Bonsai vs Managed Elasticsearch: What are the differences?

Bonsai: Fast, reliable full-text search, managed for you by experts. Your customers expect fast, near-magical results from your search. Help them find what they’re looking for with Bonsai Elasticsearch. Our fully managed Elasticsearch solution makes it easy to create, manage, and test your app's search; Managed Elasticsearch: A fully managed Elasticsearch solution. It is a fully managed Elasticsearch solution built on your environment, whether it is in the cloud or on-prem, providing enhanced security, reduced latency, and reduced costs compared to externally hosted Elasticsearch. We provide reliable, secure data ingestion and search, analysis, and visualization in real-time, while you retain full authority over your data.

Bonsai and Managed Elasticsearch can be categorized as "Search as a Service" tools.

Some of the features offered by Bonsai are:

• The Open Source Advantage- Our service is proudly powered by Elasticsearch and Apache Lucene, the open source industry standard for fast full-text search.
• Results in Real-Time- Search your site's activity as it happens, with Elasticsearch's cutting-edge real-time updates
• High Availability by default

On the other hand, Managed Elasticsearch provides the following key features:

• Routine Backups
• Support for ALL versions of Elasticsearch, including both Elasticsearch from Elastic and Open Distro for Elasticsearch from AWS
• High Availability and High Throughput