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    Elastic Enterprise Search

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AElastic Enterprise Search Swiftype is a platform with modules for Site Search, App Search and Workplace Search, that boasts powering search for thousands of enterprises and websites. The services were developed by Swiftype and acquired by Elastic in late 2017. Powered by Elasticsearch, the vendor states Elastic Enterprise Search is fast, with proven, optimized relevance models designed for real-life, natural search.

    $79

    per month

    OpenSearch

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AOpenSearch is an open-source software suite for search, analytics, and observability applications licensed under Apache 2.0. Powered by Apache Lucene and driven by the OpenSearch Project community, OpenSearch offers a vendor-agnostic toolset that can be used to build applications, or as an end-to-end solution, or connected with preferred open-source tools or partner projects.N/A
    Pricing
    Elastic Enterprise SearchOpenSearch
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $79
    per month
    Pro
    $199
    per month
    Premium
    Custom
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Elastic Enterprise SearchOpenSearch
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Elastic Enterprise SearchOpenSearch
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
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    User Testimonials
    Elastic Enterprise SearchOpenSearch
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Elastic
    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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    Open Source
    OpenSearch Service presents a cost-effective pricing model, allowing users to pay solely for their usage without being burdened by minimum fees or upfront commitments. Its seamless integration with various AWS services enhances its adaptability for a wide range of data analysis requirements and also I love using it isn't it enough.
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    Pros
    Elastic
    • 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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    Open Source
    • Gives us millisecond response times
    • Mainly open-source
    • Integration Seamlessly with AWS
    • Has a very big community so problems are fixes sooner then later
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    Cons
    Elastic
    • 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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    Open Source
    • Needs more descriptive documentation
    • The UI feels a bit old
    • Some functionality still doesn't work correctly
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    Alternatives Considered
    Elastic
    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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    Open Source
    Well as I said, Elastic is behind paywall now and managing OpenSearch through AWS is so seamless that we just love it. It gets updates faster we don't have to manage separate infra and many other settings to work with elastic search and some of the tools that it provides are better then them.
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    Return on Investment
    Elastic
    • 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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    Open Source
    • Well we had 200 ms response times which decreased to 100ms while using OpenSearch
    • Easy to use security plugins we dont need external IAM
    • Super Easy Integration with many AWS Services such as kinsesi data stream and dynamoDB
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