Elastic Search vs Loom Systems comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Elastic Search
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Indexing and Search (1st), Cloud Data Integration (10th), Search as a Service (1st), Vector Databases (1st)
Loom Systems
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (58th), Anomaly Detection Tools (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Indexing and Search category, the mindshare of Elastic Search is 28.0%, up from 24.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Loom Systems is 1.2%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Indexing and Search
Unique Categories:
Cloud Data Integration
2.1%
Search as a Service
9.1%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
0.1%
 

Featured Reviews

Markos Sellis - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 16, 2023
Great disaster recovery with good AI capabilities but needs more predictive analytics
We use the solution for log gathering, analyzing, and dashboard creation (with Kibana). For example, several clients require the ability to store and search logs freely without the constrictions that would be in place if a traditional database was used.  Elasticsearch is perfect for these use cases…
MM
Mar 5, 2020
Simple and very effective for developing and configuring apps with great integration capabilities
On the ITOM side of things, there could be improvement. The discovery and mapping still takes a lot of human intervention, it's quite resource heavy, especially in the initial setup which can take six months of work, especially when you have a large estate that you're dealing with. Making things a little bit simpler, less resource heavy would be good. There's not a lot else really that I would improve, other than pricing perhaps. It's quite expensive in comparison to other tools but I guess that's to be expected with the market leader. For additional features I'd like to see automation within the work flows. It could also include more integration with other tools. There's a fairly big list of plug ins and play ons, but I would like to see that expanded. I'd like to see more tools like SolarWinds and other tools that are plug and play, rather than having to do a custom integration.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Elastic Enterprise Search is user behavior analysis."
"The most valuable feature for us is the analytics that we can configure and view using Kibana."
"It is highly valuable because of its simplicity in maintenance, where most tasks are handled for you, and it offers a plethora of built-in features."
"I have found the sort capability of Elastic very useful for allowing us to find the information we need very quickly."
"Helps us to store the data in key value pairs and, based on that, we can produce visualisations in Kibana."
"I like how it allows us to connect to Kafka and get this data in a document format very easily. Elasticsearch is very fast when you do text-based searches of documents. That area is very good, and the search is very good."
"The tool's stability and performance are good."
"The most valuable features are the data store and the X-pack extension."
"The RFS portion of the solution is the product's most valuable feature."
"The solution is absolutely scalable. If an organization needs to expand it out they definitely can."
"What I like best about Loom Systems is that you can use it for infrastructure monitoring. I also like that it's a flexible solution."
"You can develop your own apps within Loom, and they can be configured very simply."
 

Cons

"The documentation regarding customization could be better."
"Something that could be improved is better integrations with Cortex and QRadar, for example."
"There is another solution I'm testing which has a 500 record limit when you do a search on Elastic Enterprise Search. That's the only area in which I'm not sure whether it's a limitation on our end in terms of knowledge or a technical limitation from Elastic Enterprise Search. There is another solution we are looking at that rides on Elastic Enterprise Search. And the limit is for any sort of records that you're doing or data analysis you're trying to do, you can only extract 500 records at a time. I know the open-source nature has a lot of limitations, Otherwise, Elastic Enterprise Search is a fantastic solution and I'd recommend it to anyone."
"Kibana should be more friendly, especially when building dashboards."
"The price could be better. Kibana has some limitations in terms of the tablet to view event logs. I also have a high volume of data. On the initialization part, if you chose Kibana, you'll have some limitations. Kibana was primarily proposed as a log data reviewer to build applications to the viewer log data using Kibana. Then it became a virtualization tool, but it still has limitations from a developer's point of view."
"There are challenges with performance management and scalability."
"Ratio aggregation is not supported in this solution."
"They could improve some of the platform's infrastructure management capabilities."
"The reporting is a bit weak. They should work to improve this aspect of the product."
"What's lacking in Loom Systems is the level of priority for each incident. For example, after implementation and there was a huge impact on the client, and the client comes back to you and says that there's an incident, that there needs to be an immediate resolution for it, you'll see severity one, severity two, etc., in Loom Systems, rather than priority levels. It would be better if the incidents can be defined as low priority, medium priority, or high priority."
"The discovery and mapping still takes a lot of human intervention, it's quite resource heavy,"
"The change management within the solution needs to be improved. There needs to be more process automation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Elastic Search is open-source, but you need to pay for support, which is expensive."
"The basic license is free, but it comes with a lot of features that aren't free. With a gold license, we get active directory integration. With a platinum license, we get alerting."
"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."
"The solution is less expensive than Stackdriver and Grafana."
"We use the free version for some logs, but not extensive use."
"we are using a licensed version of the product."
"It can be expensive."
"We are using the free version and intend to upgrade."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
16%
Media Company
10%
Real Estate/Law Firm
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ELK Elasticsearch?
Logsign provides us with the capability to execute multiple queries according to our requirements. The indexing is very high, making it effective for storing and retrieving logs. The real-time anal...
What needs improvement with ELK Elasticsearch?
I don't see improvements at the moment. The current setup is working well for me, and I'm satisfied with it. Integrating with different platforms is also fine, and I'm not recommending any changes ...
What do you like most about Loom Systems?
What I like best about Loom Systems is that you can use it for infrastructure monitoring. I also like that it's a flexible solution.
What needs improvement with Loom Systems?
What's lacking in Loom Systems is the level of priority for each incident. For example, after implementation and there was a huge impact on the client, and the client comes back to you and says tha...
What is your primary use case for Loom Systems?
We've been using Loom Systems for all client requirements and whatever we get from ITSM, specifically implementation, deployment, migration, and automation. We also use the solution for root cause ...
 

Also Known As

Elastic Enterprise Search, Swiftype, Elastic Cloud
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

T-Mobile, Adobe, Booking.com, BMW, Telegraph Media Group, Cisco, Karbon, Deezer, NORBr, Labelbox, Fingerprint, Relativity, NHS Hospital, Met Office, Proximus, Go1, Mentat, Bluestone Analytics, Humanz, Hutch, Auchan, Sitecore, Linklaters, Socren, Infotrack, Pfizer, Engadget, Airbus, Grab, Vimeo, Ticketmaster, Asana, Twilio, Blizzard, Comcast, RWE and many others.
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