Amazon CloudSearch
Legacy managed search
Closed to new customers; new customers use OpenSearch Service. CloudSearch is a managed full-text search service: you upload documents, it indexes them automatically and provides a search endpoint.
- Cost$$ Medium
- Difficulty●●●●●
- Costs money when idle?Yes
- Managed by AWS
⚠️ Retired or retiring service
Open CloudSearch on the map →
Closed to new customers; use OpenSearch Service
Think of it asLike an old library lookup terminal: it still works for people already using it, but no new ones are being installed.
When to use it
✓ Use it when
Only when maintaining a legacy system that already uses CloudSearch.
✗ Avoid it when
Any new project → OpenSearch Service / OpenSearch Serverless.
Common uses
- Maintain a legacy website search box
- Gradually migrate to OpenSearch
What does it cost?
- Pricing model: Charged by search instance hours, number of document uploads, and re-indexing requests.
