--- title: Amazon CloudSearch Reviews meta\_title: 'Amazon CloudSearch Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 15 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Amazon CloudSearch works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.0 review\_count: 15 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Analytics Tools & Software url: https://www.g2.com/categories/analytics-tools-software --- # Amazon CloudSearch Reviews & Product Details 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. * * * Seller [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://www.g2.com/sellers/amazon-web-services-aws-3e93cc28-2e9b-4961-b258-c6ce0feec7dd) Discussions [Amazon CloudSearch Community](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-cloudsearch/discuss) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 6 months ### Return on Investment 17 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-cloudsearch/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Google Cloud Search](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Cloud Search") Google Cloud Search 4.3/5(24) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-search/reviews) [ ![IBM Watson Discovery](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "IBM Watson Discovery") IBM Watson Discovery 4.5/5(97) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-watson-discovery/reviews) [ ![Bloomreach](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Bloomreach") Bloomreach 4.6/5(775) ](https://www.g2.com/products/bloomreach-bloomreach/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-cloudsearch/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 15 real user reviews. Implementation Time 6 months [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) RD Ravi D. Devops Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/15/2019 "Cloud Search is great but feels abandoned by amazon" 3/5 What do you like best about Amazon CloudSearch? A fully managed search engine where you do not have to worry about scaling, provision, patching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon CloudSearch? There have been no updates made in the last 3 years, there has been no blog posts by amazon in the last 3 and half years. Not all instance types are available. Only previous generation instances are available to choose from. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon CloudSearch: Note that you are going to be using a product that does not have any updates for so long. It is highly scalable and has nice feature set to begin with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon CloudSearch solving and how is that benefiting you? Being able to search documents. We use it as full text search with facets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Cosmetics](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Cosmetics") UC Verified User in Cosmetics Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/25/2018 "Google is better" 3/5 What do you like best about Amazon CloudSearch? Pulls several customized searches at once, easy to use and is free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon CloudSearch? Google in my opinion has a mich more broad search and pulls info and data from more platforms and websites, but all on all not bad when it's free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon CloudSearch solving and how is that benefiting you? Helps customer's find exactly what they are looking for whether it be by size, price, color or ratings. Again not too bad when it's free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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