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Compare Elastic Observability and Elasticsearch 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.6% of reviews)
Mid-Market (37.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
Pay As You Go Per Month
Elastic Observability
Star Rating
(81)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansElasticsearch
Star Rating
(270)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Elastic Observability excels in real-time monitoring with features like Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring and API Monitoring, providing comprehensive visibility into system performance. In contrast, Elastic Enterprise Search shines in search analytics, with users highlighting its faceted search and natural language processing capabilities for enhanced user experience.
- Reviewers mention that Elastic Observability's alerting system is robust, particularly with multi-channel alerting, which allows for notifications across various platforms. However, users on G2 appreciate Elastic Enterprise Search for its personalization features, specifically the recommendations and conversion optimization tools that tailor search results to individual user needs.
- G2 users highlight that Elastic Observability's dashboards and visualizations are highly rated, with a score of 9.2, making it easy to track performance metrics. Conversely, users report that Elastic Enterprise Search offers superior data discovery capabilities, with a score of 9.7, allowing users to efficiently find and utilize relevant information.
- Users say that Elastic Observability's ease of setup is a drawback, scoring only 6.5, which can lead to a steeper learning curve. In contrast, Elastic Enterprise Search is praised for its ease of use and ease of admin, both scoring above 8, making it more accessible for teams without extensive technical expertise.
- Reviewers mention that Elastic Observability's quality of support is satisfactory but could improve, with a score of 7.5. On the other hand, Elastic Enterprise Search receives high marks for its quality of support, scoring 8.5, indicating a more responsive and helpful customer service experience.
- Users report that Elastic Observability's functionality in systems monitoring is comprehensive, but it lacks some advanced features found in Elastic Enterprise Search, such as automated tagging and indexing, which streamline data management and enhance search efficiency.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Elastic Observability
Elastic Cloud Serverless
Pay As You Go
Per Month
A fully automated, usage-based platform. Ideal for variable workloads where compute scales independently from storage, requiring zero capacity planning or infrastructure management.
- No-ops management: Elastic handles all upgrades and scaling
- Decoupled compute and storage scaling
- Specialized VCUs for Ingest, Search, and Machine Learning
Elasticsearch
Elastic Cloud Serverless
Pay As You Go
Per Month
A fully automated, usage-based "Search AI" platform. Ideal for variable workloads where compute scales independently from storage, requiring zero capacity planning or infrastructure management.
- No-ops management: Elastic handles all upgrades and scaling
- Decoupled compute and storage scaling
- Specialized VCUs for Ingest, Search, and Machine Learning
Free Trial
Elastic Observability
Free Trial is available
Elasticsearch
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
61
8.9
244
Ease of Use
7.2
63
8.4
247
Ease of Setup
6.6
20
8.5
167
Ease of Admin
6.6
19
8.6
149
Quality of Support
7.5
53
8.5
217
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.6
15
8.9
138
Product Direction (% positive)
7.7
62
8.9
243
Features by Category
Functionality
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Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
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Monitoring
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Administration
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Analysis
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Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
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AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
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Functionality
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Issue Resolution
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Management
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Generative AI
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Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
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Visibility
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
9.0
5
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
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Data Sources
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Analytics
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Metrics
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Compatibility
Not enough data
8.6
88
Not enough data
8.6
86
Not enough data
8.1
87
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
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Search Queries
Not enough data
8.4
94
Not enough data
8.6
89
Not enough data
8.4
85
Not enough data
8.7
87
Not enough data
8.2
86
AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.5
18
Not enough data
8.6
19
Not enough data
8.5
20
Functionality
Not enough data
8.3
87
Not enough data
8.9
86
Not enough data
8.8
88
Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.8
18
Not enough data
8.7
18
Not enough data
8.6
18
Functionality - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.6
18
Not enough data
8.8
20
Not enough data
8.8
22
Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
8.7
20
Not enough data
9.0
18
Data Preparation
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
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Analysis
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
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8.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
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Visualization
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
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Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Hide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
Not enough data
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Monitoring
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Response
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Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
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Performance
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Functionality
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Data Management
Not enough data
9.5
28
Not enough data
9.1
25
Not enough data
9.7
26
Not enough data
7.8
25
Availability
Not enough data
8.8
26
Not enough data
8.9
27
Not enough data
8.7
25
Performance
Not enough data
8.8
24
Security
Not enough data
9.0
26
Not enough data
9.2
26
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
8.9
25
Support
Not enough data
9.0
26
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
7.8
23
Data Indexing
Not enough data
8.1
14
Not enough data
9.2
15
Filters
Not enough data
9.4
13
Not enough data
9.0
14
Scalability and Performance - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
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Cost and Efficiency - Generative AI Infrastructure
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Integration and Extensibility - Generative AI Infrastructure
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Security and Compliance - Generative AI Infrastructure
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Usability and Support - Generative AI Infrastructure
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Agentic AI - Site Search
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
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Feature Not Available
Search Experience Management - Site Search
Not enough data
8.5
16
Not enough data
8.2
17
Not enough data
7.9
16
Not enough data
7.2
16
Not enough data
8.3
16
Not enough data
6.9
16
Functionality - Site Search
Not enough data
7.8
16
Not enough data
8.0
16
Not enough data
7.8
16
Not enough data
7.1
16
Generative AI - Site Search
Not enough data
6.1
16
Not enough data
6.3
16
Database Features
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Elastic Observability and Elasticsearch share no categories
Unique Categories
Elastic Observability is categorized as Log Analysis, Log Monitoring, IoT Analytics Platforms, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Website Monitoring, and AIOps Platforms
Elasticsearch is categorized as Enterprise Search Software, Vector Database, Document Databases, Site Search Software, and Generative AI Infrastructure
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Elastic Observability
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Elasticsearch
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
26.6%
Computer Software
21.5%
Internet
7.6%
Retail
3.8%
Marketing and Advertising
3.8%
Other
36.7%
Information Technology and Services
16.2%
Computer Software
15.8%
Financial Services
7.5%
Internet
4.9%
Telecommunications
4.5%
Other
51.1%
Discussions
what is the best way to sync data with elastic search from SQL server
3 Comments
AT
Write a process that convert each line into Json format and load it into ElasticSearchRead more
Do elastic search use indexes to store the information.
1 Comment
AD
I'll take a stab at answering this question though I'm not 100% sure exactly what you are after.
The way I would explain it is that in elasticsearch an...Read more
Can I use Elasticsearch for free?
1 Comment
GO
https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq
Self-Managed: Yes. From the very beginning, the Elastic Stack — Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash — has been...Read more
Elasticsearch has no discussions with answers
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