What's the Difference Between Amazon CloudSearch and OpenSearch Serverless?
Compare Amazon CloudSearch and OpenSearch Serverless side by side — features, pricing, and ideal use cases to help you choose the right product.
Compare side-by-side
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Comparisons
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Amazon CloudSearch
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OpenSearch Serverless
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Category
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Analytics, Search |
Analytics, Serverless Search |
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Description
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Managed search service for setting up, managing, and scaling a search solution for your website or application. |
Run search and analytics workloads without managing OpenSearch clusters. |
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Best for
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Key features
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Pricing model
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Pay per search instance hour + data transfer |
Pay per OCU-hour + data stored |
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Free tier
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No |
No |
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Expert take
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“CloudSearch provides managed search with auto-scaling and multi-AZ. For new projects, OpenSearch offers more flexibility, but CloudSearch remains simpler for basic full-text search needs.” |
“OpenSearch Serverless auto-scales compute and storage independently. Choose time-series or search collections based on your access pattern for optimal cost.” |
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Product page
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When to use Amazon CloudSearch or OpenSearch Serverless
Use Amazon CloudSearch when:
- Website search
- Document search
- E-commerce search
- Log search
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Use OpenSearch Serverless when:
- Log analytics
- Full-text search
- Vector search
- Application monitoring
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