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Compare Elastic Observability and Elasticsearch 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.2% of reviews)
Mid-Market (41.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$79 per month
Elastic Observability
Star Rating
(80)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(200)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$79 per month
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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.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Elastic Observability
No pricing availableElasticsearch
Standard
$79
per month
1 engine included<br/>
5k documents included<br/>
50k queries/mo included
- Crawled every 3 days
- Core Search Features
- Unlimited users
Free Trial
Elastic Observability
Free Trial is available
Elasticsearch
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
60
8.8
178
Ease of Use
7.2
62
8.3
178
Ease of Setup
6.5
19
8.3
98
Ease of Admin
6.6
19
8.5
93
Quality of Support
7.5
52
8.5
157
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.6
15
8.8
84
Product Direction (% positive)
7.7
61
8.6
176
Features by Category
Functionality
Not enough data
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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
Not enough data
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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
Not enough data
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Data Sources
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Analytics
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Metrics
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Compatibility
8.1
6
8.4
50
7.5
6
8.3
49
7.2
6
8.0
50
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Search Queries
8.1
7
8.1
52
8.6
7
8.3
49
8.6
7
8.3
48
8.8
7
8.6
50
8.6
6
8.4
50
Functionality
8.6
7
8.2
51
8.9
6
9.0
50
9.2
6
8.9
49
Data Preparation
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
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Search Setup
Not enough data
8.8
26
Not enough data
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.5
27
Product Discovery
Not enough data
8.9
26
Not enough data
8.3
26
Not enough data
8.9
26
Not enough data
8.7
26
Not enough data
8.6
26
Integration
Not enough data
9.0
25
Not enough data
8.4
25
Not enough data
8.6
26
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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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Elastic Observability and Elasticsearch are categorized as Enterprise Search Software
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 E-Commerce Search
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
25.6%
Computer Software
21.8%
Internet
7.7%
Retail
3.8%
Marketing and Advertising
3.8%
Other
37.2%
Computer Software
17.8%
Information Technology and Services
15.7%
Internet
6.1%
Telecommunications
5.1%
Financial Services
4.6%
Other
50.8%
Most Helpful Reviews
Elastic Observability
Most Helpful Favorable Review
David L.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Easy to deploy, easy to integration with exist infrastructure. Pluggable front end management tool by head, easy monitoring and statistics by bigdesk. Integration of customized analyzers. Automatic cluster discovery by broadcast. Easy integration with...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Computer Games
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...
Elasticsearch
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Jose d.
Verified User in Online Media
The Swiftype team is incredible responsive and they helped us in every step of the Search integration. As a tech publication, we need to be able to deliver real time results and make sure users are always able to find what they are looking for. Swiftype...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Bradley H.
Verified User in Internet
The learning curve can be very daunting (the first ES book was probably 4x thicker than any other programming book I own).
David L.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
Easy to deploy, easy to integration with exist infrastructure. Pluggable front end management tool by head, easy monitoring and statistics by bigdesk. Integration of customized analyzers. Automatic cluster discovery by broadcast. Easy integration with...
Jose d.
Verified User in Online Media
The Swiftype team is incredible responsive and they helped us in every step of the Search integration. As a tech publication, we need to be able to deliver real time results and make sure users are always able to find what they are looking for. Swiftype...
Verified User in Computer Games
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...
Bradley H.
Verified User in Internet
The learning curve can be very daunting (the first ES book was probably 4x thicker than any other programming book I own).
Discussions
what is the best way to sync data with elastic search from SQL server
3 comments
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I'm here to help with translations from an unknown language to English. If you have a text in an unknown language that needs translation, please provide it,...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
Can I use Elasticsearch for free?
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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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