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Amazon CloudSearch

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Purpose
Amazon CloudSearch is a managed AWS Cloud service for setting up, managing, and scaling search for a website or application.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Security
CloudSearch supports HTTPS and integrates with IAM to control access to configuration, document, search, and suggest services.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Availability
When Multi-AZ is enabled, CloudSearch maintains domain resources in two Availability Zones and distributes search traffic across them.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Batch size limit
Each document batch upload can be at most 5 MB.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Domain limit
Newly created domains use newer generation instances; previous generation instances are available only for existing search domains.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Index configuration
CloudSearch can recommend indexing options from a sample of data, and configuration changes do not require re-uploading data.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Language support
CloudSearch supports 34 languages.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Maker history
AWS says Amazon Web Services launched in 2006 and is part of Amazon.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Managed operations
AWS handles provisioning, setup, configuration, patching, data partitioning, node monitoring, scaling, and data durability.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Management
Domains can be configured and managed through the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, and AWS SDKs.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Pricing basis
Customers pay for usage across search instances, document batch uploads, IndexDocuments requests, and data transfer, with no setup fees or upfront commitments.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Scaling
CloudSearch automatically scales domain resources up or down as data or query volume changes.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Search features
It supports free text, Boolean, and faceted search, autocomplete suggestions, customizable relevance ranking, field weighting, geospatial search, and highlighting.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Service recommendation
AWS recommends that first-time users consider Amazon OpenSearch Service for search, AI, and analytics capabilities.Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com

Plans and prices

Amazon CloudSearch pay-as-you-go Price not published Monthly usage; search instances billed per instance-hour, with partial hours rounded up. Search instances · document batch uploads · IndexDocuments requests · data transfer; $0.10 per 1,000 batch upload requests (maximum 5 MB per batch) · $0.98 per GB for IndexDocuments requests Read 9 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com

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