Elastic Search Reviews

The solution satisfies our business needs.

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

Elastic Enterprise Search could improve the report templates.

I have been using Elastic Enterprise Search for a while.

Elastic Enterprise Search is stable.

The scalability of Elastic Enterprise Search is good.

I have not contacted the support from the vendor.

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

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

I have been using the solution for a few months. 

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. 

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. 

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

I previously used Stackdriver. 

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. 

We implemented the solution in-house. 

The solution is less expensive than Stackdriver and Grafana. 

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. 

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. 

All my use cases have been based more on observability for IT operations. We deal with it in terms of metrics, logs, transactions, traces, and so on. 

In terms of enterprise, most of the use cases are based on search capacity within the company to find documents and relevant information. That is the main use case.

The most relevant feature for me is the platform capacity. I consider the capacity high-performance with a distributed model that can support it, and recently we are growing. 

Search is really powerful. All the search engines and the rules that complement them allow the users to create different kinds of administration for the platform. YOu can create synonyms or rules to better understand or to better detect partial search criteria. It's like an AI that boosts searchability.  

The platform has a powerful tool to correlate and create rules that understand what people will be searching for. 

All the community support that we have available from different users in the open source community is great. Everyone shares and publishes all of these different use cases. That makes the platform and the platform understanding really powerful for anyone who wants to implement a different case.

It is easy to set up.

The solution scales well. 

They have great integrations on offer. 

Maybe Elastic Search could improve the analytics part of the search so it can be more powerful to the user. It could help provide more understanding of what people are searching for. 

We'd like more user-friendly integrations. It should be easier for non-technical people to understand how to handle them. 

I've used the solution for the last four years or so. 

It's stable. We have on-premise and on-cloud deployments. It's stable on both. I prefer the cloud as I avoid the time it takes to manage the platform. However, both cases are stable.

It is a product that can scale well. It's not a problem. 

We have maybe 200 people on the product right now. 

I have experience working with technical support. They are good at responding to incidents. I have not had too many incidents, however, sometimes for probably technical questions in terms of platform performance, search, cluster distribution, and so on, I might reach out. 

My point of view is that the technical support is awesome. They are very responsive and they have a really high understanding. The team has a lot of people with a lot of technical skills and technical knowledge.

The initial setup is very straightforward. It's not difficult as well. 

As I use the cloud, all of the costs for me are based on customer needs. There is a fascinating calculator published in Elastic. That there is not a specific starting cost. It can move from $10,000 US Dollars per year to any price based on how powerful you need the searches to be and the capacity in terms of storage and process. That said, you can start with a small budget, implement the use cases, and start growing slowly.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

I'm a customer and end-user. 

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.

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.

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

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

Elastic Enterprise Search is stable.

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

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

I have not contacted support.

The initial setup of Elastic Enterprise Search was straightforward.

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.

Elastic Enterprise Search is an open-source solution.

I rate Elastic Enterprise Search a ten out of ten.

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

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. 

I have been using Elastic Enterprise Search for two years.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I rate Elastic Enterprise Search a nine out of ten.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I have been using Elasticsearch for approximately one year.

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

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

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

Positive

We did not use any different solution before Elasticsearch.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Elastic Search is a stable solution.

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

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.

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.

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

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

I have been using the solution since 2007.

I rate the stability an eight out of ten.

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

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

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

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

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.