--- title: Elastic Observability Reviews meta\_title: 'Elastic Observability Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 92 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Elastic Observability works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.2 review\_count: 92 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-10' parent\_category: name: IT Infrastructure url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-infrastructure --- # Elastic Observability Reviews & Product Details Visit Website OpenTelemetry-native observability for fast, AI-driven root cause analysis Search, analyze, and act with logs, metrics, and traces. SRE leaders aim to proactively prevent downtime, simplify tool stacks, and reduce toil, but multi-cloud complexity and fragmented toolsets create visibility gaps that make it hard to stay ahead. OTel-native and AI-powered, Elastic Observability ingests and correlates petabytes of telemetry across your applications, services, and infrastructure, in real-time. Accelerate troubleshooting with built-in agentic workflows and an AI Assistant that goes well beyond chat to bolster team expertise and guide investigations, grounded with context from your organizational knowledge-bases. More data, more problems? Not anymore. Most observability and logging solutions weren’t built for today’s scale. Elastic is. Our architecture is designed to handle petabytes of logs with indexing, compression, and efficient searchable storage so you can keep all the telemetry you need, without breaking the bank. Store more, spend less, and resolve issues faster with a scalable, open, and extensible platform that unifies visibility across your entire environment. * * * Product Website Elastic Observability Seller [Elastic](https://www.g2.com/sellers/elastic) Discussions [Elastic Observability Community](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-observability/discuss) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Fermi Fang Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by Elasticsearch. ### Elastic Cloud Serverless Pay As You Go Per Month [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-observability/pricing) Elastic Solutions (1) See how Elastic products can work together to solve real problems. [ ![Solution Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Solution Avatar Image") Elastic SolutionBy Elastic ](/sellers/elastic/solutions/elastic) Show More ## Elastic Observability Integrations (4) What do users say about integrations? Verified by Elastic Observability [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Apache Kafka ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-kafka/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Gemini Enterprise ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-gemini-enterprise/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform ](https://www.g2.com/products/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") ServiceNow IT Asset Management ](https://www.g2.com/products/servicenow-it-asset-management/reviews) Show More ![Verified User in Computer Games](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Games") AC Verified User in Computer Games Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/31/2016 "Easy setup but hard to search" 3/5 What do you like best about Elastic Observability? Very easy setup. The fact that it is open source is always a plus. Good user guide which is very helpful and a must read to know how to use Kibana and all of it's features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Elastic Observability? Poor performance when there are a lot of logs to search through. The max tolerable search we can use is "This Month". Anything over that and it is just very long for the results to load. Need to read the user guide or else it's hard to know what your doing and the best way to search through all your logs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Elastic Observability: Read the user guide to know how to use Kibana. It takes some time to fully learn all the features and to easily search through the logs you want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Elastic Observability solving and how is that benefiting you? We needed a way to search through our build system logs to search for recurring errors. Therefore we setup an ELK server to achieve this and Kibana is one of the components in ELK. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Евгений .](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Евгений .") Е Евгений . Управляющий партнёр Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/11/2016 "Worst configuration. Why Java and Ruby? Why not just Ruby or Java?" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Elastic Observability? The Logstash solves my problem. It collects all my logs and stores it in ElasticSearch. Everything else I do not like in this product! Sorry guys but other products from your company is much better! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Elastic Observability? I don't like the following: 1) Why Java and Ruby? Why not just Ruby or Java? I have to configure how to run java, jruby and after that I faced with the Ruby errors of some plugin... AAA!! 2) I don't understand configuration, what should i chose: embedded Elasticsearch or dedicated? What is the differences? Why some of plugins may be input, output, and filter? What should I chose? 3) I've configured Logstash, but I still have a lot of misunderstandings. I would like to have interface to configure Logstash in the Kibana. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Elastic Observability: Logstash are made by the same team as Elasticsearch and Kibana. