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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.1% of reviews)
Enterprise (54.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
No pricing available
Elastic Observability
Star Rating
(87)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansGlean
Star Rating
(141)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Elastic Observability excels in its Integrations, scoring 9.2, which allows seamless connectivity with various data sources, while Glean, with a score of 9.0, offers solid integrations but lacks some of the extensive pre-built connectors that Elastic provides.
- Reviewers mention that Glean shines in Ease of Use, achieving a score of 9.5, making it more user-friendly for new users compared to Elastic Observability's score of 7.2, which some users find less intuitive.
- G2 users highlight that Elastic Observability's Dashboards and Visualizations are highly customizable, scoring 9.2, which allows for tailored data representation, whereas Glean, while also strong in this area, scores slightly lower at 9.0, indicating less flexibility in customization.
- Users on G2 report that Glean's Quality of Support is exceptional, with a score of 9.2, often citing quick response times and helpful resources, while Elastic Observability's support, scoring 7.5, has received feedback about slower response times.
- Reviewers say that Elastic Observability's Performance Monitoring capabilities are robust, particularly in Real-Time Monitoring, scoring 8.9, which is crucial for enterprises needing immediate insights, while Glean's performance monitoring features, although effective, do not match the same level of real-time capabilities.
- Users report that Glean's AI/ML Assistance features are more advanced, with a focus on Detecting Anomalies scoring 8.7, which helps in proactive issue resolution, while Elastic Observability's AI features, although useful, do not provide the same depth of analysis.
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
Glean
No pricing availableFree Trial
Elastic Observability
Free Trial is available
Glean
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
64
9.2
104
Ease of Use
7.3
66
9.5
109
Ease of Setup
6.7
23
8.6
16
Ease of Admin
6.7
20
8.7
10
Quality of Support
7.6
56
9.1
62
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.7
16
9.3
10
Product Direction (% positive)
7.8
65
9.3
101
Features by Category
Content Management
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Content Discovery
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Generative AI
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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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Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
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Visibility
9.2
6
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8.3
6
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7.8
6
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Monitoring and Management
9.0
5
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7.8
6
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8.9
6
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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
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9.4
75
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9.0
72
Not enough data
8.2
37
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
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Search Queries
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8.2
73
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8.9
59
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8.0
64
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8.7
65
Not enough data
8.6
59
AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software
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Functionality
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8.3
67
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8.6
56
Not enough data
9.0
73
Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software
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Functionality - Enterprise Search Software
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Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software
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Data Preparation
8.7
5
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9.0
5
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Analysis
9.0
5
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8.7
5
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8.7
5
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9.3
5
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8.7
5
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Visualization
9.3
5
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9.7
5
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Agentic AI - Log Analysis
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Responses
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Automation - AI Agents
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Platform
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Autonomy - AI Agents
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Generative AI
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Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Hide 19 FeaturesShow 19 Features
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Performance
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Functionality
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Customization - AI Agent Builders
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Data and Analytics - AI Agent Builders
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Integration - AI Agent Builders
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Elastic Observability and Glean share no categories
Unique Categories
Elastic Observability is categorized as AIOps Platforms, Log Monitoring, IoT Analytics Platforms, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Log Analysis, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Insight Engines
Glean is categorized as AI Agent Builders, Enterprise Search Software, and AI Agents For Business Operations
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Elastic Observability
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Glean
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
26.8%
Computer Software
20.7%
Internet
7.3%
Telecommunications
4.9%
Retail
3.7%
Other
36.6%
Computer Software
49.6%
Information Technology and Services
25.2%
Financial Services
5.9%
Computer & Network Security
4.4%
Automotive
3.0%
Other
11.9%
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
Glean has no discussions with answers
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