than other solutions.
A managed service is more costly than a self-managed one. The cost isn't about monitoring; it also involves human resources and labor cost savings. For instance, if you previously used self-managed Elasticsearch, you need to handle all upgrade strategies and cluster management yourself. This incurred a significant cost, which makes tools like OpenSearch valuable. OpenSearch is designed to save your developers or users to manage the infrastructure.