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Elastic Observability solving and how is that benefiting you? Logstahs helps me to collect all logs of all my services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/7/2016 "Kibana - not a dashboard-making tool for novices" 3/5 What do you like best about Elastic Observability? Kibana has a simple, clean, interface. I liked that it had the capacity to display really cool stuff, as seen in tutorials. The standard metrics and options for visualization were efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Elastic Observability? No pre-built templates for dashboarding, and limited in what can learn without seeking out video or blog tutorials or user boards. Having to first save a search and then a visualization, and then a dashboard was weird and confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Elastic Observability solving and how is that benefiting you? We use this to look for log patterns in multiple areas of the IT infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/20/2016 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Elastic Observability? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Elastic Observability ](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-observability/discussions/new) ![lakshman s.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "lakshman s.") LS lakshman shohu • Last activity about 4 years ago what is the best way to sync data with elastic search from SQL server 1 Upvote 3 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/13471-what-is-the-best-way-to-sync-data-with-elastic-search-from-sql-server) ![Ashish N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ashish N.") AN Ashish Narwal • Last activity over 6 years ago Do elastic search use indexes to store the information. 1 Upvote 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/do-elastic-search-use-indexes-to-store-the-information) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-observability/discuss) ## Pricing Options Pricing provided by Elasticsearch. ### Elastic Cloud Serverless Pay As You Go Per Month ### Elastic Self-managed Contact Us ### Elastic Cloud Hosted Starting at $99.00 Per Month [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-observability/pricing) Elastic Observability Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_c0a65dc26207a41402ce86aadae4cc6a/sentry.png "Product Avatar Image") Sentry 4.5/5(224) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/elastic-observability-vs-sentry) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_e8b7928d2e1cefffe2f9fb20febf2898/algolia.png "Product Avatar Image") Algolia 4.5/5(453) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/algolia-vs-elastic-observability) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_b3390b4cc3d92e87d570895f7358c003/amazon-cloudwatch.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Amazon CloudWatch 4.3/5(404) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/amazon-cloudwatch-vs-elastic-observability) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Datadog](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Datadog") Datadog 4.4/5(726) ](https://www.g2.com/products/datadog/reviews) [ ![Dynatrace](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dynatrace") Dynatrace 4.5/5(1,366) ](https://www.g2.com/products/dynatrace/reviews) [ ![Sentry](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sentry") Sentry 4.5/5(224) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sentry/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-observability/competitors/alternatives) ##### Categories on G2 [Application Performance Monitoring (APM)](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-performance-monitoring-apm)[AIOps Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/aiops-platforms)[Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-infrastructure-monitoring) [Application Performance Monitoring (APM)](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-performance-monitoring-apm)[AIOps Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/aiops-platforms)[Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-infrastructure-monitoring)[Log Monitoring](https://www.g2.com/categories/log-monitoring)[Log Analysis](https://www.g2.com/categories/log-analysis)[Website Monitoring](https://www.g2.com/categories/website-monitoring)[Insight Engines](https://www.g2.com/categories/insight-engines)[IoT Analytics Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/iot-analytics-platforms) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);) ##### Explore More [Best text-to-image tools for rapid blog post thumbnail creation](https://www.g2.com/discussions/best-text-to-image-tools-for-rapid-blog-post-thumbnail-creation)[What is the easiest audio editing software for a total beginner who just wants to clean up voice recordings for a podcast or video without a steep learning curve?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-easiest-audio-editing-software-for-a-total-beginner-who-just-wants-to-clean-up-voice-recordings-for-a-podcast-or-video-without-a-steep-learning-curve)[What MEP platforms deliver accurate quantity takeoff without requiring manual recalculation at each project stage?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-mep-platforms-deliver-accurate-quantity-takeoff-without-requiring-manual-recalculation-at-each-project-stage) [Top network monitoring software recommended for tech companies](https://www.g2.com/discussions/top-network-monitoring-software-recommended-for-tech-companies)[Best operational risk management software you've used](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-s-the-best-operational-risk-management-software-you-ve-used-and-why)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-observability/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)