Glean vs. OpenSearch

Based on my experience, Glean is well suited for scenarios where you need to search through large amounts of information in a structured format, such as Confluence pages, knowledge bases, or other similar repositories. Glean's search algorithms make it easy to find the exact information you need, even if it's buried deep in a document or spread across multiple pages. On the other hand, Glean may be less appropriate for scenarios where you need to search through unstructured data, such as messages. While Glean can still be useful in these cases, its effectiveness may be limited.

Incentivized

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.

• Single search capability across all systems
• High accuracy of search results
• Saves you time in day to day work
• Offers customization with the homepage and go links

Incentivized

• Gives us millisecond response times
• Mainly open-source
• Integration Seamlessly with AWS
• Has a very big community so problems are fixes sooner then later

• we can add more filters into Glean for granular level of search
• we may can integrate google with Glean
• not thinking of anything as it acts fabulously

Incentivized

• Needs more descriptive documentation
• The UI feels a bit old
• Some functionality still doesn't work correctly

I like Glean a lot better as it's more intuitive.

Incentivized

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.

• Glean has saved me approximately 5 hours/week in researching topics
• Glean has saved me time with Go Links
• Glean has made it easier to search company org chart

Incentivized

• 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