Try our new research platform with insights from 80,000+ expert users
Operations Manager at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Nov 4, 2022
Useful user behavior analysis, reliable, but report templates could improve
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Elastic Enterprise Search is user behavior analysis."
  • "Elastic Enterprise Search could improve the report templates."

How has it helped my organization?

The solution satisfies our business needs.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Elastic Enterprise Search is user behavior analysis.

What needs improvement?

Elastic Enterprise Search could improve the report templates.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Elastic Enterprise Search for a while.

Buyer's Guide
Elastic Search
January 2026
Learn what your peers think about Elastic Search. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: January 2026.
881,082 professionals have used our research since 2012.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Elastic Enterprise Search is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of Elastic Enterprise Search is good.

How are customer service and support?

I have not contacted the support from the vendor.

How was the initial setup?

Elastic Enterprise Search is of a moderate range of difficulty, it is not difficult and not easy.

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

We are paying $1,500 a month to use the solution. If you want to have endpoint protection you need to pay more.

I rate the price of Elastic Enterprise Search a three out of five.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to others is for them to make sure this solution satisfies their business needs because there are many solutions and providers, with a lot of options. There are solutions that have a lot of features that the business might not need and it is not good for the business to waste money on features not used. It was recommended by many peers not to seek many options in a solution that you are not going to use, and to concentrate on what is needed.

I rate Elastic Enterprise Search a seven out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
PeerSpot user
reviewer1998342 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Nov 4, 2022
Great observability with granular insights that identify reasons for defects
Pros and Cons
  • "The observability is the best available because it provides granular insights that identify reasons for defects."
  • "The UI point of view is not very powerful because it is dependent on Kibana."

What is our primary use case?

Our company uses the solution for centralized logging and monitoring. We have slowly moved our Stackdriver to the solution as a cost-cutting measure. 

We have more than 100 technicians using the solution. 

What is most valuable?

The observability is the best available because it provides granular insights that identify reasons for defects. The observability is more powerful than Grafana because it is so granular.

What needs improvement?

The UI point of view is not very powerful because it is dependent on Kibana. This can be a struggle because it is not clear where observability features such as logging originate. The UI visualization could be more interesting.

For example, a centralized login for a strike driver only provides two choices for viewing. You can either view the log for an individual system or view the log at the centralized level. A more granular approach with locations, pods, and servers is preferred. 

For comparison, Stackdriver is awesome because it includes all information with respect to the UI point of view. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for a few months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We are still exploring the solution but find it to be very stable at the enterprise level. It is not a new product, its stability is trusted, and it is well suited for enterprise applications. Extra features are released with no stability issues. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is definitely scalable and that is one of the reasons we moved from Grafana. We use Spring Boot but the Spring Actuator's micrometer does not scale properly and is very slow. The solution can scale and manage all our monitoring needs in one place. 

How are customer service and support?

Our team is able to solve issues so we do not need technical support. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously used Stackdriver. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is difficult because the solution is an independent product that requires integration with the running system. A one-time configuration is needed for both cloud and on-premises systems. This is common for independent products so is not a big deal for our company. 

For comparison, Stackdriver is already built in the GCP so there is minimal configuration when deploying services in the GCP environment. 

What about the implementation team?

We implemented the solution in-house. 

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

The solution is less expensive than Stackdriver and Grafana. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Our company has a relationship with Google so we explored Stackdriver. Its monitoring and logging capabilities are interesting but observability is not that good and it is a bit costly. 

We slowly moved our logging dependencies from Stackdriver. Sometimes we used Splunk but we also used the solution and Grafana because our product is a bit dependent on Spring Boot. 

We found that the solution is more powerful than Grafana with respect to observability and it is more cost effective. 

What other advice do I have?

When using the solution, it is important to understanding indexing concepts and the proper way to search logs from a visualization point of view. These two items work together internally to produce logs that can be filtered to specifications. 

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
PeerSpot user
Buyer's Guide
Elastic Search
January 2026
Learn what your peers think about Elastic Search. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: January 2026.
881,082 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Enrique Peragallo - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Sep 21, 2022
Helpful in making calculations and monitoring variables, but there is a lack of technical people with experience
Pros and Cons
  • "A nonstructured database that can manage large amounts of nonstructured data."
  • "There is a lack of technical people to develop, implement and optimize equipment operation and web queries."

What is our primary use case?

Elastic Enterprise Search is the repository for time series and data from the onsite instrument that monitors variables in our mining infrastructure called tailing dams. We monitor the tailing dams' physical stability and take the information from the sales force and manual data introduced by the operators. The system captures the information in the Elastic Enterprise Searchtime series, and we make calculations and trigger events and alerts based on those calculations. We save them as well as the events and alert times.

What is most valuable?

