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Associate Software Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
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Cost-effective, stable, and works well with Logstash
Pros and Cons
  • "The initial installation and setup were straightforward."
  • "Technical support should be faster."

What is our primary use case?

My organization works in the healthcare industry and we use this product as our database.

When we have questions about our data then we use Elasticsearch to make queries.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is that I can push data to Elasticsearch using Logstash.

What needs improvement?

Technical support should be faster.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Elasticsearch for about one year.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Elasticsearch is scalable, although we only have about five users and they are not constant. We do plan to increase our usage in the future.

How was the initial setup?

The initial installation and setup were straightforward. It will take a few minutes to deploy.

What about the implementation team?

Our in-house team was responsible for the deployment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

This product is open-source and can be used free of charge.

What other advice do I have?

I also use Kibana, which is integrated with Elasticsearch. Kibana is for visualization and we can also customize Elasticsearch using Kibana.

In summary, Elasticsearch is a very useful product that I can quickly recommend.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Co-Founder at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 10
An open-source solution for log management but improvement is needed in Kibana dashboard and authentication
Pros and Cons
  • "The products comes with REST APIs."
  • "Elastic Search needs to improve authentication. It also needs to work on the Kibana visualization dashboard."

What is our primary use case?

We use the product for log management. 

What is most valuable?

The products comes with REST APIs. 

What needs improvement?

Elastic Search needs to improve authentication. It also needs to work on the Kibana visualization dashboard. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the product for six years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the product's stability a nine out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate Elastic Search's scalability a ten out of ten. 

How are customer service and support?

The technical team needs to improve their response time. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The tool's deployment is easy. It took us one day to deploy a seven-node Elastic Search cluster. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Elastic Search is open-source, but you need to pay for support, which is expensive. 

What other advice do I have?

The solution suits medium to large companies better. I rate it a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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