Compare Elastic Observability and Progress WhatsUp Gold 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (43.0% of reviews)
Mid-Market (56.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
Free Trial
Elastic Observability
Star Rating
(90)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (43.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansProgress WhatsUp Gold
Star Rating
(389)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (56.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Progress WhatsUp Gold excels in user-friendliness, with an easy-to-use interface that makes daily monitoring a low-effort task. Users appreciate how it simplifies the tracking of network devices like routers and servers from a single dashboard.
- According to verified reviews, Elastic Observability shines in its powerful search capabilities, particularly with its Elastic Search feature. Users enjoy the rapid search for logs and the extensive filter options, which enhance their ability to extract necessary data efficiently.
- Users say that Progress WhatsUp Gold offers a straightforward implementation process, highlighted by its auto-discovery feature. This allows lean IT teams to set up monitoring without heavy setup cycles, making it a practical choice for organizations looking for quick deployment.
- Reviewers mention that while Elastic Observability provides a comprehensive suite of monitoring tools, it sometimes struggles with ease of setup and administration. Users have noted challenges in configuration, which can impact the overall user experience.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Progress WhatsUp Gold has a strong support system, with high ratings for quality of support and product direction. This reliability is crucial for users who need consistent assistance and guidance in their monitoring efforts.
- According to recent feedback, Elastic Observability is particularly valued for its dashboards and visualizations, which receive high praise. Users find these features beneficial for monitoring the performance and health of their applications and infrastructure effectively.
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
Free Trial
Elastic Observability
Free Trial is available
Progress WhatsUp Gold
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
66
8.8
286
Ease of Use
7.3
68
8.5
298
Ease of Setup
6.8
25
8.2
220
Ease of Admin
6.7
20
8.2
196
Quality of Support
7.6
58
8.8
280
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.7
16
8.8
189
Product Direction (% positive)
7.9
66
8.5
284
Features by Category
Configuration
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Network Automation Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Network
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Logistics
Not enough data
9.1
19
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.9
16
Security - Network Automation
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.6
19
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.9
19
Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Discovery
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.0
162
Not enough data
9.1
170
Not enough data
7.9
131
Not enough data
8.7
137
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
8.6
28
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
9.2
26
Management
Not enough data
8.4
144
Not enough data
8.6
141
Not enough data
8.3
125
Analytics - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
8.0
24
Not enough data
7.8
24
Security - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
8.4
24
Not enough data
7.8
24
Not enough data
7.9
24
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
8.2
24
Not enough data
8.3
24
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.5
24
Not enough data
7.8
24
Not enough data
7.6
24
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
Not enough data
7.8
25
Not enough data
7.8
25
Not enough data
8.2
24
Not enough data
7.8
23
Not enough data
7.5
24
Not enough data
7.8
24
Not enough data
7.8
24
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
Not enough data
8.2
46
Not enough data
8.0
45
Not enough data
8.4
52
Not enough data
8.4
55
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
55
Not enough data
8.2
51
Not enough data
8.7
64
Not enough data
8.6
59
Incident Management
Not enough data
8.8
59
Not enough data
8.8
60
Not enough data
8.4
56
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
9.0
7
8.8
60
8.3
7
9.1
59
8.1
7
8.5
59
Monitoring and Management
9.0
5
8.4
55
7.8
6
Feature Not Available
9.0
7
9.0
56
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Visibility
Not enough data
8.5
101
Not enough data
8.8
102
Not enough data
8.3
97
Monitoring and Management
Not enough data
8.6
87
Not enough data
8.0
80
Not enough data
8.3
90
Not enough data
8.9
100
Not enough data
8.8
104
Not enough data
8.4
93
Cloud environment support
Not enough data
8.0
69
Not enough data
8.1
71
Agentic AI - Server Monitoring
Not enough data
7.5
14
Not enough data
7.9
14
Not enough data
8.0
14
Not enough data
7.5
14
Not enough data
7.7
14
Not enough data
8.0
14
Not enough data
7.7
14
Data Sources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Metrics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.9
60
Not enough data
9.0
61
Not enough data
9.2
62
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
59
Response
Not enough data
8.8
64
Not enough data
9.0
60
Not enough data
8.6
54
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Performance
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Functionality
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Functionality
Not enough data
9.7
15
Not enough data
9.2
15
Not enough data
9.6
16
Not enough data
9.2
15
Not enough data
9.6
16
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.6
16
Not enough data
9.6
16
Management
Not enough data
8.7
31
Not enough data
8.9
32
Not enough data
8.8
30
Not enough data
8.7
32
Not enough data
8.9
33
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.8
33
Not enough data
8.7
33
Not enough data
8.7
33
Support
Not enough data
8.9
32
Not enough data
8.2
32
Not enough data
8.4
32
Agentic AI - Network Management Tools
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Elastic Observability and Progress WhatsUp Gold are categorized as Log Monitoring and Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Unique Categories
Elastic Observability is categorized as AIOps Platforms, IoT Analytics Platforms, Website Monitoring, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Log Analysis, and Insight Engines
Progress WhatsUp Gold is categorized as Dark Web Monitoring, Server Monitoring, Network Traffic Analysis (NTA), Network Automation Tools, Network Management Tools, and Network Monitoring
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Elastic Observability
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Progress WhatsUp Gold
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
26.2%
Computer Software
20.2%
Internet
7.1%
Telecommunications
4.8%
Financial Services
3.6%
Other
38.1%
Information Technology and Services
14.1%
Hospital & Health Care
5.3%
Education Management
5.1%
Higher Education
4.3%
Financial Services
4.3%
Other
67.0%
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
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
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
What is WhatsUp Gold monitoring tool?
1 Comment
NP
Progress WhatsUp Gold is a network monitoring and management software designed to help IT professionals keep track of their network's performance,...Read more
What is the best option for reporting to cell phones without paying for some of the SMS services needed for this? What is the best option to make sure we don't get alot of alerts that are basically white noise.
1 Comment
G2
Good day everyone on this platform I wanna use this medium to express how you can recover your lost fund from forex, binary options scam companies or fake...Read more
Can we monitor F5 load balancer and VPN Tunnels through WhatsUp Gold tool?
1 Comment
Official Response from Progress WhatsUp Gold
Yes, you can monitor anything the device could populate data about. Note that, directly out of the box there are no built-in F5 specific monitors. However,...Read more
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