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  • "There was no license needed to use this solution."
  • "Amazon AWS CloudSearch charging is based on how many resources you consume or and the solution is known to be a bit expensive."
  • "Our license costs around $4,000 per month."

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    What do you like most about Amazon AWS CloudSearch?
    Top Answer:AWS CloudSearch's best features are good performance under high CPU and memory use, and ease of deployment and scaling.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon AWS CloudS...
    Top Answer:Our license costs around $4,000 per month.
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    What needs improvement with Amazon AWS CloudSearch?
    Top Answer:AWS CloudSearch's documentation isn't very clear. Also, the on-premise version of the solution is less stable than the cloud version. In the next release, I'd like AWS CloudSearch to include a… more »
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    What do you like most about Azure Search?
    Top Answer:The amount of flexibility and agility is really assuring.
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    What needs improvement with Azure Search?
    Top Answer:They should add an API for third-party vendors, like a security operating center or reporting system, that would be a big improvement.
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    What is your primary use case for Azure Search?
    Top Answer:We use Azure Search for security-related issues. We are trying to figure out everything that's related to security events occurring in the Cloud. We are a small company, less than 10 people. About… more »
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    4th
    out of 12 in Search as a Service
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    1,842
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    Average Words per Review
    285
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    7th
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    Overview

    Amazon CloudSearch is a managed service in the AWS Cloud that makes it simple and cost-effective to set up, manage, and scale a search solution for your website or application.
    Amazon CloudSearch supports 34 languages and popular search features such as highlighting, autocomplete, and geospatial search. With Amazon CloudSearch, you can quickly add rich search capabilities to your website or application. You don't need to become a search expert or worry about hardware provisioning, setup, and maintenance. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, you can create a search domain and upload the data that you want to make searchable, and Amazon CloudSearch will automatically provision the required resources and deploy a highly tuned search index.

    You can easily change your search parameters, fine tune search relevance, and apply new settings at any time. As your volume of data and traffic fluctuates, Amazon CloudSearch seamlessly scales to meet your needs.

    Azure Search is a search-as-a-service cloud solution that gives developers APIs and tools for adding a rich search experience over your data in web, mobile, and enterprise applications. Functionality is exposed through a simple REST API or .NET SDK that masks the inherent complexity of search technology. In addition to APIs, the Azure portal provides administration and prototyping support. Infrastructure and availability are managed by Microsoft.
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    Sample Customers
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    XOMNI, Real Madrid C.F., Weichert Realtors, JLL, NAV CANADA, Medihoo, autoTrader Corporation, Gjirafa
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Media Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Energy/Utilities Company6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise69%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise71%

    Amazon AWS CloudSearch is ranked 4th in Search as a Service with 4 reviews while Azure Search is ranked 7th in Search as a Service. Amazon AWS CloudSearch is rated 7.0, while Azure Search is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Amazon AWS CloudSearch writes "Quick data accessibility, reliable, and scalable". On the other hand, Amazon AWS CloudSearch is most compared with Amazon Kendra, Solr, Algolia, Elastic Enterprise Search and Amazon Athena, whereas Azure Search is most compared with Elastic Enterprise Search, Amazon Kendra, Solr, Amazon Athena and Algolia.

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