Search APIs · Comparison
Amazon OpenSearch Service vs Typesense Cloud
2 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.
Side by side
| Metric | Amazon OpenSearch Service | Typesense Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Compliance includedManaged OpenSearch in your AWS account from $0.036 an hour, with searches unbilled and AWS SOC reports and a HIPAA BAA self-serve. | Worth the priceA dedicated, managed cluster of open-source search from $21.60 a month, with no per-search or per-record charges. |
| Overall score | 7.7Best | 7.6 |
| Free option | Free trial | Free trial |
| Card to start | –Not measured | –Not measured |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $0.036/hour | $21.60/mo |
| Pricing model | Usage-based | Usage-based |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing units | Instance hours, EBS storage and data transfer; or compute units and storage (Serverless) | Cluster hours (RAM and vCPU) and outbound bandwidth |
| Free option | AWS Free Tier credits for new accounts, not specific to OpenSearch | 720 cluster hours and 10 GB once per account |
| 100,000 records, 500,000 searches/mo | $27.50 (t3.small.search, one node) | $21.60 (0.5 GB, one node); $64.80 with high availability |
| Vector or hybrid search | Every domain (k-NN, neural and hybrid search) | Every cluster |
| SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Both (AWS reports in AWS Artifact) | SOC 2 Type II (report with Business support) |
| HIPAA BAA | Self-serve in AWS Artifact | With the Business support plan ($400 per 28 days) |
| EU hosting | Yes, AWS EU Regions incl. Frankfurt, Ireland and Paris | Yes, 6 EU locations incl. Frankfurt and Paris, same price as the US |
| SAML SSO | IAM Identity Center at no extra charge; SAML for OpenSearch Dashboards | Every account, no extra charge |
| Open-source engine | Yes, OpenSearch (Apache 2.0) | Yes, GPL-3.0 |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Amazon OpenSearch Service includes compliance, SSO and an Apache 2.0 engine on self-serve terms, and searches are not billed on a domain. You size the domain yourself, and the bill has more lines than a cluster price. | From its public pages, Typesense Cloud is the cheapest here at our scenario and includes the most on a self-serve plan: vector search, SAML SSO and an open-source engine. You size the cluster, and compliance documents need a support plan. |
Evidence: Amazon OpenSearch Service: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Typesense Cloud: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
When to pick each
In the words of each review, with the date its facts were checked.
From our Amazon OpenSearch Service review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick Amazon OpenSearch Service when
- You want SOC 2, ISO 27001 and a HIPAA BAA without a support plan, and free automated snapshots.
- Pick Typesense Cloud when
- You want the lower listed price at our scenario ($21.60) and a bill made of cluster hours and bandwidth only.
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- Amazon OpenSearch Servicet3.small.search$26.28/mo$0.036/hr in us-east-1 (2 vCPUs, 2 GiB); plus gp3 storage from 10 GiB
- gp3 storage $0.122/GB-month
- Automated hourly snapshots kept 14 days, free
- Only on domains without standby
- Searches and records not billed
- Typesense CloudLowest price0.5 GB RAM, one node$21.60/mo$0.03/hr; 2 vCPUs with 1 hr burst per day; first 720 hours free once
- Dedicated cluster, no limits on records or operations
- Bandwidth out $0.09/GB, first 10 GB free once
- SAML SSO at no extra charge
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: Amazon OpenSearch Service 2026-10-15, Typesense Cloud 2026-10-15.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- Amazon OpenSearch ServiceSelf-serve sign-up; the highest score of the 2 self-serve products here (7.7/10).
- Lowest starter price
- Typesense Cloud$21.60/mo for the 0.5 GB RAM cluster plan.
- Highest overall score
- Amazon OpenSearch Service7.7/10 (Good). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.
Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score
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