Elastic Enterprise Search is a nonstructured database that can manage large amounts of nonstructured data. We also use a structured SQL database. I am unsure why our technical people selected Elastic Enterprise Search. The people that started the project selected open-source software and recommended the ETC component required in the system architecture. The Elastic Enterprise Search has been defined from the beginning of the project and fulfills the project's requirements. However, there is a lack of technical people to develop, implement and optimize equipment operation and web queries. This may be a problem with the provider, and they currently lack the resource to optimize the performance of the database.

What needs improvement?

Finding skilled people to work with Elastic Enterprise Search in the project team has been difficult. This may be because the development team has not considered it. It is important to improve the database performance because there is a large amount of data and the optimization of the queries and the system's performance are very important.

We also use three other databases, MinIO, PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL. We have a very skilled person on our team that knows how to use all these products. However, he's not responsible for optimization because it's the responsibility of the Indian provider that has to develop the application.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is fairly stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. 70 people are working with this solution in the project, 35 on the development team and 20 backend people. We are working on the development, but it's part of the service that the Indian company has to provide. There are about 50 people on their development team who deal with all the development, infrastructure implementation, architecture definition and implementation of the software stack. We are the counterpart of that company.

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

Since it is open-source, we don't pay licensing fees. In the development and QA environment, we don't pay anything. We, however, have to pay for all the software, subscription, pre-protection and protection.

What other advice do I have?

I rate this solution a seven out of ten. Because it is open-source, there is no technical support provided by the vendor, so we are moving to enterprise subscriptions for each of these products. We are allowed free licenses and implement enterprise or commercial licenses and the production of protections.

An original criterion selects the software stack because they have to be good tools, but they all have to be open-source. Nobody considers it because the original team that started the project worked in an investigation organization and was closer to open-source software.

They are not clear regarding the support of their solution when they go into production. That's why we are updating the licenses to interpret license subscriptions and assume their support for each software component.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
PeerSpot user
reviewer1925475 - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive VP Operation Aqua + South East Asia at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jul 28, 2022
Useful log searching, highly scalable, and reliable
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Elastic Enterprise Search is the opportunity to search behind and between different logs."
  • "Elastic Enterprise Search can improve by adding some kind of search that can be used out of the box without too much struggle with configuration. With every kind of search engine, there is some kind of special function that you need to do. A simple out-of-the-box search would be useful."

What is our primary use case?

We are using Elastic Enterprise Search for monitoring and alerting. It will look for any kind of possible error that is on the infrastructure side and give notifications.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Elastic Enterprise Search is the opportunity to search behind and between different logs.

What needs improvement?

Elastic Enterprise Search can improve by adding some kind of search that can be used out of the box without too much struggle with configuration. With every kind of search engine, there is some kind of special function that you need to do. A simple out-of-the-box search would be useful.

In the next release, they could improve on the scheduling and alert features.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Elastic Enterprise Search for a couple of years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Elastic Enterprise Search is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Everything is managed by Amazon AWS, making Elastic Enterprise Search highly scalable.

We have approximately eight engineers using this solution in my company.

How are customer service and support?

I have not contacted support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Elastic Enterprise Search was straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

We did the implementation of Elastic Enterprise Search in-house with one person and it was up and running within a couple of days. There is detailed documentation that helped us.

There is fine-tuning needed, but that's never-ending because every time you add a new server, features, or tools inside you have to tune it a little bit better for the alerts.

What other advice do I have?

Elastic Enterprise Search is an open-source solution.

I rate Elastic Enterprise Search a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
PeerSpot user
IBM MQ Specialist / Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jun 29, 2022
Useful log visualizations and highly stable
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Elastic Enterprise Search is the Discovery option for the visualization of logs on a GPU instead of on the server."
  • "Elastic Enterprise Search could improve its SSL integration easier. We should not need to go to the back-end servers to do configuration, we should be able to do it on the GUI."

What is our primary use case?

I am using Elastic Enterprise Search for the visualization of logs.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Elastic Enterprise Search is the Discovery option for the visualization of logs on a GPU instead of on the server.

What needs improvement?

Elastic Enterprise Search could improve its SSL integration easier. We should not need to go to the back-end servers to do configuration, we should be able to do it on the GUI. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Elastic Enterprise Search for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Elastic Enterprise Search has been a stable solution for me for the whole time I have been using it.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I am using Elastic Enterprise Search on-premise and it cannot scale. However, they do have a cloud option.

We have approximately 100 people using this solution in my organization. We use it on a daily basis.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have not used other similar solutions to Elastic Enterprise Search.

How was the initial setup?

The setup of Elastic Enterprise Search is not normally easy but I was running it on top of Docker which made it easy.

I rate the initial setup of Elastic Enterprise Search a three out of five.

What about the implementation team?

I have configured the solution myself and it has provided me with what I want. I do maintenance of the solution once every other week.

