Managed OpenSearch®
Enterprise search, built to scale
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Unlock the potential of your unstructured data. NetApp Instaclustr delivers managed OpenSearch clusters, ready to power everything from log analytics and advanced application monitoring to advanced semantic search.
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Search smarter with a fully managed true open source solution
The foundation for AI at scale
AI-powered search
Deploy a sophisticated pipeline to ingest, vectorize, and search your data. Transform how users interact with information by delivering more intuitive and accurate results.
- Use cases: Semantic search, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), chatbots
- Technologies used: OpenSearch
Optimize data pipelines for RAG
Deploy scalable and highly available vector databases to power your most demanding AI workloads. Build intelligent applications on a resilient foundation designed for high performance and reliability.
- Use cases: VectorDB, Vector Distributed Databases
- Technologies used: OpenSearch, PostgreSQL
Eliminate the burden of self-managed OpenSearch
Transform your data with integrated vector search and AI capabilities directly within OpenSearch. Focus on building your applications knowing that Instaclustr Managed OpenSearch comes optimized for your needs.
Features
Instaclustr for OpenSearch
Managing OpenSearch in-house
Features: Performance optimization
Instaclustr for OpenSearch: Optimized scaling and configuration
Managing OpenSearch in-house: Requires advanced in-house expertise
Features: Scalability
Instaclustr for OpenSearch: Pre-built infrastructure and configurations based on business needs
Managing OpenSearch in-house: Requires significant planning, manual configuration and hardware/resource investment
Features: Stress-free resilience
Instaclustr for OpenSearch: Built-in redundancy, automatic failover, and high availability
Managing OpenSearch in-house: Custom setup for redundancy and manual intervention during failover
Features: Upgrades and maintenance
Instaclustr for OpenSearch: Managed upgrades, patches, and maintenance, ensuring minimal disruption
Managing OpenSearch in-house: Manual upgrades and maintenance, with frequent downtime
Features: SLA guarantee
Instaclustr for OpenSearch: Up to 99.999% availability SLA & up to 99% Latency SLAs
Managing OpenSearch in-house: No SLA
Features: Pricing
Instaclustr for OpenSearch: Transparent, predictable pricing. No hidden costs
Managing OpenSearch in-house: Variable expenses for cloud services or hardware and software for on-prem deployments
Features: Security compliance
Instaclustr for OpenSearch: Built-in, with high level of security features and compliance with industry standards (SOC2, ISO27001, ISO27018, PCI-DDS, HIPPA)
Managing OpenSearch in-house: Needs custom implementation
Why Instaclustr Is the smarter choice for OpenSearch
Transform your data with integrated vector search and AI, backed by our 24/7 expert support—making it easy to deploy, secure, manage, operate, and scale your OpenSearch cluster.
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Fully managed and hosted, 100% open source +
- Run in your cloud provider account or ours
- 24×7 support
- SOC2, ISO27001 and ISO27018 Certified
- PCI-DSS and HIPPA compliant
- Built in monitoring
- Provision via console, API or Terraform provider
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Up to 99.999% availability SLA & up to 99% Latency SLAs +
We offer a 99.999% SLA availability for enterprise OpenSearch clusters.
We offer SLAs of up to 99% for read/write transactions to an Instaclustr maintained index in the cluster within specified latency threshold.
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Special purpose node types +
The option to configure multiple dedicated special purpose node types to your cluster to optimize cluster configuration and increase performance.
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Searchable snapshots +
Search through snapshot data stored in remote storage directly from your OpenSearch cluster without the need to do a full restore.
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Hourly backups +
We make data security simple by scheduling hourly backups of all your OpenSearch data.
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Add OpenSearch Dashboards +
Easily add an OpenSearch Dashboards node to your cluster in our console. OpenSearch Dashboards enable you to visualize and navigate OpenSearch data. This provides you with the freedom to select the way you want to present the data, including histograms, pie charts, line graphs, etc. OpenSearch Dashboards can also help you visualize across a variety of formats including geospatial, graph exploration, and time series.
The powerful search and analytics suite for open source
Performance
OpenSearch provides high-performance search. Internally, it is built with optimized algorithms and data structures to suit any type of data you choose to store and index. Instaclustr helps by further optimizing and maintaining your OpenSearch cluster over time.
Optimized configuration
Our OpenSearch configurations are tuned for reliability, performance, and security. Based on years of experience operating tens of millions of node hours for customers in every sector, we offer optimal instance types and configurations on each cloud.
Enterprise-grade security
Alongside built-in monitoring, your managed OpenSearch deployment will come with a number of enterprise-grade security features available, including PCI-DSS compliance and Private Network Clusters.
Plugin framework
Instaclustr for OpenSearch includes a range of OpenSearch plugins. These plugins can be enabled at any time through our console, API or Terraform. Our plugins include a myriad of benefits including reduced storage costs, increased accuracy of search results and much more.

"NetApp Instaclustr is proud to have called itself a supporter of the OpenSearch project since its inception in 2021, bringing its powerful capabilities to our customers and empowering them to leverage their data for the AI era. With its integration into the Linux Foundation, OpenSearch begins a new chapter that fully embraces the spirit of open source software. We remain committed to supporting the development and growth of the project and its community of developers and users as they drive innovation together."
— Ben Slater, CPO, NetApp Instaclustr
FAQs
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What is managed OpenSearch? +
Managed OpenSearch is a cloud-based service that automates the deployment, operation, and scaling of the OpenSearch search and analytics engine for users. This service takes care of infrastructure, patching, security, and other administrative tasks, allowing customers to focus on using OpenSearch for tasks like data analysis and search, rather than managing the underlying infrastructure.
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How is Instaclustr for OpenSearch different from AWS OpenSearch Service and Elastic Cloud? +
Instaclustr provides a 100% open source OpenSearch experience with no vendor lock-in and a 99.999% uptime SLA. Instaclustr is best for open source advocates seeking vendor-neutral platform with flexibility and cost transparency.
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Can I migrate from Elasticsearch to Instaclustr for OpenSearch? +
Yes. Our team has conducted numerous migrations and understand the challenges and nuances of the migration process.
Seamless Elasticsearch to OpenSearch migrations with Instaclustr
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How does Instaclustr handle hosting for OpenSearch? +
Your cloud instance or ours, and even on-prem. Wherever you prefer your data to live, Instaclustr meets you where you are.
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How does Instaclustr handle security for OpenSearch? +
NetApp Instaclustr ensures robust security for OpenSearch with enterprise-grade encryption for data at rest and in transit, strict access controls, and constant monitoring to safeguard against threats. Additionally, it meets GDPR, SOC2, ISO27001 and ISO27018 requirements, and offers PCI-compliant solutions.
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