{"id":"elastic-cloud-api","name":"Elastic Cloud API","af_score":82.2,"security_score":null,"reliability_score":null,"what_it_does":"Elastic's managed cloud service API for provisioning and managing Elasticsearch and Kibana clusters, with access to the full Elasticsearch REST API for search, log analytics, and vector search.","best_when":"You need the full power of Elasticsearch (BM25, vector search, aggregations, APM, SIEM) on managed infrastructure with enterprise support.","avoid_when":"You just need vector search — the full Elastic stack is heavy infrastructure. Consider Qdrant or Pinecone for pure vector use cases.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-01T09:50:05.525504+00:00"}