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

The version of Elastic Enterprise Search I am using is open source which is free. The pricing model should improve for the enterprise version because it is very expensive.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We chose Elastic Enterprise Search over other solutions because the interface was easy to use.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Elastic Enterprise Search a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
PeerSpot user
reviewer2538867 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 10
Oct 22, 2024
Enhanced security operations with good logging and real-time threat analysis
Pros and Cons
  • "The security portion of Elasticsearch is particularly beneficial, allowing me to view and analyze security alerts."
  • "An improvement would be to have an interface that allows easier navigation and tracing of logs."

What is our primary use case?

I am an end user, and we use Elasticsearch for our logs. Specifically, we use it for security logs for our enterprise, including machines, networks, and endpoints, as part of our IT infrastructure.

How has it helped my organization?

We have been able to collect our live logs, which helps us run security operations more effectively. It has enabled us to identify false positives and detect real-time malicious activities in the network.

What is most valuable?

The security portion of Elasticsearch is particularly beneficial, allowing me to view and analyze security alerts. It serves as a query engine for the database, enabling us to analyze logs for potential threats.

What needs improvement?

An improvement would be to have an interface that allows easier navigation and tracing of logs. The current system requires manually inputting dates to verify alerts. A visual timeline that pinpoints possible anomalies would be beneficial.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Elasticsearch for approximately one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability of the solution as nine out of ten. It is very robust.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the scalability as either nine out of ten. It's a very robust solution.

How are customer service and support?

I do not interface directly with technical support from Elastic. Another colleague manages that aspect.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not use any different solution before Elasticsearch.

How was the initial setup?

I was not involved in the setup process. Our architects and technical officer managed it.

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

I am not directly involved with pricing or setup costs. While I know a portion is open-source, a paid version might be necessary.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

It was not my duty to evaluate other options. The architects and chief technical officer handled those decisions.

What other advice do I have?

For someone wanting to be a security analyst, Elasticsearch is a valuable tool. It helps organizations collect large amounts of logs from various platforms like Windows, Ubuntu, and Palo Alto Networks.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
PeerSpot user
reviewer2345013 - PeerSpot reviewer
Domain Specialist Team Leader at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Feb 24, 2024
A log database that can be used to see the logs better
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of the solution is its utility and usefulness."
  • "I would like to see more integration for the solution with different platforms."

What is our primary use case?

The solution is a dashboarding tool that's useful for DevOps engineers for monitoring. The solution is like a log database. You can ingest into it anything you want and then find the value of the things you ingest. The solution can also be used to make reports.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of the solution is its utility and usefulness. I use the solution to see the logs better or the error explained. The solution allows us to be more on top of the alerts for the logs. The solution makes passing of the logs easier and faster.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see more integration for the solution with different platforms. Sometimes, it's hard to understand what you need to send to Elastic Search.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for two to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Elastic Search is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

More than 50 users are using the solution in our organization.

What other advice do I have?

We use the solution's live data analysis for operations purposes. The solution also has a monitoring aspect. ElasticSearch is like a middleman between the PRTG and ITSM tools. It is easier to pass the information about the metrics or the full logs of the cloud platform you are ingesting in the solution instead of giving the output to PRTG.

The solution is deployed on the cloud in our organization. Elastic Search is something that comes after the projects are done. After implementing the project, we use the solution to have that project monitored. I would recommend the solution to other users.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
PeerSpot user
Huseyin Temucin - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Top 5
Feb 16, 2024
A highly scalable and powerful tool that provides excellent indexing features
Pros and Cons
  • "Data indexing of historical data is the most beneficial feature of the product."
  • "The solution must provide AI integrations."

How has it helped my organization?

We have data in different databases. One is a relational database, and another is NoSQL. They are different services. They host document-like data. We used Elastic to convert the data structurally. We used Elastic as a multi-service search engine. It is a good solution. It is too powerful.

What is most valuable?

I would advise anyone to use the product. It is good. Data indexing of historical data is the most beneficial feature of the product.

What needs improvement?

The solution must provide AI integrations. I could direct my data flow to my AI tools if I use Elastic for IoT data.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution since 2007.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the stability an eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution provides powerful scalability. I rate the scalability a ten out of ten. Our clients are medium-sized businesses.

How are customer service and support?

I do not need technical support because the product works well.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was very easy. I rate the ease of setup an eight out of ten. The setup can be done within minutes.

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

I use the community version. The premium license is expensive. I rate the tool’s pricing an eight out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

With the power of Kibana, we can easily and dynamically analyze and summarize our log data. The internet has information about all the technical solutions. I bought some courses from Udemy for Elastic Search. I also got some documents from Elastic Search. The documentation for Java is very good. It was sufficient to learn as a developer.

I could integrate my products to Elastic Search easily. I use the default index for my solution, and it works very well. Elastic’s indexing policies are very good. I do not need any indexed operations for my solution. Overall, I rate the tool 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. Implementer
PeerSpot user
Buyer's Guide
Download our free Elastic Search Report and get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions.
Updated: January 2026
Buyer's Guide
Download our free Elastic Search Report and get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions.