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Elastic Beats vs Elastic Security comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Elastic Beats
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Elastic Security
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (7th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (5th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (16th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (5th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (8th)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user1269834 - PeerSpot reviewer
A great addition to our security monitoring system
We haven't to this point had to scale very large, we want to continue to evolve, but it's a slow process for us. From what I've used so far, and my reading on it, I don't think we're going to have any problems scaling to really whatever size we need.
Laurentiu Popescu - PeerSpot reviewer
Has improved threat detection with deep log analysis and streamlined investigation workflows
The most useful features I find in Elastic Security are the forensic ones that allow us to carry deeper analysis into the logs for in-depth investigations, and the dashboards, with the reporting dashboard being quite user-friendly. Elastic Security is quite good at identifying threats, as it is part of the deep investigation tool that I mentioned before. Unless we need to look further into a certain log, we can carry out a deeper analysis and forensics on those particular logs. I can assess the impact of Elastic Security's real-time data analysis on our threat response efficiency as working pretty good. We are looking for real-time analysis because we have a continuous inflow of logs from different sources: from our cloud, from Active Directory, from our network. So it works pretty well.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"There's a whole spectrum of features on the solution that users can take advantage of. It's a very robust product."
"The security aspects in general have been very useful to use."
"It's very customizable, which is quite helpful."
"Elastic Security actually has a very good cost-benefit ratio compared to other vendors in the market."
"Elastic Security offers advanced features such as machine learning and integration with ChatGPT."
"Elastic Security is cost-effective compared to Defender and CrowdStrike."
"The scalability is good. It can be scaled easily in the production environment."
"It is an extremely stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The solution's most valuable features are anomaly detection and connectivity reporting."
"The most valuable thing is that this solution is widely used for work management and research. It's easy to jump into the security use case with the same technology."
 

Cons

"At some level, the documentation, the information as far as the components, it's sometimes a little difficult to find the information necessary to implement aspects."
"The dashboard is not user-friendly. The solution, in general, isn't great from a user's perspective."
"In terms of improvement, there could be more automation in responding to and evaluating detections."
"The solution could offer better reporting features."
"They don't provide user authentication and authorisation features (Shield) as a part of their open-source version."
"There is an area of improvement in the Logs list. The load list may need to be paginated as there are limits."
"Their visuals and graphs need to be better."
"It would be better if Elastic Security had less storage for data. My customers do not like this. Other vendors have local support in different countries, but Elastic Security doesn't. I would like to have Operational Technology (OT) security in the next release."
"This solution cannot do predictive maintenance, so we have to build our own modules for doing it."
"Elastic Security can be a bit difficult to use if a person only has experience in SMBs with tools like Zoho. The product can also be difficult for those who have never dealt with query language."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It wasn't cheap, but it was cost-effective compared to many of the other solutions."
"Compared to other tools, Elastic Security is a cheaper solution."
"Elastic Security is free to use."
"Its price is fine. Its licensing works on a yearly basis. We have to renew the license every year. I also have a good experience with Darktrace. When we buy Darktrace, we get training free of cost, which is not there in Elastic. We have to pay extra for training. There is certainly room for improvement."
"When compared to other products, the price is average or on the low side."
"The solution is free."
"The pricing is in the middle. I think it is not an expensive experience if we compare it with big names, for example, QRadar, and also Oxide. I think Elastic Security is quite cheap. I would rate the pricing of this solution a five out of ten."
"The solution is not expensive and costs around ten dollars a month."
"Affordable but with additional costs"
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
14%
Government
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
University
7%
 

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Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise15
 

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Elastic SIEM, ELK Logstash
 

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