8 categories · RankedOpenSearch
OpenSearch is an open source, distributed search and analytics engine used for search, observability, log management and security analytics · opensearch.org ↗
Why models recommend it
“Elasticsearch / OpenSearch | Best if you already run it for search; good hybrid search capabilities”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Scale-constrained question · alternative
“Pick OpenSearch if you need hybrid keyword + vector search in the same search engine”GPT-5.4 mini · Paraphrase question · alternative
“OpenSearch (a fork of Elasticsearch) is a strong, community-driven alternative”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“OpenSearch (Apache 2.0) | Community-driven, AWS-compatible, no vendor control”Kimi K2 · Negative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“show catastrophic performance variance (CV=39–94%), high baseline latency ... When to avoid: High-scale semantic search or low-latency apps.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Traditional log engines like Elasticsearch/OpenSearch build heavy inverted indexes ... driving up disk and RAM costs massively”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Open source stacks like ELK / OpenSearch are valued for flexibility but seen as operationally risky”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“Requires significantly more RAM and CPU compared to Loki or Axiom due to JVM memory overhead”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as OpenSearch, over the 51 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 0 | View → | |
| 16 | 3 | View → | |
| 14 | 8 | View → | |
| 14 | 2 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 6 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 2 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on OpenSearch's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- enterprise-grade applications across search, observability, security analytics, and more
- Price stated
- no licensing fees
- Customers named
- Pinterest, OpenInfra Foundation, Zoom, Dow Jones, Goldman Sachs, Quantiphi, Wipro, Coralogix
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 41 of the 51 answers that named OpenSearch and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Seventy-eight of the seventy-eight domain citations in answers naming OpenSearch came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 530 | 26 | 2026-09-25 | SIEM | |
| Conference or event | 509 | 24 | 2026-09-23 | ||
| Template or tool | 33 | undated | |||
| News or press | 19 | 4 | 2026-09-22 | ||
| Case study | 11 | 1 | 2026-09-22 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 9 | 2 | 2026-07-22 | ||
| Comparison | 6 | 0 | 2026-06-12 | ||
| Report or ebook | 5 | 0 | 2026-04-24 | ||
| Podcast or video | 3 | 0 | 2026-01-21 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 2 | 0 | 2021-08-27 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-25Opensearch kubernetes operator 3 0 is now generally available blog
- 2026-09-23Washington dc user group october 22 2026 conference or event
- 2026-09-22Opensearch software foundation expands enterprise ecosystem with new members news or press
- 2026-09-22Opensearch software foundation and linux foundation research report finds organizations seek neutral data infrastructure news or press
- 2026-09-22Your store wizards scales opensearch to millions of weekly queries saving over 2000 hours a year case study
- 2026-09-21Expanding the opensearch community welcoming our new opensearch ambassadors blog
Events in person
- October 22, 2026Washington DC User Group – October 22 2026Washington DC · hosts
- November 12, 2025OpenSearch at Red Hat Summit: Connect 2025 RomaRome, Italy · attended
As the event pages on opensearch.org state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page opensearch.org exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.