Amazon Kendra vs Constructor

Amazon Kendra9.2Visit Constructor8.6Visit

Higher score Amazon Kendra #2 in AI Search and Discovery Platforms Software 9.2/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Amazon Kendra

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Constructor #6 in AI Search and Discovery Platforms Software 8.6/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Constructor

• Amazon Kendra fits best

  Existing Kendra customers searching internal content

• Constructor fits best

  Commerce teams needing configurable product discovery

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon Kendra 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Constructor 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.6
Ranking	#2 in AI Search and Discovery Platforms Software	#6 in AI Search and Discovery Platforms Software
Best for	Existing Kendra customers searching internal content	Commerce teams needing configurable product discovery
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$0.32 usage-based	Pricing on request
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs	Email, Docs
Integrations	32+ integrations	10 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Kendra 0/4 · Constructor 0/4
Semantic search	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Recommendations	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Personalized results	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Search analytics	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment	Not checked yet	Cloud
Connectable data sources	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Searches structured and unstructured content with natural-language answers ACL and user-context filtering help respect document access controls Native connectors, scheduled sync, and a Retriever API support RAG workflows	Combines behavioral, semantic, keyword, and filtering mechanisms Supports facets, autocomplete, browse, recommendations, and quizzes Offers catalog ingestion and integrations across commerce platforms
Cons	AWS says Amazon Kendra is no longer open to new customers Hourly usage pricing makes ongoing costs depend on runtime Developer Edition has limited document capacity and query throughput	Pricing is handled through sales and order forms Cloud deployment may not suit teams seeking another deployment model Focuses on ecommerce product discovery rather than general-purpose search
Our verdict	Amazon Kendra is a managed enterprise search service from Amazon Web Services for organizations that need to find information across structured and unstructured repositories. It combines natural-language question answering, extracted… Read the review →	Constructor brings product search and discovery together for ecommerce retailers and brands. It is aimed at mid-market and enterprise commerce teams that want to shape how shoppers search, browse, and receive product recommendations. The… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon Kendra — where it wins

  • Searches structured and unstructured content with natural-language answers
  • ACL and user-context filtering help respect document access controls
  • Native connectors, scheduled sync, and a Retriever API support RAG workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • AWS says Amazon Kendra is no longer open to new customers
  • Hourly usage pricing makes ongoing costs depend on runtime
  • Developer Edition has limited document capacity and query throughput

• Constructor — where it wins

  • Combines behavioral, semantic, keyword, and filtering mechanisms
  • Supports facets, autocomplete, browse, recommendations, and quizzes
  • Offers catalog ingestion and integrations across commerce platforms

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is handled through sales and order forms
  • Cloud deployment may not suit teams seeking another deployment model
  • Focuses on ecommerce product discovery rather than general-purpose search

• Amazon Kendra9.2/10 · 30-day trial

  Strong enterprise search and RAG tools, but AWS says Kendra is closed to new customers.

  Visit Amazon KendraFull verdict →
• Constructor8.6/10 · Pricing on request

  Configurable, behaviorally ranked search and discovery for commerce catalogs.

  Visit ConstructorFull verdict →