Amazon OpenSearch adds engine for cheaper log analytics
AWS introduced a new engine in Amazon OpenSearch Service purpose-built for log analytics, delivering up to 4x better price-performance on internal benchmarks while keeping full-text search.
In the AWS Weekly Roundup on July 6, 2026, AWS introduced a new engine for Amazon OpenSearch Service purpose-built for log analytics workloads.
Key points
- The new engine delivers up to 4x better price-performance on AWS internal benchmarks for log analytics workloads.
- It keeps OpenSearch's full-text search capabilities: teams can get aggregations and precise text search in one place.
- It targets observability teams looking to cut the cost of storing and querying logs at scale.
This is one of several AWS data-infrastructure updates announced this week.
Source
AWS
#AWS#OpenSearch#log analytics#observability
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