OpenSearch became an open source alternative after Elasticsearch changed its license in 2021. AWS led a fork to keep an open source search service available, creating OpenSearch as a continuation of the former Elasticsearch service. A major shift occurred when AWS donated OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation, positioning it as Apache V2 licensed software that should not be managed by any single vendor. Since the donation, growth accelerated in contributors, downloads, participation, and commits. OpenSearch expanded to include contributions from over 400 companies and reached 1.4 billion downloads from 700 million at the time of donation. Adoption also includes more than 1.5 million monthly page visits. Selection should consider business models and data sovereignty rather than only feature comparisons.
"AWS decided OpenSearch is an Apache V2 license, completely open source and should not be under the management of any vendor. Since the Linux foundation took over the ownership of OpenSearch, we've seen a phenomenal growth rate in the amount of contributors, downloads, participation and commits in the open source project."
"When the project was donated, OpenSearch had 700 million downloads. Today, that number has reached 1.4 billion, demonstrating sustained momentum in enterprise adoption."
"Lewis emphasized that the decision between OpenSearch and proprietary alternatives shouldn't focus solely on feature comparison. Instead, organizations should consider business models and data sovereignty. "The true question that you should ask is not a focus of features, but what is the business model in data sovereignty that I need," Lewis stated."
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