Amazon Web Services → Microsoft Azure
Azure equivalent of Amazon Kendra
Amazon Kendra maps to Azure AI Search, but Kendra is in maintenance mode (no new customers since July 30, 2026), and AWS now points new search workloads to Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base.
About Amazon Kendra
| Provider | Amazon Web Services |
|---|---|
| Status | maintenance Maintenance Maintenance Mode from June 30, 2026. No longer open to new customers from July 30, 2026. AWS recommends Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base. |
| What it is | ML-powered enterprise search with connectors and relevance tuning. |
| Documentation | docs.aws.amazon.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Azure mappings (1)
| Capability | Azure equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise / intelligent search | Azure AI Search | Partial match |
Safety, RAG & search(1)
Enterprise / intelligent search Partial match
Amazon Kendra maps to Azure AI Search, but Kendra is in maintenance mode (no new customers since July 30, 2026), and AWS now points new search workloads to Bedrock Managed Knowledge Base.
- Kendra is a turnkey search service (connectors, FAQs, relevance tuning). Azure AI Search is a more general engine. You build indexes with indexers, skillsets, and integrated vectorization, and you get full-text, vector, and hybrid search plus semantic reranking.
- For log analytics or OpenSearch-style workloads, Azure AI Search isn't a replacement (per Microsoft's AWS comparison guide).
- Migration note. AWS's Kendra-to-Bedrock-Managed-KB guide lists feature gaps and workarounds.