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PROS

Amazon OpenSearch Service offers robust stability and easy initial setup, making it a reliable choice for users.
The documentation is comprehensive, supporting seamless usability and effective implementation.
Elastic ensures well-managed operations and minimal downtime during failures, enhancing the experience.
The service's ability to efficiently search, retrieve, and manage data helps users address various use cases effectively.
Amazon OpenSearch Service enhances organizations' capability to handle large volumes of data efficiently, particularly with its fast search capabilities.

CONS

Amazon provides hosting but lacks database management options within Elasticsearch.
Configuration is complex and documentation needs improvement.
Pricing is high compared to usage, with customers finding it expensive.
Users express a need for more customization based on specific use cases.
Auto-scaling support is requested to improve service capabilities.
 

Amazon OpenSearch Service Pros review quotes

DC
Tech Lead at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Sep 25, 2018
The stability of the product is good.
AJ
Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Nov 4, 2020
In case there is a failure, Elastic manages everything well, and there no major downtime.
Beverly R. Jamison - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Solutions Architect / Computer Scientist at Practical Semantics
Mar 8, 2023
The most valuable features of Amazon Elasticsearch are ease of use, native JSON, and efficiency. Additionally, handles many use cases and search grammar was useful.
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Surjit Choudhury - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultancy at Ebenezer International School
Jun 22, 2023
Regarding valuable features of the solution, we found with the process, which we have used in both cases where we used the solution that while you're seeing the streaming of data, you can analyze in the initial phase what sort of data you are streaming and whether it is valuable.
AK
Team lead at YAP
Oct 17, 2023
It's a good log management platform. In terms of infrastructure management, it's good.
BD
Dev Lead at Silicod
Oct 17, 2023
It enables us to efficiently search and retrieve our event data, offering us a versatile approach to locate specific information within these logs.
Faisal Umer - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Apr 19, 2024
We retrieve historical data with just a click of a button to move it from cold to hot or warm because it's already stored in the backend storage
VijayKumar27 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at The American College
Jul 4, 2024
This service already sorts data like vectors. They have classified the storage pre-defined.
Johnny Suleiman - PeerSpot reviewer
MS AWS expert at Bespin Global MEA, an e& enterprise Company
Nov 7, 2024
The business analytics capabilities are the most important feature it provides.
Sameed Usmani - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Certified Solutions Architect at Trestle
Nov 12, 2024
Amazon OpenSearch Service provides a managed database solution, so we don't need to manage everything ourselves.
 

Amazon OpenSearch Service Cons review quotes

DC
Tech Lead at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Sep 25, 2018
There is a problem with the database. Amazon only provides the hosting to run our applications bias, but there is no option to manage the database within the Elasticsearch product.
AJ
Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Nov 4, 2020
The configuration should be more straightforward because we had to select a lot of things.
Beverly R. Jamison - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Solutions Architect / Computer Scientist at Practical Semantics
Mar 8, 2023
Amazon Elasticsearch can improve the bullion in the near search and the ease of integration with Kibana. Additionally, there could be more flexibility in the configuration and documentation.
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Surjit Choudhury - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultancy at Ebenezer International School
Jun 22, 2023
I would say that, basically, the configuration part is an area with a shortcoming...Some upgradation is required on the configuration side so that we can get to use it.
AK
Team lead at YAP
Oct 17, 2023
I want to see a new feature in Amazon Elasticsearch Service that allows users to create default filters for filtered levels.
BD
Dev Lead at Silicod
Oct 17, 2023
One glaring issue was with our mapping configuration as the system accepted the data we posted, but after a few months, when we attempted complex queries, we realized the date formatting had become problematic.
Faisal Umer - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Apr 19, 2024
It would be beneficial to have some level of customization available in the managed service, tailored to the specific use cases of the end users.
VijayKumar27 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at The American College
Jul 4, 2024
The pricing aspect is a concern. The service is way too costly. For the past month, I used only 30 to 40 MB of data, and the cost was $500. AWS could improve pricing.
Johnny Suleiman - PeerSpot reviewer
MS AWS expert at Bespin Global MEA, an e& enterprise Company
Nov 7, 2024
They can enhance data visualization.
Sameed Usmani - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Certified Solutions Architect at Trestle
Nov 12, 2024
One improvement I would like to see is support for auto-scaling.