Amazon CloudSearch vs. Elastic Enterprise Search

I would like to mentioned about the scenario where Amazon cloud search was well suited is when we need regular updation of data and the subject matter requires continuous alterations due to the continuous changing environment and talking abut the least appropriate would the times when their is high level of customisation requirements in the project.

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Swiftype is excellent for e-commerce companies and especially the financial services sector where speed plays a major role in executing transactions. It is also very dynamic and customizable. It is very useful for electronics/travel reservations on e-commerce sites also. The only place it is inappropriate is when it comes to indexing a website in which case Google is slightly better, as I mentioned before. There is nothing much to complain about here in regards to the breadth of applications and analytics it offers.

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• Really fast queries
• Good Reporting
• Reduce the cost of the server

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• It's very easy to implement. The documentation is great and you can be up and running very quickly.
• It's easy to configure. The web-based user interface makes it super simple to configure (i.e. customize search rankings, edit synonyms, etc.).
• Their support is very friendly and helpful. Whenever I had a question or couldn't figure something old, they were quick to help me out.

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• First thing I would like to mentioned about its indexing speed, I have noticed while working with large sums of data
• Second I would like to mentioned about customisation challenge, although it is also its pros but a con as well, as it is a tedious task to customise when time value comes place as well.
• Thirdly, I do feel that its advanced search queries could be more supported. I have seen some level of lagging when it comes to more advanced search queries given the size of data.

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• Swiftype does not have indexes ready to go. When you add a new website to the search set, it takes some time to index the website. This is something that is different from what Google does. Google in this particular aspect does a relatively better job.
• Swiftype is very expensive, this makes it difficult for smaller companies to afford.

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I didn't investigate the best alternatives to CloudSearch, but did help with implementing this feature in our application. But from what i tested and used - Cloudsearch is very fast to get queries. Some negative points can be the time to implement this and some configurations that can be tricky.

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Google Search Appliance is no longer supported. Apache Solr is a popular, free open source solution, but it lacks a web crawler and is more difficult to configure and maintain.

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• It has directly or indirectly improved the operational effiecncy for sure.
• Its limitations towards limited customisation requirements makes it a bit negative side of the scenario.
• Its scalability of the growth offers seamless accommodation of large data sets which is a positive impact although.

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• It has a positive impact as it helps traders and other users to seamlessly use applications.
• It has a positive ROI and we would know the results in time to come.

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