Amazon OpenSearch Service vs SingleStore Helios
Amazon OpenSearch Service
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| Figure | Amazon OpenSearch Service | SingleStore Helios |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $0.99/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 6 |
| Spec score · Ai Databases | 7.5 (#24) | 8.9 (#4) |
| Availability | AWS states a 99.99% SLA for highly available, multi-AZ deployments with standby. | SingleStore advertises up to a 99.99% uptime SLA for production Helios deployments. |
| Compliance | AWS says OpenSearch Service is HIPAA-eligible and compliant with PCI DSS, SOC, ISO, and FedRAMP standards. | SingleStore states that it holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications and maintains a privacy-compliance framework. |
| Founded | 2006 | 2011 |
| Security | The service supports encryption at rest and in transit, and granular permissions for indices, documents, and fields. | SingleStore describes security across application security, cloud security, corporate IT security, and governance, risk, and compliance. |
Plans
SingleStore Helios
- SharedFree
- Standard$0.99 a month
- Enterprise$1.49 a month
- StandardPriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- BYOC StandardPriced on request
In their own words
Amazon OpenSearch Service
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SingleStore Helios
SingleStore Helios is a cloud database service available on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. It handles transactional and analytical workloads in one database, with storage and compute scaled independently. Its data capabilities include relational records, JSON/BSON documents, vector and full-text search, time-series, geospatial, and key-value data. SingleStore Pipelines can ingest from sources such as Kafka, Amazon S3, and HDFS. For AI workloads, the service includes Jupyter notebooks, data integration services, and a compute service. Listed integrations include Datadog, Terraform, Apache Spark, AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, dbt, and Fivetran. Helios is available through web and API platforms. The free Shared plan provides one workspace for evaluation, development, and non-production testing, with self-support. Standard is $0.99 a month for managed production workloads, with read replicas, database branching, 30-day monitoring, and support. Enterprise is $1.49 a month and adds online point-in-time recovery, Smart Disaster Recovery, audit logging, and customer-managed encryption keys. The listed availability commitments vary by configuration, reaching 99.99% across two availability zones on paid plans.