What's the Difference Between Amazon OpenSearch and OpenSearch Serverless?
Compare Amazon OpenSearch and OpenSearch Serverless side by side — features, pricing, and ideal use cases to help you choose the right product.
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Comparisons
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Amazon OpenSearch
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OpenSearch Serverless
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Category
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Analytics, Search & log analytics |
Analytics, Serverless Search |
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Description
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Real-time search, observability, and security analytics |
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 instance hour + storage |
Pay per OCU-hour + data stored |
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Free tier
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Yes |
No |
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Expert take
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“OpenSearch is the right choice when you need full-text search with relevance scoring, log analytics with dashboards, or both in one cluster. OpenSearch Serverless removes capacity planning; for predictable workloads, provisioned clusters with UltraWarm tiering optimize cost.” |
“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 OpenSearch or OpenSearch Serverless
Use Amazon OpenSearch when:
- Log analytics
- Full-text search
- Application monitoring
- Security analytics
- Clickstream analytics
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Use OpenSearch Serverless when:
- Log analytics
- Full-text search
- Vector search
- Application monitoring
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