Find out what your peers are saying about Elastic, Microsoft, Amazon and others in Search as a Service. Updated: January 2021. 456,249 professionals have used our research since 2012. |
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Pricing and Cost Advice | |
"We chose AWS because of its cost and stability." | "Compared to other cloud platforms, it is manageable and not very expensive." |
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Top Answer: The quality of the solution is good. Top Answer: The solution is very cost-effective. Top Answer: I don't have a deep knowledge of the solution and its compatibility, so I don't know if I can speak to what might be lacking. Scalability and agility could be improved slightly, even though we find… more » | Ask a question Earn 20 points |
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Views 1,581 Comparisons 1,260 Reviews 3 Average Words per Review 633 Rating 8.7 | Views 1,591 Comparisons 1,130 Reviews 1 Average Words per Review 422 Rating 8.0 |
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Amazon | Amazon |
Overview | |
Amazon CloudSearch is a managed service in the AWS Cloud that makes it simple and cost-effective to set up, manage, and scale a search solution for your website or application. You can easily change your search parameters, fine tune search relevance, and apply new settings at any time. As your volume of data and traffic fluctuates, Amazon CloudSearch seamlessly scales to meet your needs. | 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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Learn more about Amazon AWS CloudSearch | Learn more about Amazon Elasticsearch Service |
Sample Customers | |
SmugMug | VIDCOIN, Wyng, Yellow New Zealand, zipMoney, Cimri, Siemens, Unbabel |
Top Industries | |
Media Company38% Computer Software Company17% Comms Service Provider10% Government5% | Media Company43% Computer Software Company21% Comms Service Provider12% Financial Services Firm4% |
Amazon AWS CloudSearch is ranked 3rd in Search as a Service with 3 reviews while Amazon Elasticsearch Service is ranked 4th in Search as a Service with 1 review. Amazon AWS CloudSearch is rated 8.6, while Amazon Elasticsearch Service is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon AWS CloudSearch writes "Has worldwide stability and many layers of security, like hardware security and software security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Amazon Elasticsearch Service writes "Timely support, recovers easily from failure, and in general it makes our lives easy". Amazon AWS CloudSearch is most compared with Amazon Kendra, Algolia, Amazon Athena, ELK Elasticsearch and Azure Search, whereas Amazon Elasticsearch Service is most compared with Amazon Kendra, Amazon Athena and Algolia.
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